HISTORICAL WEATHER
 
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1900 - Tragic and Deadly Galveston Hurricane and its effects on Galveston and parts of Southeast Texas. Near 6000 fatalities.

May 1902 - May 18, 1902 - Deadly tornado strikes Goliad, Texas, with 114 fatalities. Took top floor off the courthouse.

1915 - April of 1915 Devastating and deadly floods strike Austin, Texas with 35 fatalites.

1919 - Floods over Central and South Central Texas. Wettest year of record for Austin, 64.88 inches, 2nd wettest for San Antonio, 50.30 inches

1921 - September 8 to 10, 1921 - September Floods. Most deadly flood in Texas history, with 215 fatalities statewide. Floods in Austin and San Antonio. 51 of the 215 fatalities were in San Antonio. Thrall in Williamson County got 38.2 inches in 24 hours. Other rainfall rates at Thrall - 23.4 inches in 6 hours and 31.8 inches in 12 hours. Storm Total Rainfall at Thrall in eastern Williamson County was 39.70 inches of rain.

May 1922 - May 4, 1922 Tornado strikes Austin, Texas. 13 fatalities and half a million dollars damage.

April 1924 - April 26, 1924 - An F2 Tornado struck in Travis County, with 5 fatalites and 15 injured.

April 1925 - April 28, 1925 - An F2 Tornado struck in Hays County, with 3 fatalites and 40 injured.

April 1927 - April 12, 1927 - An F5 tornado struck Rocksprings, Texas. The tornado destroyed most of what was Rocksprings in April of 1927. 72 fatalities in Rocksprings. 2 additional fatalities 2 miles northeast of Leakey, where the tornado passed by. The tornado was documented as being over a mile wide when it struck Rocksprings.

June/July 1932 - June 30 to July 2, 1932 Floods over the Hill Country. Rains near Mountain Home in Kerr County of 33.6 inches in 24 hours.

In June of 1935...heavy rains and flooding occurred across parts of the Texas Hill country east to Austin and also in the Uvalde and La Pryor Areas. Rains amounting to near 20 inches occurred in some places in Early to Mid June 1935. Extensive flooding was observed along the Llano, Colorado and Pedernales Rivers...including Junction, Llano, Fredericksburg and downstream to Austin. Extensive flooding affected Austin by June 14 and 15, 1935, where the Colorodo River got up to just 1 feet below the worst recorded flood for Austin... that came in July of 1869. Flooding along the Llano River was the highest of record at that time.

Nov. 11, 1937 - heaviest snow of record for Austin, 9.7 inches.

Mid July to Early August 1938 - Rain amounts of up to near 20 to near 30 inches was reported on the Upper Colorado River to the west and northwest of Austin over parts of Central Texas. Rivers rose rapidly with floods. Flooding occurred even downstream along the Colorado River in Austin and downstream from Austin.

May 1944 - May 1, 1944 - An F2 Tornado struck in Travis and Williamson County, with 3 fatalites and 8 injured.

May 1946 - May 16, 1946 Severe Hailstorm in San Antonio. 5 million dollars damage.

September 1952 - Floods over parts of the Hill Country. September 9 to 11, 1952 near Fredricksburg, Gillespie County, 28.8 inches in less than 2 days.

April 1953 - April 28, 1953 - An F3 and F4 Tornado struck in Bexar County, with 3 fatalites and 20 injured.

April 1954 - April 30, 1954 - Tornado outbreak over Travis, Williamson, Lee, Milam, Brazos, Angelina, Choctaw and Bowie Counties.

September 1967 - Effects from devasting Hurricane Beulah, 115 Tornadoes and Heavy Rains that caused flooding. 2 - F3 Tornadoes and 1 - F2 Tornado was reported September 20, 1967. These tornadoes occurred in Lavaca and De Witt Counties. Numerous other reports of tornadoes came areas in South Central Texas.

March 1973 - March 10, 1973 Burnet Tornado. 40 businesses and 161 homes damaged or destroyed.

April 1973 - April 15, 1973 Pearsall and Medina Tornado. Tornado at Pearsall was an F4 and was up 3/4 miles wide. 5 fatalities from this tornado. At Medina the tornado was an F2.

November 1974 - Nov. 23 and 24, 1974 Severe flooding in Hays and Travis Counties in the nighttime hours. 10 Fatalities in Austin and 2 fatalities in San Marcos.

August 1978 - August Hill Country Floods. The remnants of Tropical Storm Amelia caused tragic and dissastrous floods over the Texas Hill Country. 48 inches of rain fell at Medina in 52 hours and 27 fatalities in the Hill Country. Heavy rains and floods moved to near Albany in North Texas, where 8 fatalities occurred.

July 25 and 26, 1979 - Heavy rains from Tropical Storm Claudet affect Southeast Texas. Alvin, Texas had 43 inches rain in 22 hours. Storm total rain was 45 inches.

May 1981 - May 24, 1981 Austin, Texas Memorial Day Flood 4 to 10 inches of rain fell at night. Widespread flooding in the Austin Area, with 13 fatalities.

January 1985 - January Record Snows Del Rio to San Antonio. Record snow for San Antonio, 13.5 inches and Del Rio, 8.5 inches.

May 1985 - May 24, 1985 Severe Hailstorm in San Antonio. 5 to 7 million dollars damage.

July 1987 - Flood on the Gaudalupe River west of Comfort Jul 17, 1987, Bus Trajedy Flood, 10 fatalities.

May 1989 - May 16, 1989 Brackettville Tornado.

December 1991 - December Christmas Floods from the Texas Hill Country, east to Austin and south to San Antonio. These floods also extended eastward to Southeast Texas. It was the wettest December of record for Austin and San Antonio.

September 1996 - Tornado Event that affected the Texas Hill Country, as rains began to return to the area in a stormier pattern, meteorologically beginning to end the 1995 to late summer 1996 dry period.

May 27, 1997 - Tragic and deadly F5 Tornado hits Jarrell, Texas in Williamson County, where 27 fatalities occurred. Tornadoes also affected parts of Austin and west of Austin. In this severe weather event an F4 Tornado struck Pedernales Valley and an F3 Tornado struck Cedar Park. Other tornadoes in the area included 2 F2 Tornadoes and 5 F1/F0 Tornadoes, plus 1 waterspout. In addition 17 severe hail reports were observed, 9 downbursts, and 7 flash flood events. In the evening hours of May 27, a wind gust of 122 mph was observed at Kelly AFB in southwest San Antonio from a thunderstorm. See Details

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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