79
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$186K
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Sherman County, Texas: 79 recorded events between 1963 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 103. That places the county #2,471 nationally and #170 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Sherman County, Texas: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Sherman County is the 2020s, when 31 of the county's 79 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 Sherman County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 24.6% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,471 for this hazard and #170 within Texas, putting it in the 21.7 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Sherman County with 34 recorded events, while Jan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2025 | LAUTZ | 55 | $0 |
| Jun 2, 2025 | LAUTZ | 51 | $0 |
| Jun 2, 2025 | MALLETT | 61 | $0 |
| Apr 24, 2025 | LAUTZ | 61 | $0 |
| Apr 24, 2025 | LAUTZ | 55 | $0 |
| Sep 18, 2024 | MALLETT | 59 | $100 |
| Sep 18, 2024 | MALLETT | 59 | $0 |
| Jul 20, 2024 | LAUTZ | 55 | $0 |
| Jul 17, 2024 | LAUTZ | 51 | $0 |
| Jun 27, 2024 | LAUTZ | 50 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Sherman County
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
A storm chaser reported significant damage to a center pivot system due to the strong thunderstorm wind gusts on the north side of Texas State Highway 15 east of Stratford, Texas. There were no reports of injuries or fatalities.
A supercell thunderstorm moved southward across the Texas Panhandle during the evening hours of the 14th. A member of the public reported that horse trailers were blown over by a thunderstorm wind gust 15 miles east-southeast of Stratford (Sherman County). The thunderstorm continued moving southward after producing this gust.
A microburst associated with a severe thunderstorm damaged center pivots of irrigation equipment and snapped 13 power poles. The damage path associated with the microburst had a path length of 2.3 miles, a path width of 2.1 miles, and ended around 912 PM CDT.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Sherman County, Texas?
79 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Sherman County between 1963 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Sherman County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Sherman County measured 103.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Sherman 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 Sherman County, Texas.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/texas/sherman-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.