NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Inez, 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
45 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Inez, Texas since 1851, 20 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Beryl in 2024. Since 1950, 93 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 4 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 20
- Tropical storms
- 25
- Tornadoes
- 93
- EF3 or stronger
- 4
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for Inez
The strongest storm to pass near Inez was an unnamed storm in 1886, a Category 4 hurricane with 130 mph winds when its centre passed 40 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was Carla in 1961, whose centre crossed the city. The record near Inez begins with an unnamed storm in 1851; the most recent system was Beryl in 2024, a Category 1 hurricane 50 miles away. The busiest decade was the 1880s, with 6 systems, one of them at hurricane strength. Of the 45 systems, 7 have come since 2000. Inez has more hurricanes within 75 miles than 92% of the 753 Texas cities on this site. The highest rating among the 93 tornadoes within 25 miles is F3, reached 4 times; the most recent, on December 24, 1975, came within 22 miles. Of the 93, 5 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 17 have come since 2000. May and September have had the most tornadoes, 22 each. The most recent tornado was on May 13, 2024. Of the 753 Texas cities, 59% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Inez. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 20 times since 1960, with stones up to 2.75 inches (baseball size). Of the 753 Texas cities, 93% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Inez.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Inez
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | BerylJul 8 | 50 mi | Category 1 (87 mph) | Category 5 |
| 2021 | NicholasSep 14 | 64 mi | Category 1 (75 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2020 | BetaSep 22 | 6 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2017 | HarveyAug 27 | 5 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2015 | BillJun 16 | 2 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2003 | ClaudetteJul 15 | 20 mi | Category 1 (81 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2002 | FaySep 7 | 6 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1998 | FrancesSep 11 | 29 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1989 | AllisonJun 26 | 68 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1980 | DanielleSep 6 | 43 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1979 | ElenaSep 1 | 67 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1973 | DeliaSep 6 | 65 mi | Tropical storm (49 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1971 | FernSep 10 | 49 mi | Category 1 (86 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1970 | CeliaAug 3 | 75 mi | Category 3 (127 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1968 | CandyJun 24 | 31 mi | Tropical storm (62 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1964 | AbbyAug 8 | 1 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1961 | CarlaSep 12 | overhead | Category 2 (107 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1949 | Unnamed 1949 stormOct 4 | 74 mi | Category 2 (109 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1945 | Unnamed 1945 stormAug 27 | 37 mi | Category 2 (106 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1942 | Unnamed 1942 stormAug 30 | 20 mi | Category 2 (102 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1941 | Unnamed 1941 stormSep 23 | 74 mi | Category 3 (114 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1936 | Unnamed 1936 stormJun 27 | 60 mi | Tropical storm (66 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1934 | Unnamed 1934 stormJul 25 | 54 mi | Category 1 (86 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1933 | Unnamed 1933 stormJul 23 | 43 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1932 | Unnamed 1932 stormAug 14 | 63 mi | Category 1 (83 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1929 | Unnamed 1929 stormJun 28 | 15 mi | Category 1 (78 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1921 | Unnamed 1921 stormJun 22 | 54 mi | Category 1 (78 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1915 | Unnamed 1915 stormAug 17 | 74 mi | Category 1 (86 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1912 | Unnamed 1912 stormOct 17 | 67 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1909 | Unnamed 1909 stormJul 22 | 33 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1902 | Unnamed 1902 stormJun 27 | 28 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1901 | Unnamed 1901 stormJul 10 | 14 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormJul 5 | 74 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormJun 17 | 46 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1886 | Unnamed 1886 stormSep 24 | 31 mi | Tropical storm (60 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1886 | Unnamed 1886 stormAug 20 | 40 mi | Category 4 (130 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1881 | Unnamed 1881 stormAug 13 | 62 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1880 | Unnamed 1880 stormJun 24 | 56 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1875 | Unnamed 1875 stormSep 17 | 25 mi | Category 1 (77 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1874 | Unnamed 1874 stormJul 5 | 4 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1869 | Unnamed 1869 stormAug 17 | 54 mi | Category 2 (97 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1866 | Unnamed 1866 stormJul 15 | 23 mi | Category 1 (81 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1863 | Unnamed 1863 stormSep 29 | 73 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1854 | Unnamed 1854 stormSep 19 | 40 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1851 | Unnamed 1851 stormJun 25 | 48 mi | Category 1 (91 mph) | Category 1 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Inez: 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 Inez
