245
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
2
Direct injuries
$1.5M
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Gray County, Texas: 245 recorded events between 1957 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 89. That places the county #712 nationally and #35 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Gray County, Texas: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Gray County is the 2010s, when 78 of the county's 245 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 Gray County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 28.9% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #712 for this hazard and #35 within Texas, putting it in the 77.4 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Gray County with 88 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.
Significant events
Deadliest on record
| Date | Location | Scale | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 2012 | MC LEAN | 61 | 0 | 1 | $20K |
| May 15, 1998 | MC LEAN | 75 | 0 | 1 | $575K |
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 2026 | MC LEAN | 56 | $0 |
| Aug 25, 2025 | ALANREED | 71 | $0 |
| May 19, 2025 | MC LEAN | 52 | $0 |
| Aug 2, 2024 | PAMPA LEFORS ARPT | 55 | $0 |
| Aug 2, 2024 | PAMPA LEFORS ARPT | 52 | $0 |
| May 30, 2024 | PAMPA | 51 | $0 |
| May 2, 2024 | ALANREED | 51 | $0 |
| Mar 24, 2024 | MC LEAN | 53 | $0 |
| Mar 24, 2024 | ALANREED | 56 | $0 |
| Sep 11, 2023 | MC LEAN | 72 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Gray County
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
An official National Weather Service storm survey revealed that a narrow area of damaging thunderstorm wind gusts moved through Pampa, Texas between Banks Street and West Brown Street. The path of damage was twenty-five yards wide and five hundred yards long. The winds picked up and destroyed a ten by ten aluminum shed which caused debris for four hundred yards. An abandoned wood frame house on Banks Street had its side wall collapse. There were three containers that were overturned by the winds. Also, a park sign in a municipal park was damaged and a business on West Brown Street had the front wall of the establishment blown onto West Brown Street. There was also damage to a power pole. There were no reports of injuries or fatalities.
The wind gust was measured at the Texas MesoNet station near McLean. The high winds twisted up a barn and the roof tin was blown into a neighboring yard…large tree limbs broken and some trees blown over…a couple of guard lights ripped up…a press box was blown into the stands at a football field…and three tractor-trailers were blown over on Interstate 40 near McLean.
The thunderstorm wind gusts shifted small outbuildings off of their foundations, overturned one camping trailer and caused another camping trailer to be moved, and also caused fencing to be moved across a roadway. There were no reports of injuries or fatalities.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Gray County, Texas?
245 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Gray County between 1957 and 2026, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Gray County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Gray County measured 89.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Gray 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 Gray County, Texas.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/texas/gray-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.