Oklahoma

Storms in Oklahoma in 1997

1,670 events in 266 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Oklahoma in 1997, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Oklahoma in 1997 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The year

Events
1,670
Deaths
6
Injuries
19
Damage
$15 million
Episodes
266

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

By kind of event

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Hail74800$839,000
Thunderstorm Wind53506$1.2 million
Heavy Snow12410
Flash Flood12216$2.2 million
Tornado5906$2.7 million
Lightning2910$6,000
Winter Weather1600
Ice Storm1400
High Wind700$500
Funnel Cloud600
Winter Storm300
Heavy Rain200
Flood221
Blizzard210$8.5 million
Strong Wind100$6,000

Every episode, month by month

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December 1997

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.