Moore County

Every recorded tornado

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

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

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 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.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. Apr 21, 2007Tornado$1.3 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   This tornado formed ten miles west southwest of Dumas at 1816 CST and tracked northeast for about twenty miles before exiting Moore county one half of a mile north of Cactus at 1840 CST. The tornado continued in Sherman county for about another four miles...before dissipating at 1852 CST. In Moore county...evidence suggested that the tornado was about three quarters of a mile wide as it passed through the town of Cactus. The most significant damage occurred across the northwest half of Cactus...but most homes and businesses received some damage as a result of this tornado. It is estimated that at least ten mobile homes were demolished and many more left uninhabitable. Fourteen…

2. Feb 24, 2013Blizzard, Moore$660,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Blizzard conditions reported by the Dumas Police Department in Dumas, stranded motorist, and 12.0 inches of storm total snow.

3. Aug 3, 2025Thunderstorm Wind$250,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A severe thunderstorm moved across portions of Moore County during the early morning hours of August 3, 2025. It produced significant, widespread damage to portions of the county from north of Dumas and especially across the town of Sunray. Based on pictures and radar imagery, it has been determined that this damage is attributed to straight line winds. The most significant damage occurred in Sunray. Here, numerous trees were snapped or uprooted. Several power poles were snapped, center pivots were flipped, a few light poles were bent at the base. The press box at the high school sports complex was destroyed. Other structure damage included destroyed|outbuildings and barns as well…

4. Aug 9, 2002Thunderstorm Wind$200,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Widespread wind damage across western sections of Dumas including roofs which were torn off of two homes and another home had an attached garage totally destroyed leaving debris for one quarter of a mile. Another home had a cement brick fence destroyed. A storm damage survey was done on this event.

5. Apr 23, 2025Hail$200,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A supercell thunderstorm tracked across Dumas, producing hail up to tennis ball size. Windows were blown out of patrol vehicles due to the hail.

6. Apr 15, 2003High Wind, Moore$180,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Strong gradient winds resulted in high winds and wind damage across the western and central Texas panhandle during the afternoon hours. Thirty-five knot wind gust measured from Texas Tech West Texas Mesonet two miles west of Clarendon...thirty-five knot sustained winds measured at the Dalhart ASOS...thirty-five knot sustained wind estimated at Adrian...Hereford...Spearman and Stratford...and fifty-two knot wind gust in western Amarillo. Strong gradient winds blew out the large front glass window of a local Canyon restaurant. Strong gradient winds destroyed two mobile homes with about four or five more mobile homes reportedly damaged in Cactus. No injuries or fatalities occurred…

7. Apr 9, 2011Wildfire, Moore$155,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The Crawford Ranch Wildfire began about two miles southeast of Masterson Texas near the Moore County and Potter County line around 1340 CST. The head of the wildfire was at Farm to Market Road 152 and Farm to Market Road 1913 and consumed a measured thirty-five thousand and ninety-seven acres which was mapped using GPS. The wildfire was sixteen miles long and one mile wide and damaged two fire engines and an outbuilding. Six homes were evacuated and six homes were saved. Also, multiple homes in front of the fire were evacuated and multiple oil tank batteries and oil pumps were threatened. The wildfire was contained on April 10 at 0040 CST. There were initially four firefighters…

8. Dec 19, 2006Ice Storm, Moore$138,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   An estimated one half inch of ice accumulation due to the freezing rain was reported in Dumas. Numerous tree limbs and power lines were down due to the ice. Also...there were several minor vehicular accidents with only one serious injury and there were several falls with two of those resulted in broken hips. One home was lost in a fire which was caused by downed power lines.

9. Mar 14, 2001High Wind, Moore$110,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Report of numerous telephone and power poles down...trailer homes blown over...windows of cars and businesses blown out...and a tractor-trailer rig blown off the road in and around Dumas.

10. Jun 12, 2010Thunderstorm Wind$100,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    The Moore County Emergency Manager reported that three mobile homes had blown off of their foundations and into the road at the sixteen hundred block of Binkley Avenue in Dumas Texas.

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

110°FJun 26, 2011

All-time low

−21°FJan 4, 1959

Warmest night

79°FJul 3, 1957

Coldest day

2°FJan 3, 1959

Wettest day

4.52 inAug 2, 1985

Snowiest day

12.5 inJan 21, 1983

Hottest year

2024mean 58.9°F

Coldest year

1961mean 53.9°F

Wettest year

198528.03 in

Driest year

20116.04 in

Snowiest season

47.1 in1982-83

Station Dalhart FAA Airport (USW00093042), 3,988 ft elevation, 34.2 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1948 to October 26, 2026; 99.9% 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.

This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).

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 USW00093042.
• 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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