Nacogdoches County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Nacogdoches County: 4.
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.

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. Feb 16, 2021Winter Storm, Nacogdoches$3.8 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   On the heels of the first winter storm and historically cold temperatures observed earlier in the week across all of the Southern Plains and much of the Lower Mississippi Valley, a second significant winter storm developed across much of these areas from February 16th-18th, with areas of snow, sleet, and freezing rain (some heavy) falling across much of East Texas. Strong forcing and moisture associated with the next upper level trough to move atop the extensive arctic air mass in place resulted in widespread snow and sleet totals of one to three inches, with isolated higher amounts up to five to seven inches over Eastern Cass County. Strong overrunning of warmer air atop the…

2. Feb 10, 1998Thunderstorm Wind$3.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Numerous trees and powerlines were toppled throughout the community. Felled trees demolished homes and vehicles and ripped apart several mobile homes. An estimated 30 roads were closed across the area. Deep East Texas Coop, the electrical company that services Nacogdoches County, said that 350-400 electrical poles were toppled leaving over 20,000 customers without power. Several chicken houses were also destroyed each costing $100,000. Electrical crews from Dallas, Temple, Waco, Sulpher Springs, Athens, and Palestine Texas were called in to assist in reestablishing power. Two injuries occurred: The first when the wind turned over a travel trailer with a man inside, the second when…

3. Sep 13, 2008Hurricane (Typhoon), Nacogdoches$1.5 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Hurricane force winds sustained near 74 mph with higher gusts buffeted much of Nacogdoches County throughout the morning of September 13th. Damage was widespread across the county with numerous trees and power lines downed. Power outages were widespread as well with many residents without power during the height of the storm and well after the storm. A tree fell on a house on South Street in the town of Nacogdoches, Texas but no injuries were reported. Up to 100 roads were impassable during the height of the storm with another 600 containing scattered debris. Providing assistance with the cleanup and aid were 35 National Guardsman and 24 state troopers furnished by the Department…

4. Mar 30, 2002Tornado$1.2 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Numerous trees and power lines broken, snapped and pulled out of the ground along the track. Numerous homes and business were severely damaged or destroyed. This tornado moved into Nacogdoches County, TX from Polk County, TX and Angelina County, TX then continued northeast into San Augustine County, TX.

5. Mar 21, 2022Tornado$750,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   This is a continuation of the Southern Cherokee County tornado. This tornado intensified to EF-2 with estimated maximum winds around 125 mph near the intersection of County Roads 885 and 886, where the damage width broadened to near a half mile with widespread snapping of hardwood and softwood trees. The tornado maintained its intensity as it tore through the Lilbert community and approached the west side of Cushing. Widespread trees were snapped on the west side of Cushing, with single family homes sustaining partial to complete loss of their roofs. Estimated maximum winds from this tornado reached 125 mph given the total loss of roofs of single family homes on the west and north…

6. Jun 21, 2011Thunderstorm Wind$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey in Nacogdoches and San Augustine County and concluded that damage was the result of a major downburst. Hundreds of trees from Chireno to San Augustine and to the south were either uprooted or snapped. A few single story homes in the Denning area sustained major structural damage due to large oak trees falling onto the homes. Several chicken houses were damaged by the downburst winds along FM road 1196. The roofs were peeled back. Numerous cars were damaged due to fallen trees, such as along FM road 1277, where two full size trucks were pinned by large oak trees.

7. Aug 9, 1997Flash Flood$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Heavy rain led to many road closures in the area as cars and even motor homes were swept off the highways and county roads. Many farmers lost hay and some cattle were reported missing. The Texas Department of Transportation called in Flood Crews to repair washed-out roads. Rain totals exceeded 12 inches causing area businesses, homes and apartment complexes to be evacuated. The American Red Cross had to be called in to open shelters for flood victims.

8. May 11, 2017Tornado$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The Garrison area of Northeast Nacogdoches County sustained significant wind and tornado damage related to a supercell thunderstorms that moved over this area. En EF-2 tornado with maximum estimated winds between 120-130 mph touched down southwest of Garrison along Highway 59, before moving through downtown Garrison. Several businesses along Highway 59 sustained roof damage, including what had once been a dentist's office, a bank, and an auto repair shop. The dentist's office was particularly hard hit, where EF-2 damage had occurred when a section of the roof was removed. The auto shop roof was lifted and deposited in the bank's parking lot. The auto shop also had two outer cinder…

9. Mar 2, 1999Tornado$250,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The damage was 150 yards wide that began in a rural area, 1/4 mile north of the intersection of Hwy 95 and FM 1878. Damage consisted of a chimney blown down, a large cedar tree snapped in half then blown 20 yards from the stump. A Tyson chicken barn was completely demolished with about 300 chickens killed. Forestry damage consisted of numerous trees fallen. A tin roofing from the chicken barns was tangled in many trees up to 1.2 miles away.

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

    Numerous county roads were underwater throughout the county. Several homes were flooded throughout the county as well, mostly in rural portions of the county.

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

112°FSep 2, 2000

All-time low

−3°FFeb 16, 2021

Warmest night

84°FAug 21, 2018

Coldest day

16°FFeb 15, 2021

Wettest day

8.82 inSep 30, 2012

Snowiest day

5.6 inJan 11, 2021

Hottest year

2025mean 68.4°F

Coldest year

2014mean 63.3°F

Wettest year

201572.20 in

Driest year

201022.27 in

Station Nacogdoches (USC00416177), 435 ft elevation, 0.6 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1973 to October 22, 2026; 92.5% 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 USC00416177.
• 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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