By decade
- 2020s2
- 2010s3
- 2000s12
- 1990s16
- 1980s11
- 1970s19(1 EF3+)
- 1960s27(3 EF3+)
- 1950s3
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 1975 | F3 | 22 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 5, 1968 | F3 | 10 mi | 14.4 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Sep 20, 1967 | F3 | 22 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Feb 9, 1966 | F3 | 11 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 29, 1972 | F2 | 19 mi | 10.8 mi | 0 / 2 |
| May 7, 1972 | F2 | 22 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Nov 2, 1961 | F2 | 22 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 13, 2024 | EF1 | 17 mi | 13.6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 20, 2004 | F1 | 12 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 6, 1992 | F1 | 12 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 1, 1991 | F1 | 18 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 13, 1982 | F1 | 22 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 93, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Inez
The Storm Prediction Center has 20 hail reports within 10 miles of Inez since 1960, made on 15 separate days. Of these, 14 were 1 inch across or larger, and one reached 2 inches. The largest, 2.75 inches (baseball size), fell on April 12, 1969. The most recent report is from May 13, 2024. April has the most reports, 9.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Inez
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Victoria Regional Airport, TX, 7 miles southwest of Inez at 104 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 94°F and low of 75°F; January is the coolest, at 65°F and 45°F. May is the wettest at 5.2 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 2.0 inches; the year adds up to 40.1 inches over 55 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 55% of the year's precipitation (22.2 of 40.1 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 45 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (14); a normal September there has highs of 90°F and 4.6 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 118 days a year, almost all from April to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 7 nights a year. That 40.1 inches is more than at 210 of the 312 Texas stations used on this site (67%). Edna, 11 miles northeast, has its own station (Victoria Regional Airport, TX): 40.4 inches a year, 0.3 more than here, and an August average high of 96°F against 94°F.
Water temperature at the NOAA tide station Port Lavaca, TX, 22 miles southeast, averaged 88°F in August and 57°F in January over 2021–2025. It averaged 80°F or warmer from May to September.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Water °F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 65 | 45 | 2.8 | 5 | 57 |
| Feb | 69 | 49 | 2.0 | 4 | 58 |
| Mar | 74 | 55 | 2.7 | 4 | 68 |
| Apr | 80 | 61 | 2.7 | 3 | 74 |
| May | 86 | 69 | 5.2 | 5 | 81 |
| Jun | 92 | 74 | 4.1 | 5 | 86 |
| Jul | 94 | 75 | 3.3 | 6 | 87 |
| Aug | 94 | 75 | 3.2 | 5 | 88 |
| Sep | 90 | 71 | 4.6 | 7 | 85 |
| Oct | 84 | 63 | 3.9 | 5 | 78 |
| Nov | 74 | 53 | 3.1 | 4 | 68 |
| Dec | 67 | 47 | 2.5 | 4 | 63 |
| Year | 81 | 61 | 40.1 | 55 | 74 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Victoria Regional Airport, TX (104 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals; water temperature: average of hourly readings 2021–2025 at the NOAA tide station Port Lavaca, TX, from NOAA Tides & Currents. 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 Inez
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 33 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Inez: 23 thunderstorm wind reports, 4 heavy rain events, 3 flash floods, 2 floods and 1 lightning strike. They killed 1 person and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $10.2 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 76 mph, on August 2, 2020.
May 16, 2021: flood 5 miles from the centre of Inez — 1 killed, 1 injured.
NWS: “Two individuals were kayaking in a drainage creek that flows to Leona Creek. Around the time of heavy rain in Victoria County, both individuals were taken downstream into a pipe culvert by the force of the flowing water.”
July 6, 2021: heavy rain event 6 miles from the centre of Inez — $10.0 million damage.
September 22, 2020: flash flood 3 miles from the centre of Inez — $100,000 damage.
NWS: “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.”
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 Inez's ZIP code 77968 have filed 59 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1981, and were paid $1.9 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1994: 23 claims (39% of all) and $793,000. 66% 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, 183 have fewer than Inez.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Flooding1994 | 23 | $793,000 |
Victoria County, which includes Inez, has been named in 28 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1967, 17 of them major disasters (by incident: 13 hurricanes, 4 floods, 4 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Hurricane Beryl, on July 9, 2024. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Victoria County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for hurricanes; Relatively Moderate for tornadoes, lightning and heat waves; Relatively Low for hail, inland flooding and strong wind; Very Low for coastal flooding. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $53.4 million a year, the 31st highest of 254 Texas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $25.5 million (48%), 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 Inez
- Edna, TX11 mi
- Victoria, TX12 mi
- Ganado, TX22 mi
- Port Lavaca, TX23 mi
- Yoakum, TX31 mi
- Cuero, TX32 mi
- Hallettsville, TX33 mi
- Seadrift, TX34 mi
- Goliad, TX38 mi
- Palacios, TX38 mi
- El Campo, TX39 mi
- Yorktown, TX43 mi
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