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Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Electra, 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 Electra, Texas since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was an unnamed storm in 1900. Since 1950, 135 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 8 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
1

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
135

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
8

55 deaths in all

What the records show for Electra

None of the 1 tropical systems was at hurricane strength as it passed Electra; the strongest was an unnamed storm in 1900, a tropical storm with 49 mph winds when its centre passed 67 miles away. Of the 753 Texas cities on this site, 87% have more tropical storms and hurricanes within 75 miles than Electra. The highest rating among the 135 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 3 times; the most recent, on April 2, 1980, came within 21 miles. The deadliest, an F4 on April 10, 1979, killed 42 people. Of the 135, none had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 47 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 59. The most recent tornado was on April 30, 2024. Electra has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 71% of the 753 Texas cities. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 172 times since 1955, with stones up to 3 inches (tea cup size). Electra has more hail reports within 10 miles than 82% of the 753 Texas cities.

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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Electra

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Electra, Texas, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
1900Unnamed 1900 stormSep 1067 miTropical storm (49 mph)Category 4

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Electra: 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 Electra

By decade

  • 2020s14
  • 2010s23
  • 2000s10
  • 1990s24
  • 1980s21(2 EF3+)
  • 1970s13(2 EF3+)
  • 1960s18(1 EF3+)
  • 1950s12(3 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near Electra, Texas
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Apr 10, 1979F421 mi46.9 mi42 / 1740
Apr 10, 1979F419 mi39.7 mi11 / 68
Apr 2, 1980F421 mi8.4 mi0 / 0
Jun 1, 1954F317 mi5.9 mi1 / 4
May 16, 1982F311 mi15 mi0 / 0
May 16, 1968F323 mi2 mi0 / 0
Nov 17, 1958F324 mi65.8 mi0 / 4
Jun 1, 1954F325 mi0.1 mi0 / 3
Apr 10, 1979F29 mi74.1 mi1 / 3
May 18, 2017EF213 mi2 mi0 / 0
Jun 7, 1992F221 mi1 mi0 / 5
May 29, 1980F221 mi13.2 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 135, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Hail in Electra

The Storm Prediction Center has 172 hail reports within 10 miles of Electra since 1955, made on 103 separate days. Of these, 104 were 1 inch across or larger, and 18 reached 2 inches. The largest, 3 inches (tea cup size), fell on June 7, 1993. The most recent report is from April 27, 2024. May has the most reports, 77.

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.

Weather by month in Electra

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Lake Kemp, TX, 18 miles southwest of Electra at 1,167 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 97°F and low of 74°F; January is the coolest, at 54°F and 31°F. May is the wettest at 3.6 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 1.1 inches; the year adds up to 25.2 inches over 42 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 110 days a year, almost all from April to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 54 nights a year. Snowfall averages 2.1 inches a year, most of it in November. That 25.2 inches is more than at 81 of the 312 Texas stations used on this site (26%). Iowa Park, 16 miles east, has its own station (Wichita Falls Municipal Airport, TX): 27.9 inches a year, 2.7 more than here, and the same July average high, 97°F.

Monthly climate normals 1991–2020 at Lake Kemp, TX
MonthHigh °FLow °FPrecip. inDays ≥ 0.1"Snow in
Jan54311.120.5
Feb58341.430.3
Mar67421.840.0
Apr76501.940.0
May84613.650.0
Jun92693.250.0
Jul97742.140.0
Aug96732.130.0
Sep88652.640.0
Oct77532.640.0
Nov64421.630.7
Dec55331.220.6
Year765225.2422.1

Averages for 1991–2020 at Lake Kemp, TX (1,167 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.

Texas weather by month, station by station →

Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Electra

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 46 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Electra: 40 thunderstorm wind reports, 5 flash floods and 1 flood. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $428,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on June 20, 2007. August has had the most flash floods, 3 of 5. Of the 745 Texas cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 68 have had fewer than Electra.

  • June 20, 2007: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Electra — $250,000 damage.

    NWS: “A train engine and a following car filled with grain were blown over. The incident occurred at the intersection of FM 1763 and HWY 287.”

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

Wilbarger County, which includes Electra, has been named in 17 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1979, 9 of them major disasters (by incident: 5 fires, 3 hurricanes, 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 Wilbarger County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for hail and strong wind; Relatively Low for tornadoes and heat waves; Very Low for hurricanes, inland flooding and lightning. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $10.6 million a year, the 144th highest of 254 Texas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $1.4 million (13%), is from tornadoes.

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.

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