COSTLIEST TEXAS STORMS
2015 Dollars
1950 – Present
RANK COST
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10
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$13.05 billion
$ 4.69 billion
$ 3.39 billion
$ 2.50 billion
$ 1.88 billion
$ 1.87 billion
$ 1.63 billion
$ 1.21 billion
$ 1.14 billion
$ 905 million
$850 million
$789 million
$ 670 million
$ 656 million
$ 637 million
$ 608 million
$ 600 million
$ 546 million
$503 million
$ 488 million
$ 461 million
$ 400 million
$ 369 million
$ 362 million
$ 264million
$ 204 million
STORM
DATE
LOCATION
Hurricane Ike
Tropical Storm Allison
Hurricane Rita
Hurricane Carla *
Hurricane Celia *
Hurricane Alicia
Hail Storm
Hail Storm
Hail Storm
Hail Storm
Tornado/Hail
Tornado/Hail
Tornado
Hail Storm
Tornado/Hail
Tornado
Hailstorm
Hurricane Dolly
Sept. 13, 2008
June 8, 2001
Sept. 24, 2005
Sept. 11, 1961
Aug. 3, 1970
Aug. 18, 1983
May 5, 1995
April 28, 1992
April 5, 2003
June 13, 2012
April 3, 2014
April 3, 2012
April 10, 1979
April 28, 1995
April 24, 1994
March 28, 2000
March 29, 2012
July 23, 2008
May 28, 2013
May 8, 1981
Oct. 1994
June 12, 2014
Sept. 3,2011
May 11, 1953
March 29, 2012
May 15, 2013
Galveston Island
Houston
Sabine Pass
Port O’Connor
Corpus Christi
Galveston
North Texas
Ft. Worth - Waco
North Texas
DFW
Denton
DFW
Wichita Falls
DFW airport
Lancaster/Desoto
Ft. Worth
Mc Allen
Port Mansfield
Hailstorm
Hail/Winds
Flooding
Hailstorm
Bastrop Wild Fire**
Tornado
Hail/Wind
Tornados/Hail
Amarillo
Palo Pinto to Dallas
SE Texas
Abilene
Bastrop County
Waco
McAllen
Palo Pinto/Hood/Johnson
Counties
Figures were compiled by the Insurance Council of Texas and verified by the Property Claim Services of
the Insurance Services Office (ISO) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
*NFIP has no dollar amounts for storms prior to 1978.
**Bastrop Wild Fire due to extreme drought.
Conversion to 2015 dollars accomplished through: http://www.usinflationcalculator.com