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Bexar 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 48029 · 2,028,236 residents (2021) · 1,240 sq mi · dominant hazard Hail

Hail · 618Tornado · 71Flood · 465Wind · 313Winter · 33

Bexar 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.

Between 1950 and 2026, NCEI recorded 1,629 storm events in Bexar County, Texas, led by hail.

That is 131.3 events per 100 square miles, above the Texas figure of 63.3, and 8.0 per 10,000 residents against 56.0 statewide.

64 events fall in the 12 months to 30 Jun 2026. NCEI attributes 132 deaths and 982 injuries to events in the county, with property damage estimated at $1.6B and crop damage at $31M.

FEMA has designated the county in 31 federal disaster declarations since 1953; the most recent is Flooding (emergency, 18 Jul 2026).

National Flood Insurance Program policyholders in the county filed 2,309 claims since 1978, of which 1,618 were paid, totalling $34M (about $21K per paid claim). FEMA counts 4,411 residential flood policies in force.

FEMA's National Risk Index rates the county's overall risk as "Relatively High" and its expected annual loss as "Relatively High" ($619M a year across 18 hazards).

22 tropical storm or hurricane tracks in the HURDAT2 record passed within 100 miles of the county's centre at tropical-storm strength or more, 2 of them within 50 miles at hurricane strength.

64events, last 12 monthsto 30 Jun 2026

1,629events since 1950132 deaths, 982 injuries recorded

31disaster declarationslast 18 Jul 2026

2,309NFIP flood claims$34M paid

Compared with Texas and the United States

Measure	Bexar County	Texas	US
Recorded events since 1950	1,629	165,476	1,977,440
Events per 100 square miles	131.3	63.3	56.0
Events per 10,000 residents	8.0	56.0	59.6
Events in the last 12 months	64	4,723	62,008
Deaths recorded by NCEI	132	2,429	26,435
Property damage (NCEI estimates)	$1.6B	$111B	$575B
NFIP claims per 1,000 residents	1.1	13.4	8.1
Average paid NFIP claim	$21K	$55K	$43K
Claims per 100 policies in force, last 10 years	4.7	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: 7Tornado: 7Wind: 4

Hail: 12Tornado: 10Wind: 18

Hail: 43Tornado: 9Wind: 30

Hail: 43Tornado: 14Wind: 30

Hail: 74Tornado: 3Flood: 23Wind: 42Winter: 3Drought: 11Lightning: 1

Hail: 88Tornado: 16Flood: 132Wind: 40Winter: 5Heat: 2Cold: 1Drought: 4Lightning: 1Other: 3

Hail: 153Tornado: 10Flood: 187Wind: 70Winter: 12Tropical: 1Heat: 4Drought: 21Wildfire: 2Lightning: 4Other: 4

Hail: 198Tornado: 2Flood: 123Wind: 79Winter: 13Heat: 9Cold: 7Drought: 49Wildfire: 2Lightning: 2Other: 1

181950s401960s821970s871980s1571990s2922000s4682010s4852020s

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

Trend: 1,017 events in the 20 years to 2025 against 367 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

Hail618

Flood465

Wind313

Drought85

Tornado71

Winter33

Heat15

Cold8

Lightning8

Other8

Wildfire4

Tropical1

Hazard	Events	Deaths	Share of state's events
■ Hail	618	—	1.1%	detail
■ Flood	465	48	2.9%	detail
■ Wind	313	1	0.7%	detail
■ Drought	85	—	0.5%
■ Tornado	71	3	0.7%	detail
■ Winter	33	—	0.4%	detail
■ Heat	15	69	0.2%
■ Cold	8	5	0.3%
■ Lightning	8	3	0.8%
■ Other	8	3	0.4%
■ Wildfire	4	—	0.3%
■ Tropical	1	—	0.2%

