76
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
6
Direct injuries
$5.7M
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Lampasas County, Texas: 76 recorded events between 1957 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 71. That places the county #2,499 nationally and #178 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Lampasas County, Texas: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Lampasas County is the 2000s, when 26 of the county's 76 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 Lampasas County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 31.3% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,499 for this hazard and #178 within Texas, putting it in the 20.6 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
May is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Lampasas County with 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 1994 | Lometa | 0 | 0 | 6 | $5.0M |
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2025 | KEMPNER | 71 | $10K |
| Apr 9, 2020 | KEMPNER | 48 | $5K |
| Jun 9, 2019 | KEMPNER | 53 | $0 |
| Jun 9, 2019 | LAMPASAS | 55 | $10K |
| Jun 9, 2019 | KEMPNER | 55 | $6K |
| Apr 18, 2019 | ADAMSVILLE | 55 | $0 |
| May 15, 2018 | KEMPNER | 60 | $0 |
| May 15, 2018 | RUMLEY | 50 | $0 |
| May 20, 2017 | LAMPASAS | 52 | $0 |
| Apr 27, 2016 | LAMPASAS | 60 | $10K |
Other hazards here
More from Lampasas County
- Hail 113
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
A downburst that caused F2-like damage hit Lometa and areas up to three miles to the east. Wind speeds were estimated at 115 mph by the survey team, based on the damage pattern. Virtually every structure in town received damage, either from high winds or wind-driven baseball-size hail. The damage path through Lometa was north-to-south with buildings facing north having paint sand-blasted off from the wind. One house, one mile east of Lometa, had holes in steel siding from wind-driven hail. Trees three to four feet in diameter were blown down. On the west side of town, a tractor-semitrailer was blown over and pushed 20 feet before coming to rest. One mobile home, which was tied down, was not blown over by the wind, but in the center of the mobile home, where there were no tie downs, the damage was severe. The mobile home was still destroyed, but there were no injuries as the residents had taken shelter elsewhere before the storm struck.
A building on Highway 190 E, east of Lampasas, was heavily damaged by high winds. The building suffered partial roof loss and partially collapsed walls. Seven units at a nearby storage facility were also damaged by 2×6 timbers and debris from the building. Timbers were also driven into a nearby double-wide mobile home, and a window was broken out at the residence. Some timbers were sticking up out of the ground around the residence. One 50-60' tall elm tree near the home was snapped in half and fell on a car. Only minor dents were sustained to the car. Also nearby, a fireworks stand was destroyed.
A 60 foot tall oak tree was uprooted and crashed into a residence on 4th street in Lampasas. The house was significantly damaged. Also in Lampasas, the roof was blown off a portable building at the Lampasas Middle School.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Lampasas County, Texas?
76 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Lampasas County between 1957 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Lampasas County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Lampasas County measured 71.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Lampasas 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 Lampasas County, Texas.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/texas/lampasas-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.