Kinney County

Every recorded tornado

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

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 county boundary (or inside the county).
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.

Costliest events since 1996

1. Jul 16, 2026Flash Flood$2.8 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Torrential rain from several slow-moving thunderstorms occurred along US90 in Kinney County on the morning of July 16. Rainfall totals across US90 were estimated to be above 8 inches with localized totals around 15 inches.||The flooding in Kinney County was one of the most significant in recent memory. Countywide, 80 total homes were flooded or otherwise affected, concentrated mainly in Brackettville and Fort Clark Springs. Of the 80 homes, at least 8 sustained major damage and at least 18 sustained minor damage. Water intrusion was reported to some classrooms on the Brackett ISD campus. All highways, farm-to-market, and ranch-to-market roads in the area were closed due to…

2. May 26, 2001Thunderstorm Wind$270,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A severe thunderstorm, moving southwestward toward Brackettville, struck the USAF Nexrad radar installation about 9 miles east of Brackettville. Hail of up to 4 inches in diameter struck first, with several goats in the area later reported to have been killed by the hail. The hail was indicated by bare spots on tree limbs and deep depressions on metal structures in and around the radar site. The effect of the hail was to dent radar buildings and structures and weaken the plexiglass covering o f the radome. A downburst immediately following the hail was sufficient to tear off panels of the plexiglass and cave in the radome. These wind gusts were measured at 84 knots by the Nexrad…

3. Feb 10, 2009Strong Wind, Kinney$250,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Strong winds behind a cold front knocked down power lines and tree limbs and broke some car windows 2 miles west of Brackettville.

4. Jun 20, 2014Flash Flood$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding. Some people in Brackettville and Fort Clark were evacuated from their homes due to flooding. A CoCoRAHS observer five miles west of Brackettville reported 11.86 inches of rain.

5. Apr 7, 2002Hail$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   As the supercell thunderstorm moved eastward from Val Verde County into Kinney County, hail continued to be reported. However, it was initially less widespread than it had been in Val Verde County. Stones at times were reported to be as large as tennis balls and were propelled by winds near 50 mph. Widespread damage to windows of cars and buildings was indicated across the town of Brackettville. The storm was somewhat unusual in that the large hail fell first, with the small hail following later. Two persons received minor injuries in Brackettville when they were struck by hail.

6. May 4, 2022Thunderstorm Wind$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 to 80 mph that knocked down 10 power poles in Brackettville.

7. Mar 19, 2002Thunderstorm Wind$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   High winds estimated at 50 to 60 knots, caused widespread minor damage to buildings and vehicles across much of Kinney County.

8. Apr 7, 2002Thunderstorm Wind$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Severe thunderstorm winds spread across much of the the town, knocking down trees and blowing down numerous tree limbs.

9. Jul 23, 2003Thunderstorm Wind$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   As the east-west oriented line of thunderstorms associated with the cold front moved southward through Kinney County, it produced a downburst that damaged the roofs of homes in Fort Clark Springs in the south part of Brackettville.

10. Jan 22, 1999High Wind, Kinney$50,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    Winds of sustained 35 to 45 mph with gusts up near 60 mph blew down power lines and uprooted trees from the Del Rio area to near Brackettville.

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

115°FJun 21, 2023

All-time low

10°FDec 23, 1989

Warmest night

87°FJul 13, 1998

Coldest day

23°FDec 22, 1989

Wettest day

17.03 inAug 23, 1998

Snowiest day

11.2 inFeb 18, 2021

Hottest year

2024mean 76.4°F

Coldest year

1976mean 67.4°F

Wettest year

196933.22 in

Driest year

19564.34 in

Snowiest season

13.6 in2020-21

Station Del Rio International Airport (USW00022010), 1,003 ft elevation, 31.1 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1951 to October 26, 2026; 99.8% 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 USW00022010.
• 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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