Victoria County

Every recorded tornado

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

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. Aug 26, 2017Hurricane (Typhoon), Victoria$140 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Widespread minor to moderate roof damage occurred in the city of Bloomington. Several mobile homes were destroyed. All but three facilities within the Bloomington school district suffered wind and water damage. Widespread minor roof damage occurred in the city of Victoria. Several trees and a few power poles were blown down. Fences and street signs were blown down across the city. The maximum wind gust recorded in Victoria was 85 mph. Maximum wind gusts in the southern part of the county were around 110 mph. Twenty seven homes were destroyed. Around 75 percent of residential and commercial properties in the county were damaged. Hundreds of acres of unharvested cotton were damaged…

2. Aug 27, 2017Flood$20.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Major flooding occurred along the Guadalupe River in the Victoria area due to heavy rainfall from Hurricane Harvey. At least 100 homes were flooded in Victoria in the Green's Addition area. Fox, Smith, Pozzi, Fordyce, Parsifal, Lower Mission Valley, and Old River Roads were inundated. Guadalupe River at Victoria crested at 31.25 feet at 12:30 AM CDT August 31st. The major flood wave continued into first few days of September.

3. Feb 14, 2021Cold/Wind Chill, Victoria$5.2 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Freezing temperatures affected the area from the 13th until 18th. Long duration cold spell led to power outages and issues with water pressure. Damages to homes occurred when frozen pipes burst.

4. Jul 2, 2007Flash Flood$1.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Widespread flash flooding occurred across much of Victoria county during the early morning. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain fell across the southern half of the county and between 4 and 8 inches fell across the northern half of the county, with isolated amounts between 8 and 11 inches. Flooding was reported at Benbow Road and Garcitas Creek and at U.S. 77 at Garcitas Creek, numerous roads throughout the city of Victoria and several Farm to Market Roads in the northern half of the county. U.S. 77 was closed from the north side of the city of Victoria to the Lavaca/De Witt/Victoria county line due to flooding at the county line and at least one vehicle was completely submereged in a…

5. Nov 21, 2004Flash Flood$706,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   See episode narrative below for additional details and rainfall totals.

6. May 15, 2010Flash Flood$700,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Street flooding in the city of Victoria was widespread, as approximately 8 inches fell over parts of Victoria over 24hrs, including approximately 4.5 inches within a 2 hour span. This led to widespread flooding over approximately 25-35% of the city���s streets, and an unknown but significant number of county roads. All told, approximately 160+ residences were flooded (almost all to a minimal degree). Additionally, a number of dwellings and vehicles suffered minor damage from falling trees or limbs. However, due to the rapidity in which most of the flood waters receded, Victoria was spared catastrophic loss to residential and business infrastructure. There was damage…

7. May 1, 2026Tornado$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Evidence of a high-end EF-1 (110mph) tornado was found in south- central Victoria County. Drone footage showed a scour track that began over farmland between Crouch Rd and HWY-185, and ended near Crouch Rd east of York Rd along with a track of debris. In between, several manufactured homes on Jared Rd, Lexie Ln, and York Rd suffered significant roof damage, broken windows, and scattered debris correlated to circulation of a tornado. One manufactured home was completely destroyed along Jared Rd. The tornado track was found to be around 1.1 miles long and a width of around 400 yards, spanning from 2:02-2:06pm CDT.

8. Sep 22, 2020Flood$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Flood waters from rainfall up to 10 inches overnight were slow to recede in the Inez area. Up to a foot of water flooded baseball fields in Inez.

9. May 26, 2014Flash Flood$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Numerous roadways and subdivisions were flooded from near the community of Nursery to the northern portions of the city of Victoria. Water was as deep as a foot to a foot and a half in these areas. A few of the roads were closed between Victoria and Nursery for a couple of hours. Several cars were stranded in high water in Victoria.

10. Sep 22, 2020Flash Flood$100,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    Miller Field for baseball in Inez near Highway 59 and Farm to Market Road 444 was flooded with a foot of water. There were 5 residents cutoff from emergency services in their homes due to flood waters in Inez. Water was flowing over the roadway on Keeran Road at Farm to Market Road 444. A bridge on Ocelot Road in Inez was damaged.

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

111°FSep 5, 2000

All-time low

9°FDec 23, 1989

Warmest night

84°FAug 12, 2023

Coldest day

27°F3 times, most recently Dec 23, 1989

Wettest day

9.87 inApr 5, 1991

Snowiest day

3.3 inFeb 12, 1958

Hottest year

2023mean 73.4°F

Coldest year

1979mean 68.0°F

Wettest year

200473.65 in

Driest year

201113.08 in

Snowiest season

3.3 in1957-58

Station Victoria Regional Airport (USW00012912), 111 ft elevation, 4.5 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1953 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.

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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 USW00012912.
• 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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