Oklahoma

Storm History: Alfalfa County, Oklahoma

568 episodes, 943 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events
943
Deaths
0
Injuries
8
Damage
$45 million
Episodes
568

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.

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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Tornado29606$2.8 million
Hail25801$1.1 million
Drought10600$12 million
Flash Flood7301$2.6 million
Thunderstorm Wind4500$221,000
Excessive Heat3200
Heavy Snow2200$16,000
Heat2200
High Wind1700$5,000
Winter Storm1500$5,000
Ice Storm1300$26 million
Winter Weather1200
Cold/Wind Chill700
Flood600$20,000
Blizzard500
Wildfire500
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Dense Fog200
Strong Wind100
Heavy Rain100$387,000
Frost/Freeze100

The deadliest

None recorded.

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Alfalfa County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Alfalfa CountyEvery warning in Alfalfa County since 1986Every county in Oklahoma

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.