NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Bangs, 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
1 tropical system has passed within 75 miles of Bangs, Texas since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was an unnamed storm in 1886. Since 1950, 62 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 3 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 1
- Tornadoes
- 62
- EF3 or stronger
- 3
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
2 deaths in all
What the records show for Bangs
None of the 1 tropical systems was at hurricane strength as it passed Bangs; the strongest was an unnamed storm in 1886, a tropical storm with 54 mph winds when its centre passed 53 miles away. Of the 753 Texas cities on this site, 87% have more tropical storms and hurricanes within 75 miles than Bangs. The strongest of the 62 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F5 on April 19, 1976; its path came within 4 miles. The deadliest, an F3 on May 13, 1975, killed 2 people. Of the 62, 4 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 18 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 30. The most recent tornado was on March 13, 2019. Of the 753 Texas cities, 82% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Bangs. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 144 times since 1959, with stones up to 5 inches. Bangs has more hail reports within 10 miles than 77% of the 753 Texas cities.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Bangs
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1886 | Unnamed 1886 stormAug 21 | 53 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Category 4 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Bangs: 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 Bangs
By decade
- 2010s12
- 2000s6
- 1990s15
- 1980s10
- 1970s10(3 EF3+)
- 1960s6
- 1950s3
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 1976 | F5 | 4 mi | 10.5 mi | 0 / 11 |
| May 13, 1975 | F3 | 19 mi | 0.1 mi | 2 / 5 |
| Apr 10, 1979 | F3 | 22 mi | 25 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Mar 3, 1992 | F2 | 19 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Apr 26, 1970 | F2 | 25 mi | 14.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 15, 1965 | F2 | 13 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 15, 1965 | F2 | 13 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 13, 1960 | F2 | 12 mi | 4.3 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Jun 4, 1955 | F2 | 23 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 13, 2019 | EF1 | 20 mi | 1.39 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 18, 2017 | EF1 | 22 mi | 4.36 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 18, 2017 | EF1 | 22 mi | 3.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 62, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Bangs
The Storm Prediction Center has 144 hail reports within 10 miles of Bangs since 1959, made on 98 separate days. Of these, 105 were 1 inch across or larger, and 16 reached 2 inches. The largest, 5 inches, fell on October 13, 1960. The most recent report is from March 29, 2025. May has the most reports, 66.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Bangs
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Brownwood 2ENE, TX, 12 miles east of Bangs at 1,394 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 97°F and low of 72°F; January is the coolest, at 60°F and 32°F. May is the wettest at 4.3 inches of precipitation on average and December the driest at 1.4 inches; the year adds up to 30.7 inches over 43 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 116 days a year, almost all from April to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 55 nights a year. Snowfall averages 1.3 inches a year, most of it in December. That 30.7 inches is more than at 117 of the 312 Texas stations used on this site (38%). May, 18 miles northeast, has its own station (Rising Star 1S, TX): 31.6 inches a year, 0.9 more than here, and a July average high of 94°F against 97°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 60 | 32 | 1.6 | 3 | 0.2 |
| Feb | 64 | 36 | 2.2 | 3 | 0.3 |
| Mar | 71 | 44 | 2.4 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Apr | 79 | 51 | 2.4 | 3 | 0.2 |
| May | 85 | 62 | 4.3 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 93 | 69 | 3.8 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 97 | 72 | 2.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 97 | 72 | 2.6 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 90 | 65 | 2.9 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 80 | 53 | 3.4 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 69 | 42 | 1.7 | 3 | 0.2 |
| Dec | 61 | 34 | 1.4 | 3 | 0.4 |
| Year | 79 | 53 | 30.7 | 43 | 1.3 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Brownwood 2ENE, TX (1,394 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 Bangs
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 83 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Bangs: 60 thunderstorm wind reports, 19 flash floods, 2 floods and 2 heavy rain events. They killed 2 people and injured 2, and the NWS estimated $871,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 87 mph, on May 2, 2007. May has had the most flash floods, 6 of 19. Of the 745 Texas cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 414 have had fewer than Bangs.
February 24, 2001: thunderstorm wind 5 miles from the centre of Bangs — 1 killed, $10,000 damage.
July 8, 2015: flash flood 7 miles from the centre of Bangs — 1 killed.
NWS: “A man drowned when his truck was swept off the road by rushing waters approximately 6 miles north of Bangs where Jim Ned Creek crosses FM 2492 near County Road 105. The driver was able to exit the vehicle but was quickly washed downstream.”
October 12, 2013: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Bangs — 2 injured.
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 Bangs's ZIP code 76823 have filed 25 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1989, and were paid $23,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1990: 21 claims (84% of all) and $3,317. 88% 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, 102 have fewer than Bangs.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Flooding1990 | 21 | $3,317 |
Brown County, which includes Bangs, has been named in 25 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1989, 15 of them major disasters (by incident: 7 fires, 5 floods, 5 severe storms, 3 hurricanes). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, on May 17, 2024. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Brown County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for tornadoes, hail, inland flooding and strong wind; Relatively Low for lightning and heat waves; Very Low for hurricanes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $19.3 million a year, the 95th highest of 254 Texas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $11.7 million (61%), is from inland flooding.
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).
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