Brooks County, TX hail & severe wind history
23 storm reports on file for Brooks County between 2010-06-02 and 2023-05-29 — 11 hail and 12 severe thunderstorm wind. That averages 1.6 reports a year, and May is the busiest month.
Hail reports
11
0.8 per year
Largest hail
1.75"
golf ball size · 2017-06-04
Strongest gust
61 mph
53 kt · 2014-05-27
Reported damage
$36K
property + crop, as filed
Storm days
16
distinct days with a report
Busiest year
2011
5 reports
Search every Brooks County report
Filter the full record below — pick a year, narrow to a month, or drag the hail-size slider to see only the storms big enough to dent a roof (1" and up is the usual threshold insurers care about).
23 of 23 reports match.
Reports by month for the current filter — the shape of Brooks County’s storm season.
| Date | Type | Size / gust | Nearest location | Report detail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-05-29 18:42 | Hail | 1.5" ping pong | 0 mi N of Encino | Video sent to local media showed estimated quarter to ping pong ball sized hail near Encino in Brooks County. |
| 2022-04-25 18:15 | Wind | 50 kt 58 mph | .4 mi E of Falfurrias | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 50 knots blew over a carport and blew it across the street. Additionally, part of the awning and roof of Rigo's Tire Shop and Road Service was torn off and tossed approximately 100 feet down the road. Radar velocity from the Corpus Christi radar indicated winds of 58 knots about 4,000 f… |
| 2019-05-06 10:30 | Wind | 43 kt 49 mph | 0 mi N of Falfurrias | Falfurrias Police Department reported downed power lines in Falfurrias. Nearby observations from Hebbronville and Alice showed gusts with the storms to be near 30 mph, but it was likely that stronger gusts caused the damage in this case. |
| 2017-06-04 22:45 | Hail | 1.75" golf ball | 3.37 mi ENE of Falfurrias Arpt | Brooks County Sheriffs Office reported golf ball size hail 5 miles east of US 281 along SR 285. |
| 2017-04-17 16:45 | Hail | 1" quarter | 1.68 mi ESE of Falfurrias | Skywarn Spotter reported quarter size hail in Falfurrias. |
| 2017-04-17 19:00 | Hail | 1" quarter | 0 mi N of Encino | Quarter size hail reported in Encino. |
| 2015-05-11 18:20 | Wind | 52 kt 60 mph | 3.22 mi NE of Falfurrias Arpt | Brooks County Sheriffs Office reported power poles bent over along County Road 229 and Highway 285. |
| 2015-04-10 14:10 | Hail | 1" quarter | 0 mi N of Falfurrias | Public reported quarter size hail in Falfurrias. |
| 2014-05-27 18:50 | Wind | 52 kt 60 mph | .39 mi ESE of Falfurrias | The Brooks County Emergency Manager and local law enforcement reported numerous trees down near the intersection of Lasater Street and Rice Street and along St. Mary's Street. Structural damage to business signs was also reported on Center Street. |
| 2014-05-27 19:00 | Hail | 1.75" golf ball | 0 mi N of Falfurrias | Golf ball sized hail was reported in Falfurrias by the public. |
| 2014-05-27 19:01 | Wind | 53 kt 61 mph | 0 mi N of Falfurrias Arpt | The AWOS at Brooks County Airport reported a 53 knot wind gust. |
| 2014-05-09 18:44 | Wind | 52 kt 60 mph | 3.59 mi ENE of Falfurrias | Local law enforcement reported several power lines downed in Falfurrias and in the county on Highway 206. |
| 2014-05-09 18:44 | Wind | 52 kt 60 mph | 3.59 mi ENE of Falfurrias Arpt | Local law enforcement reported several power lines downed in the county on Highway 219 and 223. |
| 2013-03-31 20:35 | Hail | 1.75" golf ball | 0 mi N of Falfurrias | Golf ball size hail was reported in Falfurrias by local law enforcement and nearby by a trained spotter during the mid evening. |
| 2013-03-31 20:35 | Hail | 1.25" half dollar | 3.06 mi W of Falfurrias | Half dollar size hail was reported near the Hollywood Hunting Camp about 3 miles west of Falfurrias by a Cooperative Observer. |
