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Angelina County, Texas

Recorded hazard history: storm events since 1950, federal disaster declarations since 1953, flood insurance claims since 1978, and FEMA's risk index.

FIPS 48005 · 86,506 residents (2021) · 798 sq mi · dominant hazard Wind

Hail · 181Tornado · 43Flood · 118Wind · 224Winter · 26

Angelina County within Texas. Dots: HailTornadoFloodWind event locations in the kept record. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

NCEI notes that Storm Data is compiled from a variety of sources including the National Weather Service, other federal, state and local agencies, the media and the public; that property and crop damage figures are estimates; and that some events are recorded by NWS forecast zone rather than by county. FEMA notes that NFIP claim records are redacted and aggregated to protect the privacy of policyholders. NCEI storm records through 30 Jun 2026; OpenFEMA declarations refreshed 1 Oct 2026; NFIP claims as of 8 Sep 2026.

Angelina County, Texas, has 738 weather events in the NCEI Storm Events record since 1950, most of them damaging wind.

That is 92.5 events per 100 square miles, above the Texas figure of 63.3, and 85.3 per 10,000 residents against 56.0 statewide.

20 events fall in the 12 months to 30 Jun 2026. NCEI attributes 15 deaths and 47 injuries to events in the county, with property damage estimated at $32M.

FEMA has designated the county in 23 federal disaster declarations since 1953; the most recent is Hurricane Beryl (major disaster, 9 Jul 2024).

National Flood Insurance Program policyholders in the county filed 328 claims since 1978, of which 270 were paid, totalling $5.4M (about $20K per paid claim). FEMA counts 310 residential flood policies in force.

FEMA's National Risk Index rates the county's overall risk as "Relatively Low" and its expected annual loss as "Relatively Low" ($23M a year across 18 hazards).

43 tropical storm or hurricane tracks in the HURDAT2 record passed within 100 miles of the county's centre at tropical-storm strength or more, 1 of them within 50 miles at hurricane strength.

20events, last 12 monthsto 30 Jun 2026

738events since 195015 deaths, 47 injuries recorded

23disaster declarationslast 9 Jul 2024

328NFIP flood claims$5.4M paid

Compared with Texas and the United States

Measure	Angelina County	Texas	US
Recorded events since 1950	738	165,476	1,977,440
Events per 100 square miles	92.5	63.3	56.0
Events per 10,000 residents	85.3	56.0	59.6
Events in the last 12 months	20	4,723	62,008
Deaths recorded by NCEI	15	2,429	26,435
Property damage (NCEI estimates)	$32M	$111B	$575B
NFIP claims per 1,000 residents	3.8	13.4	8.1
Average paid NFIP claim	$20K	$55K	$43K
Claims per 100 policies in force, last 10 years	15.5	24.7	16.1

County-recorded events plus zone-recorded events whose forecast zone is named for the county. State and US rows include events recorded only by forecast zone. Rates use 2021 Census population and land area.

Events by decade

Hail: 2Tornado: 6Wind: 1

Hail: 6Tornado: 7Wind: 6

Hail: 2Tornado: 9Wind: 10

Hail: 15Tornado: 6Wind: 14

Hail: 52Tornado: 5Flood: 7Wind: 55Winter: 2Heat: 2Drought: 2Lightning: 1Other: 1

Hail: 51Tornado: 5Flood: 25Wind: 36Winter: 4Tropical: 2Heat: 1Drought: 1

Hail: 42Tornado: 3Flood: 62Wind: 62Winter: 13Tropical: 1Heat: 27Cold: 2Drought: 20Lightning: 1

Hail: 11Tornado: 2Flood: 24Wind: 40Winter: 7Tropical: 2Heat: 59Cold: 4Drought: 20

91950s191960s211970s351980s1271990s1252000s2332010s1692020s

Recorded events in Angelina County by decade and hazard group. HailTornadoFloodWindWinterTropicalHeatColdDroughtLightningOther NCEI recorded only tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind before 1996.

