Oklahoma

Storm History: Atoka County, Oklahoma

461 episodes, 723 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Atoka 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
723
Deaths
2
Injuries
60
Damage
$19 million
Episodes
461

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
Hail20900$1.0 million
Tornado190260$7.9 million
Drought7800$8.3 million
Excessive Heat5900
Flash Flood5100$635,000
Heat3400
Wildfire2500$26,000
Thunderstorm Wind1700$53,000
Heavy Snow1100
Winter Storm1100$180,000
Dense Fog700
Cold/Wind Chill600
Winter Weather600
Ice Storm500$450,000
Flood500$28,000
High Wind300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Dust Storm100
Blizzard100
Frost/Freeze100

The deadliest

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 Atoka County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Atoka CountyEvery warning in Atoka 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.