270
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
3
Direct injuries
$1.1M
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Panola County, Texas: 270 recorded events between 1960 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 104. That places the county #577 nationally and #28 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Panola County, Texas: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Panola County is the 1990s, when 73 of the county's 270 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 Panola County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 50.9% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #577 for this hazard and #28 within Texas, putting it in the 81.7 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
May is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Panola County with 51 recorded events, while Sep 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.
Significant events
Deadliest on record
| Date | Location | Scale | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2005 | BECKVILLE | 70 | 0 | 3 | $700K |
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2026 | WOODS | 52 | $0 |
| Oct 28, 2025 | DEADWOOD | 52 | $0 |
| Jul 13, 2025 | RIDERVILLE | 56 | $0 |
| Jan 5, 2025 | CARTHAGE CO ARPT | 52 | $0 |
| Jul 22, 2024 | DOTSON | 52 | $0 |
| Jun 4, 2024 | CARTHAGE | 52 | $0 |
| Jun 3, 2024 | DE BERRY | 52 | $0 |
| Jun 3, 2024 | BECKVILLE | 52 | $0 |
| Jun 1, 2024 | CARTHAGE | 52 | $0 |
| May 31, 2024 | DEADWOOD | 52 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Panola County
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Thunderstorm winds destroyed 2 homes and damaged several other homes and buildings. There were three injuries…one was in a home when the roof was blown off their house and two others were injured when a tree fell on their vehicle. All were treated at an area hospital and released.
A metal roof was blown off a building in the Carthage Downtown Square. A window was also blown out of a downtown building. A tree was downed on a home on North Street and Mary Street. Numerous other trees were downed throughout town.
Power lines were downed near Carthage, with two transformers damaged. One transformer caught fire on Highway 79 north just beyond the Carthage city limits, with a second transformer smoking along County Road 301 across from the DCP Plant.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Panola County, Texas?
270 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Panola County between 1960 and 2026, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Panola County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Panola County measured 104.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Panola 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 Panola County, Texas.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/texas/panola-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.