NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Lumberton, 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
49 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Lumberton, Texas since 1851, 15 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Nicholas in 2021. Since 1950, 123 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 3 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 15
- Tropical storms
- 34
- Tornadoes
- 123
- EF3 or stronger
- 3
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
4 deaths in all
What the records show for Lumberton
The strongest storm to pass near Lumberton was Laura in 2020, a Category 4 hurricane with 133 mph winds when its centre passed 54 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was an unnamed storm in 1879, whose centre came within 5 miles. The record near Lumberton begins with an unnamed storm in 1863; the most recent system was Nicholas in 2021, a tropical storm 61 miles away. The busiest decade was the 1980s, with 7 systems, one of them at hurricane strength. Of the 49 systems, 9 have come since 2000. Lumberton has more hurricanes within 75 miles than 88% of the 753 Texas cities on this site. The highest rating among the 123 tornadoes within 25 miles is F3, reached 3 times; the most recent, on January 1, 1999, came within 18 miles. The deadliest, an F2 on November 23, 2004, killed 1 person. Of the 123, 8 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 37 have come since 2000. October has had the most tornadoes, 24. The most recent tornado was on May 8, 2023. Lumberton has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 63% of the 753 Texas cities. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 47 times since 1957, with stones up to 3.5 inches. Of the 753 Texas cities, 71% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Lumberton.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Lumberton
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | NicholasSep 14 | 61 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2020 | DeltaOct 9 | 72 mi | Category 2 (98 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2020 | LauraAug 27 | 54 mi | Category 4 (133 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2017 | HarveyAug 30 | 49 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2017 | CindyJun 22 | 26 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2008 | IkeSep 13 | 53 mi | Category 2 (102 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2008 | EdouardAug 5 | 35 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2007 | HumbertoSep 13 | 25 mi | Category 1 (82 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2005 | RitaSep 24 | 13 mi | Category 1 (84 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1989 | JerryOct 16 | 42 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1989 | ChantalAug 1 | 41 mi | Category 1 (74 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1989 | AllisonJun 27 | 66 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1987 | Unnamed 1987 stormAug 10 | 18 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1986 | BonnieJun 26 | 13 mi | Tropical storm (66 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1982 | ChrisSep 11 | 33 mi | Tropical storm (59 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1980 | DanielleSep 5 | 58 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1979 | ClaudetteJul 25 | 4 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1978 | DebraAug 29 | 45 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1974 | CarmenSep 9 | 43 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1973 | Unnamed 1973 stormSep 12 | 11 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1970 | FeliceSep 16 | 54 mi | Tropical storm (67 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1963 | CindySep 17 | 33 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1959 | DebraJul 25 | 54 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1957 | BerthaAug 10 | 21 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1957 | AudreyJun 27 | 36 mi | Category 3 (113 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1954 | BarbaraJul 29 | 21 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1949 | Unnamed 1949 stormOct 4 | 57 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1943 | Unnamed 1943 stormJul 27 | 56 mi | Category 2 (104 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1942 | Unnamed 1942 stormAug 21 | 51 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1941 | Unnamed 1941 stormSep 24 | 68 mi | Tropical storm (62 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1940 | Unnamed 1940 stormSep 24 | 44 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1940 | Unnamed 1940 stormAug 8 | 18 mi | Tropical storm (55 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1938 | Unnamed 1938 stormOct 17 | 74 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1938 | Unnamed 1938 stormAug 15 | 43 mi | Tropical storm (60 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1934 | Unnamed 1934 stormAug 27 | 72 mi | Category 1 (81 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1918 | Unnamed 1918 stormAug 6 | 37 mi | Category 1 (91 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1908 | Unnamed 1908 stormAug 1 | 74 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1898 | Unnamed 1898 stormSep 28 | 16 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1897 | Unnamed 1897 stormSep 13 | 27 mi | Category 1 (82 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1895 | Unnamed 1895 stormOct 7 | 74 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1891 | Unnamed 1891 stormJul 6 | 52 mi | Tropical storm (68 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1886 | Unnamed 1886 stormOct 13 | 35 mi | Category 1 (84 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1886 | Unnamed 1886 stormJun 14 | 26 mi | Category 2 (96 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1882 | Unnamed 1882 stormSep 15 | 3 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1879 | Unnamed 1879 stormAug 23 | 5 mi | Category 1 (91 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1875 | Unnamed 1875 stormSep 18 | 15 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1871 | Unnamed 1871 stormJun 9 | 53 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1865 | Unnamed 1865 stormSep 13 | 43 mi | Category 1 (83 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1863 | Unnamed 1863 stormSep 29 | 39 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Tropical storm |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Lumberton: 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 Lumberton
