Irion County, TX Tornado Risk & Storm Shelter Cost
Irion County's tornado history, by the numbers
Since 1964, NOAA has logged 14 tornado tracks crossing Irion County - one about every 5.4 years, which lands it in our Low band. Nationally, Irion County ranks at the 38th percentile for tornado frequency. Texas has 254 counties in this dataset; Irion County ranks 219 of them by frequency.
Irion County's EF4-5 history
Irion County's record has no EF4-5 tornado - its 14 tracks split 11 weak and 3 significant. That does not rule one out in the future, only that none has been recorded since 1950.
What a storm shelter costs near Irion County
For a Irion 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
Power loss after a tornado outbreak in Texas often reaches homes the storm itself never touched. A battery-backup unit covers the outage without the fuel and venting a generator needs.
Check your coverage, not just your risk
Because Texas allows wind/hail exclusions on standard homeowners policies, a Irion 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. Irion County covers about 1,052 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. Irion County has about 1,526 residents.