NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Alice, TX
Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
34 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Alice, Texas since 1851, 9 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Harold in 2023. Since 1950, 96 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 1 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 9
- Tropical storms
- 25
- Tornadoes
- 96
- EF3 or stronger
- 1
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
1 deaths in all
What the records show for Alice
The strongest storm to pass near Alice was an unnamed storm in 1886, a Category 3 hurricane with 125 mph winds when its centre passed 70 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was an unnamed storm in 1919, whose centre came within 21 miles. The record near Alice begins with an unnamed storm in 1851; the most recent system was Harold in 2023, a tropical storm 32 miles away. The busiest decade was the 1910s, with 5 systems, 2 of them at hurricane strength. Of the 34 systems, 5 have come since 2000. Alice has more hurricanes within 75 miles than 81% of the 753 Texas cities on this site. The strongest of the 96 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F3 on June 24, 1970; its path came within 22 miles, and it killed 1 person. Of the 96, 15 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 27 have come since 2000. September has had the most tornadoes, 23. The most recent tornado was on August 22, 2023. Of the 753 Texas cities, 57% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Alice. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 59 times since 1959, with stones up to 5 inches. Of the 753 Texas cities, 62% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Alice.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Alice
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | HaroldAug 22 | 32 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2017 | HarveyAug 26 | 69 mi | Category 3 (121 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2010 | HermineSep 7 | 1 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2008 | DollyJul 24 | 61 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Category 2 |
| 2003 | ClaudetteJul 15 | 53 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1999 | BretAug 23 | 32 mi | Tropical storm (64 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1998 | FrancesSep 11 | 55 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1998 | CharleyAug 22 | 44 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1993 | ArleneJun 20 | 61 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1980 | AllenAug 10 | 58 mi | Category 1 (87 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1978 | AmeliaJul 31 | 1 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1971 | FernSep 11 | 33 mi | Tropical storm (59 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1970 | CeliaAug 4 | 30 mi | Category 2 (107 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1968 | CandyJun 23 | 61 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1967 | BeulahSep 21 | 34 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1960 | Unnamed 1960 stormJun 24 | 22 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1958 | EllaSep 6 | 57 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1945 | Unnamed 1945 stormAug 27 | 67 mi | Category 3 (115 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1936 | Unnamed 1936 stormSep 13 | 58 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1936 | Unnamed 1936 stormJun 27 | 50 mi | Tropical storm (62 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1934 | Unnamed 1934 stormJul 25 | 30 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1919 | Unnamed 1919 stormSep 15 | 21 mi | Category 1 (83 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1916 | Unnamed 1916 stormAug 19 | 21 mi | Category 1 (92 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1913 | Unnamed 1913 stormJun 28 | 13 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1912 | Unnamed 1912 stormOct 17 | 29 mi | Tropical storm (55 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1910 | Unnamed 1910 stormSep 15 | 52 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1902 | Unnamed 1902 stormJun 26 | 55 mi | Tropical storm (68 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1886 | Unnamed 1886 stormSep 23 | 36 mi | Category 1 (81 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1886 | Unnamed 1886 stormAug 20 | 70 mi | Category 3 (125 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1875 | Unnamed 1875 stormSep 16 | 52 mi | Category 2 (106 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1874 | Unnamed 1874 stormSep 5 | 72 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1869 | Unnamed 1869 stormAug 17 | 35 mi | Tropical storm (61 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1866 | Unnamed 1866 stormJul 16 | 64 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1851 | Unnamed 1851 stormJun 26 | 43 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 1 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Alice: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.
