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Texas, 1984

The year's recorded storm events, federal disaster declarations and flood insurance claims.

721events recorded944 in 1983

2deaths recorded142 injuries

$110Mproperty damage (estimates)

3disaster declarations2,964 NFIP claims, $24M paid

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.

Events by hazard

Hail386

Wind241

Tornado94

Includes events recorded by forecast zone. The state's yearly total for 1984 was 721 against 944 in 1983.

Counties with the most recorded events

County	Events in 1984
Bowie County	27
Harris County	19
Shelby County	19
Tarrant County	19
Bexar County	17
Dallas County	17
Harrison County	17
McLennan County	17
Parker County	17
Red River County	16
Denton County	15
Cass County	14
Collin County	14
Wise County	13
Fannin County	12
Grayson County	12
Panola County	12
Atascosa County	10
Erath County	10
Travis County	10
Rusk County	9
Cherokee County	8
Gregg County	8
Johnson County	8
Lamar County	8

Notable events

Date	County	Event type	Magnitude	Property damage	Deaths	Injuries
18 Oct 1984	Titus	Tornado	F2	$250,000	1	2
5 Jun 1984	Tom Green	Tornado	F1	$25,000	1	—
31 Dec 1984	Harris	Tornado	F2	$25,000,000	—	53
13 Dec 1984	Dallas	Tornado	F3	$25,000,000	—	28
20 Oct 1984	Denton	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	—	—	12
13 Dec 1984	Ellis	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	—	—	10
31 Dec 1984	Lee	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	—	—	6
13 Dec 1984	Collin	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	—	—	5
11 Feb 1984	Leon	Tornado	F2	$2,500,000	—	3
11 Feb 1984	Anderson	Tornado	F2	$2,500,000	—	3
13 Dec 1984	Ellis	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	—	—	3
1 May 1984	Dallas	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	—	—	3
22 Oct 1984	Harris	Tornado	F1	$25,000,000	—	—
13 Dec 1984	Dallas	Tornado	F3	$25,000,000	—	—
20 Apr 1984	Cooke	Hail	1.75 in	—	—	2
6 Aug 1984	Harris	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	—	—	2
30 Aug 1984	Johnson	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	—	—	2
1 May 1984	Motley	Tornado	F3	$2,500,000	—	1
19 May 1984	Jackson	Tornado	F0	$250,000	—	1
6 Jun 1984	Gonzales	Tornado	F0	$250,000	—	1
12 Mar 1984	Victoria	Tornado	F0	$25,000	—	1
18 Feb 1984	Montague	Thunderstorm Wind	79 mph	—	—	1
31 Oct 1984	Fannin	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	—	—	1
24 Aug 1984	Taylor	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	—	—	1
30 Aug 1984	Collin	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	—	—	1
21 May 1984	San Jacinto	Tornado	F0	$250,000	—	—
10 Apr 1984	Jefferson	Tornado	F0	$250,000	—	—
12 Feb 1984	Harris	Tornado	F0	$250,000	—	—
26 Feb 1984	McLennan	Tornado	F1	$250,000	—	—
31 Dec 1984	Harris	Tornado	F1	$250,000	—	—
26 Feb 1984	Erath	Tornado	F1	$25,000	—	—
18 Oct 1984	Hopkins	Tornado	F1	$25,000	—	—
6 Oct 1984	Coleman	Tornado	F0	$25,000	—	—
27 Mar 1984	Hunt	Tornado	F0	$25,000	—	—
8 Apr 1984	Tyler	Tornado	F0	$25,000	—	—
23 Mar 1984	Dallas	Tornado	F1	$25,000	—	—
12 Feb 1984	Bexar	Tornado	F0	$25,000	—	—
11 Feb 1984	Leon	Tornado	F2	$25,000	—	—
31 Dec 1984	Matagorda	Tornado	F1	$25,000	—	—
10 Jun 1984	Armstrong	Tornado	F1	$25,000	—	—

Up to 40 events with deaths, injuries, damage of $50,000 or more, or a tornado rating, ranked by deaths, injuries and damage.

Federal disaster declarations in 1984

Declared	Number	Type	Incident	Title	Counties
30 Oct 1984	DR-727	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Storms & Flooding	3
2 Oct 1984	DR-726	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Storms & Flooding	1
7 Jan 1984	DR-696	Major disaster	Freezing	Severe Freezing Weather	6

Flood insurance claims with a 1984 date of loss

2,964 NFIP claims, 2,236 of them paid, for $23,817,663.

Sources: NOAA NCEI Storm Events through 30 Jun 2026; OpenFEMA DisasterDeclarationsSummaries v2 (1 Oct 2026); OpenFEMA NfipClaims v3 (8 Sep 2026). Built 1 Oct 2026.