| 2012-09-08 17:03 | Wind | 50 kt 58 mph | .97 mi ESE of Falfurrias | At 612 pm CDT, local law enforcement reported trees down at 210 and Eucalyptus in Falfurrias due to thunderstorm winds. |
| 2012-04-20 15:25 | Hail | 1" quarter | .51 mi NW of Encino | Brooks County Sheriff's Office reported that quarter sized hail fell in Encino. |
| 2011-05-20 17:45 | Hail | 0.75" penny | 3.92 mi SSW of Longoria | Penny size hail was reported by Law enforcement west of Encino (Brooks County) during the early evening of May 20th. |
| 2011-05-20 18:12 | Hail | 1" quarter | .92 mi SE of Falfurrias | Law enforcement in Falfurrias reported hail up to one inch fell across some areas as a thunderstorm moved through the area. |
| 2011-05-20 18:30 | Wind | 50 kt 58 mph | 3.92 mi SSW of Longoria | Power lines were knocked down by estimated winds near 60 mph from a severe thunderstorm in southwest Brooks County, along Farm to Market 755. |
| 2011-05-12 13:45 | Wind | 39 kt 45 mph | .92 mi SE of Falfurrias | The public reported a wind gusts estimated to be 45 miles per hour occurred during a thunderstorm that moved through Falfurrias during the early afternoon on May 12 2011. Small branches were broken in some trees. |
| 2011-01-09 04:00 | Wind | 52 kt 60 mph | 0 mi N of Falfurrias | The public reported sheet metal damage occurred to a carport and aluminum siding was blown off of a house near the Falfurrias airport in Brooks County. The damage occurred as a line of thunderstorms moved through the area, producing gusty winds. The same line dumped more than 1.5 inches of rain in Hebbronville. |
| 2010-06-02 21:22 | Wind | 50 kt 58 mph | .3 mi W of Falfurrias | A squall line of strong to severe thunderstorms moved through northern and central Brooks County during the late evening of June 2nd, producing gusty winds which knocked down some power lines in Falfurrias. Law enforcement measured a gust of 54 mph at 922 PM CST as the line plowed through. |
Worst storm days in Brooks County
| Date | Reports that day | Largest hail | Peak gust |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-05-27 | 3 | 1.75" (golf ball) | 61 mph |
| 2011-05-20 | 3 | 1" (quarter) | 58 mph |
| 2013-03-31 | 2 | 1.75" (golf ball) | — |
| 2017-04-17 | 2 | 1" (quarter) | — |
| 2014-05-09 | 2 | — | 60 mph |
| 2017-06-04 | 1 | 1.75" (golf ball) | — |
| 2023-05-29 | 1 | 1.5" (ping pong ball) | — |
| 2015-04-10 | 1 | 1" (quarter) | — |
| 2012-04-20 | 1 | 1" (quarter) | — |
| 2022-04-25 | 1 | — | 58 mph |
Reports by year
Report counts are driven partly by how many people were around to report a storm, so recent years tend to look busier than the early 2010s. Treat the trend as a reporting trend, not purely a weather trend.
When does hail hit Brooks County?
Across 10 years of records, May produced the most reports (12), followed by the months either side of it. Monthly totals:
| Month | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | 4.3% |
| February | 0 | 0.0% |
| March | 2 | 8.7% |
| April | 5 | 21.7% |
| May | 12 | 52.2% |
| June | 2 | 8.7% |
| July | 0 | 0.0% |
| August | 0 | 0.0% |
| September | 1 | 4.3% |
| October | 0 | 0.0% |
| November | 0 | 0.0% |
| December | 0 | 0.0% |
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About these numbers
Every row above is a report filed with the National Weather Service and archived in the NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database (FIPS 48047). Reports are eyewitness, trained-spotter and damage-survey observations, so they cluster near roads and towns and miss storms over empty country. Hail sizes are estimates. Damage figures are preliminary as filed and are never revised in this archive. Use this page for background, not for an insurance claim, a legal filing, or a roof assessment — for those, get the official record from NOAA directly.