Trend: 432 events in the 20 years to 2025 against 220 in the 20 years before. Reporting practice changed in 1996 and again with automated reports in the 2000s, so decade totals measure the record as much as the weather.

Events by type

Wind224

Hail181

Flood118

Heat89

Tornado43

Drought43

Winter26

Cold6

Tropical5

Lightning2

Other1

Hazard	Events	Deaths	Share of state's events
■ Wind	224	3	0.5%	detail
■ Hail	181	—	0.3%	detail
■ Flood	118	—	0.7%	detail
■ Heat	89	8	1.3%
■ Tornado	43	2	0.4%	detail
■ Drought	43	—	0.2%
■ Winter	26	—	0.3%	detail
■ Cold	6	—	0.3%
■ Tropical	5	1	0.9%
■ Lightning	2	1	0.2%
■ Other	1	—	0.1%

Hazard pages exist for hail, tornado, flood, wind and winter where the county has at least 10 recorded events. "Other" covers heavy rain, debris flow, dust, funnel clouds and similar reports.

Largest recorded events

Date	Event type	Group	Magnitude	Property damage	Crop damage	Deaths	Injuries	Geography
1 Jul 1998	Heat	Heat	—	—	—	5	—	Forecast zone
13 Apr 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	70 mph	—	—	2	2	County
13 Nov 1972	Tornado	Tornado	F2	$250K	—	2	—	County
1 Jun 1998	Heat	Heat	—	—	—	1	—	Forecast zone
24 Sep 2005	Hurricane (Typhoon)	Tropical	—	—	—	1	—	Forecast zone
2 Aug 2010	Excessive Heat	Heat	—	—	—	1	—	Forecast zone
24 Aug 2010	Excessive Heat	Heat	—	—	—	1	—	Forecast zone
21 May 2013	Lightning	Lightning	—	—	—	1	—	County
10 May 2021	Strong Wind	Wind	25 mph	—	—	1	—	Forecast zone
28 Mar 1972	Tornado	Tornado	F2	$2.5M	—	—	13	County
30 Apr 1954	Tornado	Tornado	F2	$250K	—	—	12	County
30 Mar 2002	Tornado	Tornado	F3	$5.0M	—	—	6	County
23 Dec 2009	Tornado	Tornado	EF3	$10M	—	—	2	County
10 Dec 1983	Tornado	Tornado	F2	$2.5M	—	—	2	County
19 Jan 1990	Tornado	Tornado	F3	$2.5M	—	—	2	County
4 Nov 1986	Tornado	Tornado	F1	$250K	—	—	2	County
3 Nov 2000	Tornado	Tornado	F1	$80K	—	—	2	County
15 Aug 2006	Heat	Heat	—	—	—	—	2	Forecast zone
28 May 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	69 mph	$22K	—	—	1	County
27 Jan 1997	Lightning	Lightning	—	—	—	—	1	County

Ranked by deaths, then injuries, then NCEI's damage estimate. Deaths and injuries are NCEI counts (direct plus indirect); no personal details are recorded here.