Tornadoes within 25 miles of Alice
By decade
- 2020s2
- 2010s16
- 2000s9
- 1990s16
- 1980s5
- 1970s13(1 EF3+)
- 1960s27
- 1950s8
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 1970 | F3 | 22 mi | 1.5 mi | 1 / 15 |
| Aug 10, 1980 | F2 | 1 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Aug 10, 1980 | F2 | 21 mi | 2.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 9, 1980 | F2 | 15 mi | 5.9 mi | 0 / 3 |
| May 7, 1976 | F2 | 19 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 28, 1976 | F2 | 21 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 12, 1969 | F2 | 16 mi | 4.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 22, 1967 | F2 | 13 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 18, 1965 | F2 | 16 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 1, 1962 | F2 | 6 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 10, 1959 | F2 | 24 mi | 4.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 10, 1959 | F2 | 22 mi | 4.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 96, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Alice
The Storm Prediction Center has 59 hail reports within 10 miles of Alice since 1959, made on 47 separate days. Of these, 39 were 1 inch across or larger, and 10 reached 2 inches. The largest, 5 inches, fell on May 30, 1968. The most recent report is from May 8, 2025. May has the most reports, 23.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Alice
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Alice, TX, 2 miles southeast of Alice at 201 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 97°F and low of 76°F; January is the coolest, at 68°F and 47°F. September is the wettest at 5.3 inches of precipitation on average and April the driest at 1.0 inches; the year adds up to 27.2 inches over 34 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 62% of the year's precipitation (17.0 of 27.2 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 34 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (11); a normal September there has highs of 93°F and 5.3 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 143 days a year, almost all from March to November. Lows fall below freezing on about 4 nights a year. Snowfall averages 0.5 inches a year, most of it in December. That 27.2 inches is more than at 90 of the 312 Texas stations used on this site (29%). Orange Grove, 16 miles north, has its own station (Mathis 4 SSW, TX): 27.6 inches a year, 0.4 more than here, and an August average high of 96°F against 97°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 68 | 47 | 1.3 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Feb | 73 | 52 | 1.4 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Mar | 79 | 58 | 1.7 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Apr | 86 | 64 | 1.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| May | 90 | 71 | 3.5 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 96 | 75 | 2.3 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 97 | 76 | 2.5 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 97 | 76 | 2.6 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 93 | 73 | 5.3 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 87 | 65 | 2.7 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 77 | 56 | 1.6 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Dec | 71 | 50 | 1.3 | 2 | 0.5 |
| Year | 84 | 64 | 27.2 | 34 | 0.5 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Alice, TX (201 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Alice
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 116 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Alice: 87 thunderstorm wind reports, 24 flash floods and 5 floods. They killed 0 people and injured 4, and the NWS estimated $1.6 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 110 mph, on May 8, 2025. July has had the most flash floods, 7 of 24. Of the 745 Texas cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 497 have had fewer than Alice.
May 8, 2025: thunderstorm wind 1 mile from the centre of Alice — 4 injured.
NWS: “Multiple leaned power poles and 2 semi trucks blown over. Numerous injuries across the area, mostly to individuals inside vehicles that either flipped or got into accidents.”
June 17, 2015: flash flood 9 miles from the centre of Alice — $1.0 million damage.
NWS: “Over 9 inches of rainfall in three hours produced widespread flooding in Alice. Many water rescues were performed as numerous vehicles became stranded in high water.”
March 18, 2016: thunderstorm wind 5 miles from the centre of Alice — $150,000 damage.
NWS: “NWS storm survey estimated 70 mph winds occurred in Ben Bolt. A carport was pulled from the ground and destroyed.”
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Flood insurance policyholders in Alice's ZIP code 78332 have filed 150 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1980, and were paid $1.2 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Tropical Storm Bill in 2015: 21 claims (14% of all) and $439,000, then Flooding in 2002 with 17. 43% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 433 Texas cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 262 have fewer than Alice.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Tropical Storm Bill2015 | 21 | $439,000 |
| Flooding2002 | 17 | $88,000 |
Jim Wells County, which includes Alice, has been named in 31 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1967, 19 of them major disasters (by incident: 15 hurricanes, 5 floods, 3 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storms, on February 19, 2021. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Jim Wells County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for hurricanes; Relatively Moderate for tornadoes, hail and heat waves; Relatively Low for inland flooding, strong wind and lightning. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $38.2 million a year, the 46th highest of 254 Texas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $10.6 million (28%), is from hurricanes.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. 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).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets 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).
What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.
Cities near Alice
- Orange Grove, TX16 mi
- San Diego, TX18 mi
- Bishop, TX21 mi
- Kingsville, TX22 mi
- Sandia, TX25 mi
- Robstown, TX25 mi
- Premont, TX26 mi
- Mathis, TX30 mi
- Freer, TX33 mi
- Odem, TX34 mi
- Falfurrias, TX36 mi
- George West, TX36 mi
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