Randall, Smith Top Allstate’s List of Stormiest Texas Counties

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Texas storms affected more Allstate insured homes in Randall county than any other part of the state over the past five years, while Smith county saw the highest frequency of lightning.

Allstate tallied the top 25 Texas counties affected by severe weather; identifying areas with highest frequencies of wind and hail, and lightning related homeowner property damage claims from 2011 through 2015.

Highest Frequency of Wind and Hail Claims 2011-2015 by County		Highest Frequency of Lightning Claims 2011-2015 by County
1	Randall	1	Smith
2	Bell	2	Jefferson
3	Dallas	3	Montgomery
4	Hidalgo	4	Kaufman
5	Johnson	5	Lubbock
6	Ellis	6	Parker
7	Denton	7	Johnson
8	Parker	8	Ellis
9	Kaufman	9	Denton
10	Collin	10	Williamson
11	Tarrant	11	Collin
12	Lubbock	12	Brazoria
13	El Paso	13	Harris
14	Bexar	14	Fort Bend
15	Webb	15	Bell
16	Travis	16	Dallas
17	Smith	17	Tarrant
18	Hays	18	Travis
19	Montgomery	19	Bexar
20	Williamson	20	Hays
21	Fort Bend	21	Galveston
22	Harris	22	Hidalgo
23	Midland	23	Webb
24	Brazoria	24	Nueces
25	Cameron	25	Midland

Rankings

Randall, Bell and Dallas counties top the list for the frequency of wind and hail homeowner property claims over the past five years; while Smith, Jefferson and Montgomery saw the highest frequency of lightning claims.

To collect the data, Allstate measured the frequency of hail, wind and lightning homeowner property claims from 2011 – 2015 to tally the top 25 counties, which all had at least 3,500 Allstate policies.

Source: Allstate

Topics Texas Claims

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