Federal disaster declarations

Declared	Number	Type	Incident	Title	Programs
9 Jul 2024	DR-4798	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Beryl	Public assistance
19 Feb 2021	DR-4586	Major disaster	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter Storms	Individual assistance, Public assistance
14 Feb 2021	EM-3554	Emergency	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter Storm	Public assistance
24 Aug 2020	EM-3540	Emergency	Hurricane	Tropical Storms Marco And Laura	Public assistance
25 Mar 2020	DR-4485	Major disaster	Biological	Covid-19 Pandemic	Individual assistance, Public assistance
13 Mar 2020	EM-3458	Emergency	Biological	Covid-19	Public assistance
19 Mar 2016	DR-4266	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding	Public assistance
29 May 2015	DR-4223	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds And Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
13 Sep 2008	DR-1791	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Ike	Individual assistance, Public assistance
10 Sep 2008	EM-3294	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Ike	Public assistance
29 Aug 2008	EM-3290	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Gustav	Public assistance
11 Jan 2006	DR-1624	Major disaster	Fire	Extreme Wildfire Threat	Public assistance
24 Sep 2005	DR-1606	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Rita	Individual assistance, Public assistance
21 Sep 2005	EM-3261	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Rita	Public assistance
2 Sep 2005	EM-3216	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Katrina Evacuation	Public assistance
1 Feb 2003	EM-3171	Emergency	Other	Loss Of The Space Shuttle Columbia	Public assistance
9 Jun 2001	DR-1379	Major disaster	Coastal Storm	Tx-Tropical Storm Allison-06-06-2001	Individual assistance, Public assistance
1 Sep 1999	EM-3142	Emergency	Fire	Extreme Fire Hazards	Public assistance
26 Aug 1998	DR-1239	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Tropical Storm Charley	—
23 Feb 1996	EM-3117	Emergency	Fire	Extreme Fire Hazard	Public assistance
18 Oct 1994	DR-1041	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Thunderstorms And Flooding	Individual assistance
2 May 1990	DR-863	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes & Flooding	Individual assistance
19 May 1989	DR-828	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes & Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance

Declarations in which FEMA designated this county, from the OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2). DR: major disaster; EM: emergency; FM: fire management assistance. Programs show whether individual or public assistance was made available.

Flood insurance claims

197820022026

NFIP claims by year of loss in Angelina County, 1978 to 2026 (hover for the amount paid).

Claims since 1978328

Paid claims270

Total paid$5.4M

Average paid claim$20K

Repetitive-loss properties407 severe

Residential policies in force3101.0% of 32,742 structures

Year of loss	Claims	Paid claims	Amount paid	Average paid
2025	15	14	$843,107	$60,222
2024	4	3	$66,577	$22,192
2023	1	1	$8,106	$8,106
2022	3	2	$12,687	$6,343
2021	17	13	$615,857	$47,374
2020	1	0	$0	—
2019	2	2	$14,218	$7,109
2018	2	1	$5,364	$5,364
2017	3	2	$36,674	$18,337
2015	40	35	$566,881	$16,197
2013	1	1	$6,489	$6,489
2012	3	2	$73,727	$36,863
2010	4	1	$6,196	$6,196
2009	32	30	$850,992	$28,366
2008	2	0	$0	—
2007	3	1	$88,530	$88,530
2006	1	0	$0	—
2005	3	1	$36,415	$36,415
2004	55	49	$1,188,920	$24,264
2001	3	3	$58,653	$19,551
2000	5	4	$8,982	$2,245
1999	15	13	$227,704	$17,516
1998	5	2	$14,636	$7,318
1997	3	3	$12,578	$4,193
1995	43	40	$506,484	$12,662

OpenFEMA NFIP claims (v3, as of 8 Sep 2026), aggregated by year of loss; amounts are building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments as recorded. Repetitive-loss counts from the NFIP Multiple Loss Properties file (2 Aug 2026); policies in force from the NFIP Residential Penetration Rates file (3 Aug 2026).

National Risk Index

Overall riskRelatively Lowscore 71.8 of 100

Expected annual loss$23MRelatively Low

Social vulnerabilityRelatively High

Community resilienceRelatively Low

Hazard (NRI)	Risk rating	Expected annual loss
Inland flooding	Relatively Low	$9,520,977
Heat wave	Relatively Moderate	$4,810,732
Strong wind	Relatively High	$1,877,461
Tornado	Relatively Moderate	$1,787,895
Hurricane	Relatively Low	$1,714,679
Cold wave	Relatively Low	$1,292,837
Lightning	Relatively High	$1,158,723
Wildfire	Relatively Low	$326,104
Ice storm	Relatively Moderate	$240,497
Drought	Relatively Low	$236,248
Earthquake	Very Low	$152,299
Hail	Relatively Low	$127,862
Winter weather	Relatively Moderate	$116,887
Landslide	Very Low	$323

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 release. Ratings are FEMA's relative comparison of counties; expected annual loss is FEMA's modelled estimate of average yearly building, population and agriculture loss. See how to read the NRI.

