110
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$1.2M
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Morris County, Texas: 110 recorded events between 1970 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 90. That places the county #2,083 nationally and #127 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Morris County, Texas: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Morris County is the 1990s, when 36 of the county's 110 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.
Within the Morris County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 47.2% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,083 for this hazard and #127 within Texas, putting it in the 33.7 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
May is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Morris County with 23 recorded events, while Feb is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 2025 | ORE | 52 | $0 |
| Mar 4, 2025 | CASON | 52 | $0 |
| Apr 26, 2024 | ROCKY BRANCH | 61 | $0 |
| Jun 16, 2023 | LONE STAR | 61 | $0 |
| Jun 10, 2023 | NAPLES | 52 | $0 |
| Apr 13, 2022 | LONE STAR | 56 | $0 |
| Apr 13, 2022 | OMAHA | 61 | $0 |
| Apr 5, 2022 | OMAHA | 52 | $0 |
| May 24, 2020 | CASON | 52 | $0 |
| May 24, 2020 | DAINGERFIELD | 56 | $0 |
Other hazards here
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From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Winds reported by Storm Spotters. Roofs were torn from homes and businesses with numerous pines were snapped and fell onto homes and power lines. So many power lines were topped that power outages lasted for several weeks in many areas. Power companies from Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas and Texarkana, AR were called in to help with the repairs.
Several trees and powerlines were downed throughout the county. Damaging wind gusts downed one of the oldest trees in Naples, Texas to fall and cause extensive damage to one of the oldest in town. Other trees were reported down at the intersection of Hwy 338 and FM 161 along with others in the Omaha area as well. Wind also leveled the outfield fence at the Pewitt baseball field and uprooted the pole vault pit at the football field.
The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey in the southern portion of Morris County, Tx. and determined that the damage was consistent with severe thunderstorm wind gusts near 80 mph. Damage was very sporadic and a tornado track could not be found. Damage consisted of nearly the entire roof of a local feed store removed along Holt Road north of Black Mountain Road. Other small trees were downed along Black Mountain Road just west of Hwy. 259. Minor shingle damage was also observed to a business just west of Hwy. 259.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Morris County, Texas?
110 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Morris County between 1970 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Morris County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Morris County measured 90.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Morris County come from?
All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.
Cite this page
“Thunderstorm Wind in Morris County, Texas.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/texas/morris-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.