Coleman County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Coleman County: 2.
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.

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

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.

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.

Costliest events since 1996

1. May 5, 2006Hail$5.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Hailstones from golfball to tennis ball size damaged windshields, skylights, and roofs to almost every residence, out building, exposed vehicle, and carport located in Coleman. The large hail also littered lawns with leaves and branches and even killed birds. The large hail also left big dents in the ground.

2. Mar 8, 2001Hail$2.8 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Hail up to the size of golf balls fell across a large part of the city of Coleman, causing extensive damage to area roofs and vehicles. Local insurance agencies reported nearly 1000 insurance claims, with damage reaching almost 3 million dollars.

3. Jul 6, 2002Flash Flood$800,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Rains of 10 to 12 inches fell over Coleman County in the early morning hours of the 6th. This is in addition to the 8 to 10 inches that had fallen over the area in the days leading up to this flood. The area along Jim Ned Creek and Lake Coleman were hit especially hard. As the Coleman County police department was performing a water rescue on Jim Need Creek near Burkett, they were quoted saying, "a wall of water is flowing down Jim Need Creek." Several roads and fences were damaged in the county, crops ruined and livestock missing. In the Lake Coleman area, there were four homes with major damage and 2 homes with minor damage.

4. May 29, 1996Thunderstorm Wind$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Winds blew down power poles and transformers.

5. Jun 19, 2019Hail$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A trained spotter reported golf ball to slightly larger hail falling in Santa Anna, off of Main Street.

6. Feb 14, 2021Cold/Wind Chill, Coleman$443,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Used the Brownwood AWOS since Coleman AWOS went off line. The Brownwood AWOS reported wind chill readings of -10 to -15 degrees. Coleman County reported damage to their public utility systems.

7. Dec 6, 2004Tornado$250,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A National Weather Service storm survey team found that the damage on the south side of Santa Ana was caused by a tornado. This tornado was on the ground for 1/2 mile and was 50 yards wide. The tornado lifted at 2:21 PM CST. This tornado produced damage to the elementary school as well as to a few homes. Several out buildings were also destroyed.

8. May 28, 1996Thunderstorm Wind$250,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Winds destroyed outbuildings and caused structural damage to mobile homes.

9. Jun 6, 1997Flash Flood$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Between two and a half and five inches of rain fell over a large part of Coleman County the morning of the 6th. Almost five inches of rain was reported in Coleman and about six inches of rain in Santa Anna. Cars stalled in the floodwaters in the streets of Coleman.

10. Jun 16, 1997Hail$100,000

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

114°FAug 3, 1943

All-time low

−5°FJan 18, 1930

Warmest night

87°FJul 22, 1913

Coldest day

13°F2 times, most recently Dec 22, 1990

Wettest day

8.55 inJul 2, 1932

Snowiest day

13.0 inJan 16, 1919

Hottest year

1921mean 69.2°F

Coldest year

1968mean 62.8°F

Wettest year

199152.05 in

Driest year

191713.32 in

Snowiest season

23.0 in1918-19

Station Coleman (USC00411875), 1,687 ft elevation, 1.4 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1897 to October 20, 2026; 94.4% 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.

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

Neighbouring counties

• 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 USC00411875.
• 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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