Lufkin

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond this area.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Every storm within 100 miles

1. Tropical storms and hurricanes (34 kt or more, still tropical) at closest approach. Post-tropical remnants with gale-force winds are listed but not counted. Direct: track within 50 miles; near: within 100 miles. Distance is measured to the county boundary for counties and to the city centre for cities, using positions interpolated hourly between HURDAT2 fixes.

National Hurricane Center HURDAT2, 1851 to 2025.

Every large fire

1. Large fires mapped by the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity program since 1984: 1,000 acres or more in the West, 500 or more in the East. Prescribed burns are excluded. Acres here are the part of each perimeter inside this place.

Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service), 1984 to 2026.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Flood insurance figures are for Angelina County, the county that contains Lufkin.

Claims by ZIP code

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

River crests

River gauges in Angelina County, the county that contains Lufkin.

River gauges

1. Crests are the highest and the recent crests the National Weather Service lists for each river gauge in the county that has a flood stage, not every flood. Flood categories use each gauge's current flood stages; crests from before levees, dams or channel changes may not be comparable. Crests measured on an old datum are left out of the rankings.

NOAA National Water Prediction Service gauge records, retrieved October 30, 2026.

The drought index is for Angelina County, the county that contains Lufkin.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

Every earthquake of magnitude 4 or more within 50 miles

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the city centre.
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. Dec 23, 2009Tornado$10.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   An EF3 tornado touched down on the south side of Lufkin, on Loop 287 near Olive Garden just west of the intersections Loop 287 and South Chestnut Street. The tornado then tracked north northeast causing roof and tree damage to several homes behind Morgan Insurance Company on Loop 287. The tornado continued its north northeastward track then crossed South Chestnut causing major damage|to Gibson Funeral Home. It then tracked northward through a residential neighborhood causing more tree and roof damage, before destroying Max Welding Shop on Denman Rd. The tornado crossed Denman Road moving through another residential area causing moderate to major tree and roof damage. The tornado…

2. Mar 30, 2002Tornado$5.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Numerous trees and power lines broken, snapped, and pulled out of the ground along the entire track. Several barns were severely damaged and numerous homes were with missing roofs while others suffered severe roof and structural damage. South of the Ora Community one house was totally blown off its foundation and destroyed. This tornado moved into Angelina County, TX from Polk County, TX and continued into Nacogdoches County, TX and San Augustine County, TX.

3. Apr 6, 2003Tornado$2.5 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   A classic supercell thunderstorm moved northeastward across Angelina County, TX into Nacogdoches County, TX producing a strong tornado. Numerous structures were damaged near Central, TX, northwest of Lufkin, TX. Otherwise damage was confined to uprooted and snapped trees.

4. Feb 10, 1998Thunderstorm Wind$2.5 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Winds were recorded at the Lufkin Airport. Reports of 150 power poles were toppled with numerous trees across homes and vehicles.

5. Nov 3, 2000Flash Flood$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A 2 lane wood and steel bridge collapsed on County Road off Highway 69 due to excessive flooding.

6. Apr 25, 2011Tornado$300,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   This tornado was a continuation of the tornado that moved out of Cherokee County, Texas. A high end EF1 tornado began in extreme southeast Cherokee County, Texas just north of the Neches River where it caused roof damage to a home along CR 2829 and blew down several trees. The tornado continued east southeast into Angelina County where it snapped or uprooted dozens of trees and blew down powerlines along FM 1819 around the CR 13 intersection. Several homes in this area also suffered roof damage and a few outbuildings were destroyed. The tornado crossed Choppin Road near Winter Lane where dozens of more trees were snapped or uprooted and additional homes and out buildings suffered…

7. Apr 25, 2011Thunderstorm Wind$250,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A 2 mile swath of severe wind damage in association with the rear flank downdraft from the Wells, Texas tornado. Minor roof damage occurred to homes along FM. 1819. The old Redtown School and Senior Citizen Center lost portions of their metal roofs. A barn and several outbuildings on Choppin Road lost their roofs. Hundreds of trees were blown down from Redtown to Pollock along FM 1819...Hwy. 103...Hwy. 7 and Hwy. 69. Winds were estimated from 90 to 110 mph. Width of damage was 2 miles wide.

8. Oct 29, 2009Flash Flood$250,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Numerous roads were flooded and closed throughout the entire county. Some homes were also flooded near Hwy. 59 south near Diboll, Texas.

9. Dec 20, 2007Thunderstorm Wind$200,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Half a dozen trees and several powerlines were downed in the Brookhollow and Mantooth neighboorhoods in Lufkin, Texas. One tree fell on top of an automobile. a local church had two large plate glass windows blown inward by the winds. Parts of air conditioning units were also blown off the roof of the Angelina Village and the Lufkin Mall. The winds also peeled off a metal roof of a rectory at the St. Andrew Church. With the roof gone, rain quickly soaked and collapsed the ceilings into the interior of the home.

10. Dec 21, 2013Thunderstorm Wind$150,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    Wind damage was quite extensive in and around the Lufkin, Texas area. Numerous trees and power lines were downed including a tree down on a house on the 1700 block of Courtney Lane. A local retailer on FM 58 lost at least two of its portable buildings in the wake of the strong winds. An entire wall on a South Chestnut Street business was completely torn down by the winds. Another local retailer experienced damage to its AC units along with falling ceiling tiles. At the DPS office in Lufkin, the storm shattered the back window of a DPS truck and broke the windows of an employee's personal vehicle.

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

111°FAug 27, 2023

All-time low

−2°F2 times, most recently Feb 2, 1951

Warmest night

82°F4 times, most recently Jun 25, 1969

Coldest day

19°FJan 10, 1962

Wettest day

7.47 inOct 16, 1994

Snowiest day

8.1 inJan 30, 1949

Hottest year

1933mean 71.3°F

Coldest year

1983mean 64.1°F

Wettest year

200479.04 in

Driest year

196326.49 in

Snowiest season

8.1 in1948-49

Station Lufkin Angelina County Airport (USW00093987), 286 ft elevation, 6.2 miles from the city centre. Daily records from 1906 to October 27, 2026; 99.7% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

Declarations for Angelina County.

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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USW00093987.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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