Oklahoma

Storms in Oklahoma in 2008

2,341 events in 246 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Oklahoma in 2008, 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 2008 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
2,341
Deaths
20
Injuries
270
Damage
$834 million
Episodes
246

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
Hail1,20409$43 million
Thunderstorm Wind56400$599,000
Flash Flood16912$764 million
High Wind9200$75,000
Tornado857160$25 million
Winter Weather73839$315,000
Flood4800$1.6 million
Heavy Snow3111$91,000
Winter Storm23012$30,000
Heavy Rain2200
Lightning700$29,000
Drought700$100,000
Wildfire500$278,000
Ice Storm400
Funnel Cloud200
Excessive Heat2246
Heat211
Tropical Storm100$25,000

Every episode, month by month

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November 2008

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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.