Franklin County Storm Activity
Wind, hail, and tornado activity from official NOAA sources (NWS & SPC) · Last 12 months · Updated Sep 11, 2026
Has it hailed in Franklin County, Texas recently? Official National Weather Service (NWS) and Storm Prediction Center (SPC) records say yes: 35 hail reports with hail up to 1", among 43 severe weather events logged here in the last 12 months, together with 8 high-wind reports with gusts up to 65 mph. The most recent recorded storm activity was in September 2026. This page updates daily: every event comes straight from official NOAA data — no estimates, no modeling, just the record.
What the radar showed
Last 30 days in Franklin County
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Storm activity from the last 30 days is summarized at the county level on this page. Exact locations, radar snapshots, and official warning boundaries for recent events are available with a free account.
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Events older than 30 days, as recorded by the National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center. Excerpts are quoted directly from official warnings and verified reports.
Saturday, August 8, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 245 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6 miles east of Mount Vernon, or 8 miles west of Mount Pleasant, moving southeast at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.5" Franklin County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, August 7, 2026
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5"
“At 748 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from 8 miles northeast of Clarksville to 5 miles southwest of Bogata, or extending from 8 miles northeast of Clarksville to 6 miles northwest of Hagansport, moving southeast at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch size hail.”
“At 711 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from near Bagwell to 7 miles southeast of Hagansport, or extending from near Clarksville to 7 miles southeast of Hagansport, moving east at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.”
- Hail 0.5" Franklin County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Franklin County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Franklin County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, July 12, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5"
“At 214 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Hagansport, moving northeast at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Hagansport, Bogata, Talco and Johntown.”
“At 110 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from near Mount Vernon to over Pleasant Grove, or extending from 10 miles west of Mount Pleasant to near Winnsboro, moving southeast at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 30 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.”
- Hail 0.5" Franklin County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Franklin County NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, July 8, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5"
“At 857 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm between Hagansport and Talco, moving southeast at 5 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Wilkerson, Winfield and Talco.”
“At 814 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Hagansport, moving east at 5 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Hagansport, Mount Vernon and Johntown.”
- Hail 0.5" Franklin County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Franklin County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, July 7, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25"
“At 838 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6 miles northeast of Mount Vernon, or 10 miles southeast of Hagansport, moving southeast at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 547 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Bogata, or 12 miles north of Hagansport, moving southeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.25" Franklin County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Franklin County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, July 6, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 905 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6 miles east of Mount Vernon, or 9 miles west of Mount Pleasant, moving east at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 831 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6 miles northwest of Purley, or 14 miles north of Winnsboro, moving east at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Mount Vernon, Purley and Hopewell.”
- Hail 0.88" Franklin County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Franklin County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, July 3, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 344 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles west of Mount Pleasant, moving northeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.5" Franklin County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, July 2, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25"
“At 805 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Hainesville, or 10 miles northeast of Mineola, moving northwest at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 708 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles southeast of Pleasant Grove, or 9 miles south of Winnsboro, moving northwest at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.25" Franklin County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Franklin County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 849 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Bogata, or 10 miles southwest of Clarksville, moving east at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.5" Franklin County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, June 22, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 642 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from 10 miles north of Blevins to 13 miles west of Bogata, or extending from 16 miles northwest of Prescott to 16 miles northwest of Hagansport, moving southeast at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.”
“At 745 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from 8 miles northeast of Queen City to 9 miles northwest of Winnsboro, or extending from 10 miles northeast of Atlanta to 9 miles northwest of Winnsboro, moving south at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.”
- Wind 50 mph Franklin County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Franklin County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, June 19, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25"
“At 901 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of strong thunderstorms extending from 10 miles northwest of Bagwell to 6 miles southeast of Wilkerson, or extending from 17 miles northwest of Clarksville to 11 miles south of Boxelder, moving east at 45 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.”
“At 801 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of strong thunderstorms extending from 23 miles west of Manchester to near Cookville, or extending from 33 miles northwest of Clarksville to 8 miles northeast of Mount Pleasant, moving northeast at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.”
