Dallam County, TX Tornado Risk & Storm Shelter Cost
Dallam County's tornado history, by the numbers
Since 1961, NOAA has logged 39 tornado tracks crossing Dallam County - one about every 1.9 years, which lands it in our Elevated band. Nationally, Dallam County ranks at the 79th percentile for tornado frequency. Among 254 Texas counties in this dataset, Dallam County ranks 109 for how often a tornado touches down.
Dallam County's EF4-5 history
Dallam County's record has no EF4-5 tornado - its 39 tracks split 29 weak and 4 significant. That does not rule one out in the future, only that none has been recorded since 1950.
What a storm shelter costs near Dallam County
For a Dallam County homeowner, budget $2,890-$13,280 for a shelter or safe room ($7,645 typical) - this pass found no Texas-specific rebate on top of FEMA's underlying 75% national cost-share program.
The outage nobody plans for
Tornado outbreaks routinely knock out power across Texas for days, separately from any single house getting hit. A portable battery bank keeps a fridge, phone chargers and a radio running through that gap - cheaper and faster to set up than a generator.
Check your coverage, not just your risk
Because Texas allows wind/hail exclusions on standard homeowners policies, a Dallam County homeowner should confirm tornado wind damage is actually covered, not assume it - a separate endorsement is common here.
Read this before you rely on it
This is a county-level figure, not a per-address probability. Dallam County covers about 1,503 square miles, so a single touch here counts the same as a single touch in a county a fraction of that size. Pre-radar-era records (before the 1990s) are also documented by NOAA as undercounting weaker tornadoes in sparsely-instrumented areas. Dallam County has about 7,526 residents.