NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Henrietta, 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
2 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Henrietta, Texas since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Carla in 1961. Since 1950, 86 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 7 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 2
- Tornadoes
- 86
- EF3 or stronger
- 7
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
50 deaths in all
What the records show for Henrietta
None of the 2 tropical systems was at hurricane strength as it passed Henrietta; the strongest was an unnamed storm in 1900, a tropical storm with 51 mph winds when its centre passed 23 miles away. The record near Henrietta begins with an unnamed storm in 1900; the most recent system was Carla in 1961, a tropical storm 58 miles away. Of the 753 Texas cities on this site, 84% have more tropical storms and hurricanes within 75 miles than Henrietta. The strongest of the 86 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F5 on April 3, 1964; its path came within 18 miles, and it killed 7 people. The deadliest, an F4 on April 10, 1979, killed 42 people. Of the 86, 3 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 28 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 34. The most recent tornado was on April 19, 2025. Of the 753 Texas cities, 64% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Henrietta. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 141 times since 1970, with stones up to 3 inches (tea cup size). Henrietta has more hail reports within 10 miles than 76% of the 753 Texas cities.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Henrietta
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | CarlaSep 13 | 58 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1900 | Unnamed 1900 stormSep 10 | 23 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Category 4 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Henrietta: 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 Henrietta
By decade
- 2020s10
- 2010s10
- 2000s8
- 1990s19
- 1980s5(1 EF3+)
- 1970s9(1 EF3+)
- 1960s8(2 EF3+)
- 1950s17(3 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 1964 | F5 | 18 mi | 4.7 mi | 7 / 111 |
| Apr 10, 1979 | F4 | 18 mi | 46.9 mi | 42 / 1740 |
| Apr 2, 1958 | F3 | 13 mi | 16.4 mi | 1 / 14 |
| May 14, 1986 | F3 | 13 mi | 20 mi | 0 / 4 |
| Apr 26, 1962 | F3 | 22 mi | 3.3 mi | 0 / 13 |
| Apr 2, 1958 | F3 | 18 mi | 18.2 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Apr 6, 1955 | F3 | 21 mi | 21.7 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 26, 1994 | F2 | 24 mi | 9.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 8, 1961 | F2 | 23 mi | 3 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Nov 3, 1959 | F2 | 24 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 17, 1958 | F2 | 24 mi | 4.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 8, 1956 | F2 | 21 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 86, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Henrietta
The Storm Prediction Center has 141 hail reports within 10 miles of Henrietta since 1970, made on 88 separate days. Of these, 72 were 1 inch across or larger, and 10 reached 2 inches. The largest size, 3 inches (tea cup size), was reported on 2 days, most recently May 19, 2025. The most recent report is from November 19, 2025. April has the most reports, 38.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Henrietta
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Henrietta, TX, 4 miles north of Henrietta at 930 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 97°F and low of 71°F; January is the coolest, at 55°F and 29°F. May is the wettest at 4.7 inches of precipitation on average and January and December the driest at 1.7 inches; the year adds up to 32.1 inches over 47 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 96 days a year, almost all from April to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 70 nights a year. Snowfall averages 0.9 inches a year, most of it in January and November. That 32.1 inches is more than at 132 of the 312 Texas stations used on this site (42%). Wichita Falls, 21 miles northwest, has its own station (Wichita Falls Municipal Airport, TX): 27.9 inches a year, 4.2 less than here, and the same July average high, 97°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 55 | 29 | 1.7 | 4 | 0.3 |
| Feb | 58 | 32 | 1.8 | 3 | 0.1 |
| Mar | 68 | 40 | 2.6 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Apr | 76 | 48 | 2.7 | 4 | 0.0 |
| May | 83 | 59 | 4.7 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 91 | 67 | 3.6 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 97 | 71 | 1.8 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 96 | 70 | 3.1 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 88 | 62 | 2.6 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 78 | 51 | 3.6 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 66 | 39 | 2.2 | 4 | 0.3 |
| Dec | 56 | 31 | 1.7 | 3 | 0.2 |
| Year | 76 | 50 | 32.1 | 47 | 0.9 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Henrietta, TX (930 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 Henrietta
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 45 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Henrietta: 38 thunderstorm wind reports, 4 flash floods and 3 floods. They killed 0 people and injured 2, and the NWS estimated $2.4 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 75 mph, on May 25, 2015.
August 17, 1997: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Henrietta — 2 injured, $2.3 million damage.
NWS: “Severe thunderstorm winds blew a train car off the tracks, which in turn caused the rest of the freight train to derail. In all, 30 cars and 2 engines were derailed.”
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 Henrietta's ZIP code 76365 have filed 38 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $1.2 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1990: 10 claims (26% of all) and $452,000. 50% 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, 134 have fewer than Henrietta.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Flooding1990 | 10 | $452,000 |
Clay County, which includes Henrietta, has been named in 21 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1979, 12 of them major disasters (by incident: 7 fires, 4 severe storms, 3 hurricanes, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, on May 17, 2024. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Clay County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Low for tornadoes, hail, strong wind 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 $5.7 million a year, the 191st highest of 254 Texas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $1.7 million (30%), 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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