Hurricane and tropical storm passes

Tracks within 100 miles43

Tracks within 50 miles10

Hurricane strength within 50 miles1

Storm	Year	Closest approach	Max wind while within 100 mi
Beryl	2024	70 mi	58 mph
Laura	2020	78 mi	98 mph
Barry	2019	70 mi	46 mph
Cindy	2017	54 mi	46 mph
Edouard	2008	87 mi	46 mph
Gustav	2008	90 mi	46 mph
Ike	2008	51 mi	98 mph
Humberto	2007	89 mi	75 mph
Rita	2005	39 mi	75 mph
Allison	1989	83 mi	40 mph
Chantal	1989	81 mi	58 mph
Jerry	1989	61 mi	40 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1987	52 mi	46 mph
Bonnie	1986	25 mi	75 mph
Alicia	1983	97 mi	46 mph
Chris	1982	78 mi	46 mph
Claudette	1979	68 mi	46 mph
Cindy	1963	81 mi	46 mph
Debra	1959	54 mi	58 mph
Audrey	1957	80 mi	92 mph
Bertha	1957	80 mi	46 mph
Barbara	1954	80 mi	46 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1949	27 mi	63 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1947	59 mi	46 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1942	75 mi	63 mph

HURDAT2 best-track positions at tropical-storm strength (34 kt) or more, measured from the county's Census centre point; through the 2025 season. Distance from a track is not the same as the extent of the storm's wind, rain or surge.

ZIP codes with flood claims

75904 180
75901 125
75941 14

ZIP codes whose NFIP claims carry this county's code, with the number of claims. Five or more claims are needed for a ZIP page to be indexed.

Questions and answers

How often does it hail in Angelina County, TX?

NCEI records 181 hail events in Angelina County since 1950, in 46 different years; that is about 2.4 recorded events a year. 51 reports were golf-ball size (1.75 in) or larger.

Has Angelina County had a tornado?

Yes. NCEI records 43 tornadoes in Angelina County since 1950, 14 of them rated (E)F2 or stronger. Tornado deaths recorded: 2.

When was the last federal disaster declaration for Angelina County?

9 Jul 2024: Hurricane Beryl, a major disaster declaration for hurricane. The county appears in 23 declarations since 1953.

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in Angelina County, and how much was paid?

328 NFIP claims since 1978, 270 of them paid, for $5.4M in total. FEMA publishes these figures redacted and aggregated; individual properties are not identified.

Is Angelina County in the National Risk Index's high-risk band?

FEMA's National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the county "Relatively Low" for overall risk, "Relatively Low" for expected annual loss, "Relatively High" for social vulnerability and "Relatively Low" for community resilience. These ratings are FEMA's relative comparison across all US counties.

How does Angelina County compare with the rest of Texas?

92.5 recorded events per 100 square miles against 63.3 statewide, and 3.8 NFIP claims per 1,000 residents against 13.4. The comparison table on this page shows each measure beside the state and national figures.

Provenance

Storm events: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, yearly details files through 30 Jun 2026 (public domain). Declarations: OpenFEMA DisasterDeclarationsSummaries v2, refreshed 1 Oct 2026. Flood claims: OpenFEMA NfipClaims v3 as of 8 Sep 2026; NfipMultipleLossProperties v1 (2 Aug 2026); NfipResidentialPenetrationRates v1 (3 Aug 2026). Risk index: FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025. Hurricane tracks: NHC HURDAT2 through 2025. Population and area: US Census Bureau, 2021 vintage. Built 1 Oct 2026; see the methodology and corrections pages. Hazard hubs: Hail · Tornado · Flood · Wind · Winter.