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
27 Jun 2022	Heat	Heat	—	—	—	53	—	Forecast zone
17 Oct 1998	Flash Flood	Flood	—	$8.0M	$100K	11	600	County
12 Jun 2025	Flash Flood	Flood	—	$23M	—	11	—	County
22 Jul 2017	Heat	Heat	—	—	—	10	29	Forecast zone
1 Jul 2002	Flash Flood	Flood	—	—	—	4	—	County
14 Feb 2021	Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	Cold	—	—	—	4	—	Forecast zone
28 Apr 1953	Tornado	Tornado	F4	—	—	2	15	County
16 Aug 2007	Flash Flood	Flood	—	$15M	—	2	—	County
2 Jul 2009	Heat	Heat	—	—	—	2	—	Forecast zone
25 May 2013	Flash Flood	Flood	—	—	—	2	—	County
14 Oct 2021	Flash Flood	Flood	—	—	—	2	—	County
31 Aug 2025	Flash Flood	Flood	—	—	—	2	—	County
12 Apr 2016	Hail	Hail	4.50 in	$1.4B	—	—	—	County
5 Sep 2013	Lightning	Lightning	—	—	—	1	2	County
17 Sep 1988	Tornado	Tornado	F1	$2.5M	—	1	1	County
27 May 1999	Lightning	Lightning	—	—	—	1	1	County
4 Sep 2007	Flash Flood	Flood	—	—	—	1	1	County
17 Oct 1998	Flood	Flood	—	$8.0M	$80K	—	100	Forecast zone
17 Oct 1998	Flood	Flood	—	$8.0M	$50K	—	100	Forecast zone
14 Feb 1987	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	0 mph	—	—	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
18 Jul 2026	EM-3649	Emergency	Flood	Flooding	Public assistance
5 Mar 2025	FM-5553	Fire management assistance	Fire	Duke Fire	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
26 Jul 2020	EM-3530	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Hanna	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
25 Aug 2017	DR-4332	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Harvey	Public assistance
9 Sep 2011	FM-2968	Fire management assistance	Fire	Pat Gross Fire	Public assistance
8 Sep 2011	FM-2967	Fire management assistance	Fire	Big Oak Fire	Public assistance
29 Jun 2010	EM-3313	Emergency	Hurricane	Tropical Storm Alex	Public assistance
10 Sep 2008	EM-3294	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Ike	Public assistance
29 Aug 2008	EM-3290	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Gustav	Public assistance
24 Jul 2008	DR-1780	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Dolly	Public assistance
14 Mar 2008	EM-3284	Emergency	Fire	Wildfires	Public assistance
2 Oct 2007	DR-1730	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Tropical Storm Erin	Individual assistance
18 Aug 2007	EM-3277	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Dean	Public assistance
11 Jan 2006	DR-1624	Major disaster	Fire	Extreme Wildfire Threat	Public assistance
5 Jan 2006	FM-2609	Fire management assistance	Fire	Bulverde Fire	Public assistance
24 Sep 2005	DR-1606	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Rita	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
4 Jul 2002	DR-1425	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Storms And Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
1 Sep 1999	EM-3142	Emergency	Fire	Extreme Fire Hazards	Public assistance
21 Oct 1998	DR-1257	Major disaster	Flood	Tx-Flooding 10/18/98	Individual assistance, Public assistance
26 Aug 1998	DR-1239	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Tropical Storm Charley	—
7 Jul 1997	DR-1179	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Storms And Flooding	Individual assistance
23 Feb 1996	EM-3117	Emergency	Fire	Extreme Fire Hazard	Public assistance
10 Sep 1993	EM-3113	Emergency	Drought	Extreme Fire Hazard	Public assistance
5 Oct 1988	DR-816	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Gilbert	Individual 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 Bexar County, 1978 to 2026 (hover for the amount paid).

