Kimble County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Kimble County: 0.
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.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. Oct 17, 2018Flood$10.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Prolonged heavy rainfall continued to flood roads across Kimble County. This flooding damaged 324 miles of roads and several bridges.

2. Oct 8, 2018Flash Flood$9.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Some rural residents were trapped in their homes by a major flash flood on the S. Llano River and Cedar Creek, in some cases requiring them to be rescued. Others awoke to find water in their homes and were able to evacuate themselves.||The Above and Beyond RV Resort, located adjacent to the South Llano River, was completely flooded, washing RVs and motor vehicles down stream, trapping people who sought refuge in trees in the park, and carrying some down the river. First responders who arrived at the scene before daylight, heard people, who they were unable to see in trees and on top of RVs, calling for help. They threw life preservers to the victims in the water. ||Miraculously, a…

3. Jun 21, 1997Flash Flood$5.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Four to eight inches of rain fell over much of Kimble County, with ten inches reported at Segovia and 16 inches a few miles north of Segovia. The heavy rains and floodwaters closed Farm-to-Market roads and highways throughout the county. Water was five feet deep at the entrance to South Llano State Park. The county judge estimated millions of dollars of damage on roads and bridges.

4. Oct 28, 1996Flood, Kimble$3.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Significant river flooding occurred along the Llano River in Kimble and Mason counties on October 28th. This flooding was a result of a stationary front over the hill country combined with deep tropical moisture during the early morning hours of the 28th. Most of the rainfall occurred in the headwaters of the Llano River over northern Edwards County. Heavy rain also occurred over eastern Kimble and southern Mason counties. Rainfall amounts of three to five inches were common over Kimble and Mason counties, with up to nine inches reported in parts of southeast Kimble County. The runoff quickly entered the Llano River and caused river flooding and damage to homes and roads.An…

5. Jun 21, 1997Flood, Kimble$2.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   An upper level low pressure system was stationary over south central Texas and parts of the Hill Country through Saturday the 21st. During the evening on Saturday, this upper low moved slowly northward into the northwest Hill Country near Junction and stayed nearly stationary through Sunday the 22nd. This upper low brought cool temperatures in the mid levels of the atmosphere which combined with warm and very moist air at the surface to create a very unstable environment. Numerous outflow boundaries from weekend storms over south central Texas moved into the northwest Hill Country and provided the focus for thunderstorm development. Weak winds aloft and a continuous flow of…

6. Feb 11, 2021Winter Storm, Kimble$1.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Junction Volunteer Fire Department reported a mixture of sleet and freezing rain. Ice accumulations was estimated at about a half an inch of accumulation on a flag pole. By the afternoon about 1 to 2 inches of ice accumulated on trees and power lines. Many tree limbs, thousands of trees, miles of power poles and electrical lines, and two communication towers fell because of the heavy icing coating these structures. A traffic fatality occurred about 20 miles west of Junction on Interstate 10 at Mile Marker 438.

7. Apr 26, 2011Wildfire, Kimble$350,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The Oasis Pipeline Fire 11 miles south of Junction burned approximately 9445 acres and it was 80 percent contained. There were 11 structures destroyed, including 1 home. Also, 3 vehicles and 1 bulldozer were destroyed, along with numerous power poles and fence line. In addition, 20 head of cattle were lost. Commercial airtankers and four MAFFs tankers helped slow the spread of the fire that came within four miles south of Junction. This fire was started by lightning on April 26.

8. Mar 10, 1997Flash Flood$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Up to eight inches of rain fell near London overnight and morning of the 10th. Highway 377 was closed to due to water five feet deep on low water crossings. The water receded very slowly during the morning hours.

9. Mar 13, 2019Tornado$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   In Junction, the NWS survey team found evidence of two tornadoes. The first touchdown was located 0.8 miles west southwest of Junction in a residential neighborhood. At this location, they found damage to storage sheds and an awning. The tornado broke a power pole near the base and blew out windows of a nearby residence. The tornado damage was consistent with an EF0 tornado.

10. Nov 6, 1996Thunderstorm Wind$100,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    Winds blew down power lines.

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°FMay 26, 2024

All-time low

−7°FFeb 2, 1951

Warmest night

87°FJun 6, 2018

Coldest day

20°F2 times, most recently Jan 12, 1963

Wettest day

5.91 inOct 14, 1957

Snowiest day

6.4 inFeb 22, 1966

Hottest year

2024mean 70.3°F

Coldest year

1968mean 63.0°F

Wettest year

195735.88 in

Driest year

195110.24 in

Snowiest season

7.0 in1957-58

Station Junction Kimble County Airport (USW00013973), 1,711 ft elevation, 2.9 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1948 to October 26, 2026; 97.7% 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.

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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 USW00013973.
• 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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