75
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$404K
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Rains County, Texas: 75 recorded events between 1983 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 70. That places the county #2,514 nationally and #182 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Rains County, Texas: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Rains County is the 1990s, when 35 of the county's 75 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 Rains County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 39.7% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,514 for this hazard and #182 within Texas, putting it in the 20.3 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
May is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Rains County with 20 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 | EMORY | 56 | $0 |
| Sep 25, 2023 | EMORY | 61 | $2K |
| Sep 25, 2023 | EMORY | 61 | $3K |
| Sep 25, 2023 | POINT | 56 | $500 |
| Apr 13, 2022 | EMORY | 43 | $6K |
| Mar 15, 2022 | WILLOW SPGS | 70 | $20K |
| Apr 12, 2020 | EMORY | 56 | $0 |
| May 18, 2019 | POINT | 50 | $5K |
| May 18, 2019 | POINT | 55 | $7K |
| Mar 9, 2019 | POINT | 55 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Rains County
- Hail 74
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Wind damage across northern part of the county. The worst damage was from Highway 276 at County Road 1320 to near Elm on FM 514. Many trees were blown down, a house was damaged, a large tree was blown down onto a carport, sheds and barns were damagerd, and a chimney was blown off a house.
Emory Fire Station reported flagpoles bowing over in thunderstorm winds, small limbs blowing across parking lot, and the bay doors of the fire station bowing in. An mPing report also reported more notable tree damage in Emory.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Rains County, Texas?
75 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Rains County between 1983 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Rains County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Rains County measured 70.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Rains 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 Rains County, Texas.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/texas/rains-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.