Oklahoma

Storms in Oklahoma in 2009

2,038 events in 221 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Oklahoma in 2009, 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 2009 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

Open the live radar over Oklahoma

The year

Events
2,038
Deaths
19
Injuries
286
Damage
$75 million
Episodes
221

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
Hail93005$4.5 million
Thunderstorm Wind53000$203,000
High Wind10700$28,000
Drought9300
Flash Flood9112$2.1 million
Winter Storm814208
Blizzard5455$4.5 million
Tornado39864$56 million
Winter Weather3000
Flood2800$5,000
Excessive Heat2510
Heavy Rain1000
Ice Storm901$7.8 million
Lightning600
Wildfire301$20,000
Strong Wind100
Funnel Cloud100

Every episode, month by month

January 2009

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May 2009

June 2009

July 2009

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September 2009

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November 2009

December 2009

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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.