Claims since 19782,309

Paid claims1,618

Total paid$34M

Average paid claim$21K

Repetitive-loss properties16012 severe

Residential policies in force4,4110.8% of 567,488 structures

Year of loss	Claims	Paid claims	Amount paid	Average paid
2026	11	6	$106,154	$17,692
2025	30	22	$1,022,400	$46,473
2024	9	5	$94,692	$18,938
2023	9	6	$95,253	$15,875
2022	3	2	$134,826	$67,413
2021	63	44	$1,266,757	$28,790
2020	5	0	$0	—
2019	18	8	$97,191	$12,149
2018	42	20	$439,026	$21,951
2017	17	7	$83,190	$11,884
2016	68	37	$515,662	$13,937
2015	85	48	$450,993	$9,396
2014	15	12	$69,665	$5,805
2013	186	156	$5,396,241	$34,591
2012	39	21	$287,908	$13,710
2011	9	6	$105,683	$17,614
2010	43	26	$454,859	$17,495
2009	49	43	$861,819	$20,042
2008	5	0	$0	—
2007	118	90	$1,868,406	$20,760
2006	15	9	$132,661	$14,740
2005	5	0	$0	—
2004	74	59	$1,353,810	$22,946
2003	7	4	$30,521	$7,630
2002	258	170	$3,694,357	$21,732

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 Highscore 99.4 of 100

Expected annual loss$619MRelatively High

Social vulnerabilityRelatively Moderate

Community resilienceRelatively Low

Hazard (NRI)	Risk rating	Expected annual loss
Inland flooding	Very High	$364,763,481
Tornado	Very High	$124,133,912
Hail	Very High	$72,333,735
Heat wave	Relatively High	$39,185,380
Cold wave	Relatively High	$9,509,789
Hurricane	Relatively Moderate	$2,714,222
Lightning	Relatively High	$1,942,798
Wildfire	Relatively Moderate	$1,747,813
Strong wind	Relatively High	$1,500,996
Earthquake	Relatively Low	$436,782
Drought	Relatively Moderate	$435,442
Ice storm	Relatively Moderate	$324,135
Winter weather	Relatively High	$310,551
Landslide	Relatively Low	$26,249

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 miles22

Tracks within 50 miles4

Hurricane strength within 50 miles2

Storm	Year	Closest approach	Max wind while within 100 mi
Harvey	2017	56 mi	75 mph
Hermine	2010	6 mi	46 mph
Claudette	2003	68 mi	58 mph
Frances	1998	91 mi	46 mph
Celia	1970	75 mi	75 mph
Candy	1968	67 mi	46 mph
Abby	1964	94 mi	40 mph
Carla	1961	79 mi	81 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1960	94 mi	40 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1942	6 mi	98 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1936	67 mi	52 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1934	87 mi	63 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1929	11 mi	75 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1913	88 mi	40 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1912	94 mi	46 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1902	77 mi	52 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1886	44 mi	98 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1886	75 mi	75 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1875	86 mi	81 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1869	81 mi	46 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1866	77 mi	46 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1851	61 mi	69 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

78209 239
78216 152
78228 149
78201 129
78213 129
78218 112
78230 106
78217 90
78238 87
78232 69
78212 67
78023 53
78227 52
78233 44
78240 41
78205 40
78223 35
78221 32
78239 32
78220 31
78255 31
78231 29
78253 29
78210 28
78211 27
78219 24
78247 24
78015 23
78250 22
78109 21
78254 19
78248 18
78237 17
78245 17
78259 17
78002 15
78242 15
78257 15
78258 15
78207 14
78249 14
78214 11
78215 11
78260 11
78229 10
78252 10
78148 8
78222 8
78226 8
78261 8
78224 7
78225 7
78112 6
78251 6
78264 6
78244 5
78256 5
78263 5

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 Bexar County, TX?

NCEI records 618 hail events in Bexar County since 1950, in 65 different years; that is about 8.0 recorded events a year. 203 reports were golf-ball size (1.75 in) or larger.

Has Bexar County had a tornado?

Yes. NCEI records 71 tornadoes in Bexar County since 1950, 15 of them rated (E)F2 or stronger. Tornado deaths recorded: 3.

When was the last federal disaster declaration for Bexar County?

18 Jul 2026: Flooding, a emergency declaration for flood. The county appears in 31 declarations since 1953.

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

2,309 NFIP claims since 1978, 1,618 of them paid, for $34M in total. FEMA publishes these figures redacted and aggregated; individual properties are not identified.

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

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

How does Bexar County compare with the rest of Texas?

131.3 recorded events per 100 square miles against 63.3 statewide, and 1.1 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.