By decade
- 2020s9
- 2010s11
- 2000s17
- 1990s24(1 EF3+)
- 1980s18(2 EF3+)
- 1970s31
- 1960s10
- 1950s3
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 1982 | F3 | 20 mi | 8.5 mi | 1 / 1 |
| Jan 1, 1999 | F3 | 18 mi | 5.5 mi | 0 / 5 |
| Jan 31, 1983 | F3 | 11 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Nov 23, 2004 | F2 | 17 mi | 8 mi | 1 / 0 |
| Jan 2, 1999 | F2 | 16 mi | 4.5 mi | 1 / 10 |
| May 20, 1983 | F2 | 22 mi | 3 mi | 1 / 9 |
| Jan 24, 2023 | EF2 | 22 mi | 25.21 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Jan 24, 2023 | EF2 | 22 mi | 2.05 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 27, 2021 | EF2 | 24 mi | 6.89 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Oct 27, 2021 | EF2 | 24 mi | 2.06 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 30, 2016 | EF2 | 23 mi | 9.86 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Nov 23, 2004 | F2 | 21 mi | 8 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 123, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Lumberton
The Storm Prediction Center has 47 hail reports within 10 miles of Lumberton since 1957, made on 37 separate days. Of these, 30 were 1 inch across or larger, and one reached 2 inches. The largest, 3.5 inches, fell on April 15, 2023. The most recent report is from March 15, 2024. May has the most reports, 13.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Lumberton
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Lumberton, TX, 2 miles northeast of Lumberton at 39 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 93°F and low of 73°F; January is the coolest, at 62°F and 39°F. June is the wettest at 6.9 inches of precipitation on average and March the driest at 3.7 inches; the year adds up to 63.3 inches over 76 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 56% of the year's precipitation (35.2 of 63.3 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 49 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (18); a normal September there has highs of 89°F and 5.6 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 109 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 24 nights a year. That 63.3 inches is more than at 308 of the 312 Texas stations used on this site (99%). Beaumont, 12 miles south, has its own station (Beaumont City, TX): 65.1 inches a year, 1.8 more than here, and the same August average high, 93°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 62 | 39 | 5.2 | 7 |
| Feb | 66 | 44 | 4.1 | 6 |
| Mar | 73 | 51 | 3.7 | 5 |
| Apr | 79 | 56 | 4.5 | 5 |
| May | 86 | 65 | 5.0 | 5 |
| Jun | 90 | 71 | 6.9 | 8 |
| Jul | 93 | 73 | 5.2 | 8 |
| Aug | 93 | 73 | 6.0 | 7 |
| Sep | 89 | 68 | 5.6 | 7 |
| Oct | 81 | 57 | 6.1 | 5 |
| Nov | 71 | 48 | 5.4 | 6 |
| Dec | 63 | 41 | 5.6 | 7 |
| Year | 79 | 57 | 63.3 | 76 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Lumberton, TX (39 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 Lumberton
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 92 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Lumberton: 51 thunderstorm wind reports, 34 flash floods, 4 floods, 2 lightning strikes and 1 heavy rain event. They killed 0 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $6.9 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 138 mph, on October 29, 2019. May has had the most flash floods, 12 of 34. Of the 745 Texas cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 592 have had fewer than Lumberton.
October 29, 2019: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Lumberton — 1 injured, $3.0 million damage.
October 16, 2006: flood 3 miles from the centre of Lumberton — $2.0 million damage.
NWS: “Two day rain totals of 12 to 18 inches resulted in long duration flooding across portions of Hardin County. The hardest hit areas were along near Village Creek near Lumberton, where many roads were flooded for almost a week and homes were cut off by high water.”
August 11, 2015: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Lumberton — $500,000 damage.
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 Lumberton's ZIP code 77657 have filed 940 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $70.5 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Hurricane Harvey in 2017: 305 claims (32% of all) and $55.9 million, then Tropical Storm Paul in 2006 with 94 and Flooding in 1994 with 90. 77% 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, 365 have fewer than Lumberton.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Hurricane Harvey2017 | 305 | $55.9 million |
| Tropical Storm Paul2006 | 94 | $3.6 million |
| Flooding1994 | 90 | $2.5 million |
| Hurricane Rita2005 | 71 | $1.4 million |
| Tropical Storm Allison1989 | 42 | $526,000 |
| Fall severe storms2015 | 30 | $766,000 |
Hardin County, which includes Lumberton, has been named in 32 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1973, 21 of them major disasters (by incident: 9 hurricanes, 6 fires, 6 severe storms, 5 floods). The latest major disaster declaration was Hurricane Beryl, on July 9, 2024. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Hardin County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for lightning; Relatively Moderate for hurricanes and tornadoes; Relatively Low for inland flooding, strong wind and heat waves; Very Low for hail and coastal flooding. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $27.1 million a year, the 69th highest of 254 Texas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $11.0 million (41%), 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).
What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.
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