- Hail 0.25" Franklin County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Franklin County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, June 6, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 1147 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of strong thunderstorms near Quitman, or 13 miles southwest of Winnsboro, moving northeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.25" Franklin County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 246 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Golden, or near Mineola, moving north at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.5" Franklin County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, May 8, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 949 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Hagansport, moving east at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 1044 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5 miles north of Winnsboro, moving east at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 30 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.88" Franklin County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Franklin County NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 342 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from near Dalby Springs to 11 miles west of Pleasant Grove, or extending from 16 miles southwest of New Boston to 16 miles west of Winnsboro, moving east at 55 mph. Hazard: Pea size hail. Impact: Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.25" Franklin County NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75"
“At 1148 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Pleasant Grove, or 6 miles northwest of Winnsboro, moving east at 40 mph. Hazard: Penny size hail. Impact: Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 942 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Hagansport, moving east at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Hagansport, Boxelder, Bogata, Wilkerson, Talco, Cuthand, Harts Bluff and Johntown.”
- Hail 0.75" Franklin County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Franklin County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, April 27, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.75"
“At 840 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 16 miles west of Hagansport, moving east at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Hagansport, Mount Vernon, Johntown and Hopewell.”
- Hail 0.75" Franklin County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, April 24, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report
“Trees uprooted along US Hwy 67 east of Mount Vernon. (SHV)”
- Wind Unknown 2 NE Mount Vernon SPC verified report
Thursday, April 23, 2026
2 SPC verified storm reports — hail up to 1"
“Lots of hail ranging from dime to quarter size. (SHV)”
“Corrected time. Trees uprooted along US Hwy 67 east of Mount Vernon. (SHV)”
- Hail 1" 1 N Mount Vernon SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 2 NE Mount Vernon SPC verified report
Sunday, March 15, 2026
5 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 65 mph
“WHAT...For the High Wind Warning, northwest winds 40 to 50 mph with gusts up to 65 mph. For the Freeze Warning, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 27 expected. WHERE...Portions of southwest Arkansas, southeast Oklahoma, and northeast Texas. WHEN...For the High Wind Warning, until 9 PM CDT this evening. For the Freeze Warning, from midnight tonight to 9 AM CDT Monday.”
“WHAT...For the High Wind Warning, northwest winds 40 to 50 mph with gusts up to 65 mph. For the Freeze Warning, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 27 expected. WHERE...Portions of southwest Arkansas, southeast Oklahoma, and northeast Texas. WHEN...For the High Wind Warning, until 9 PM CDT this evening. For the Freeze Warning, from midnight tonight to 9 AM CDT Monday.”
- Wind 65 mph Franklin County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 65 mph Franklin County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Franklin County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Franklin County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Franklin County NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 249 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of strong thunderstorms extending from 25 miles northwest of Golden to 30 miles southwest of Lindale, or extending from 29 miles west of Winnsboro to 31 miles west of Tyler, moving northeast at 50 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.”
- Hail 0.5" Franklin County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 1136 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from 27 miles west of Manchester to 24 miles northwest of Pleasant Grove, or extending from 38 miles northwest of Clarksville to 27 miles northwest of Winnsboro, moving east at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch size hail.”
- Hail 0.5" Franklin County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, March 7, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 908 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from near Boxelder to 10 miles west of Pleasant Grove, or extending from near Boxelder to 17 miles west of Winnsboro, moving northeast at 50 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.”
- Hail 0.25" Franklin County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, November 24, 2025
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 638 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from 31 miles northwest of Manchester to 20 miles northwest of Pleasant Grove, or extending from 45 miles northwest of Clarksville to 22 miles northwest of Winnsboro, moving east at 50 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch size hail.”
- Hail 0.5" Franklin County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, November 20, 2025
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5"
“At 440 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles northwest of Hagansport, moving east northeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 624 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Purley, or 12 miles north of Winnsboro, moving northeast at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.5" Franklin County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Franklin County NWS severe weather mention
Today's severe weather outlook
Common questions
When was the last severe storm in Franklin County, TX?
The most recent recorded event was in September 2026. Official NWS and SPC records show 43 severe weather events in Franklin County over the last 12 months. Exact dates and locations for recent storms are available in the app with a free account.
Has there been hail in Franklin County recently?
Yes — 35 hail reports in the last 12 months, with hail up to 1" recorded.
How do I check whether a specific address was affected?
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