Oklahoma

Storm History: Bryan County, Oklahoma

540 episodes, 863 events since 1951

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Bryan 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
863
Deaths
9
Injuries
31
Damage
$19 million
Episodes
540

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
Hail26716$631,000
Tornado205724$8.2 million
Drought8100$8.3 million
Flash Flood7601$328,000
Thunderstorm Wind6800$483,000
Excessive Heat5500
Heat3500
Heavy Snow1300$5,000
Winter Storm1100$129,000
Dense Fog810
Winter Weather700
High Wind600$11,000
Cold/Wind Chill600
Ice Storm600$500,000
Lightning400$50,000
Flood400$17,000
Dust Storm300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Frost/Freeze200
Heavy Rain100
Wildfire100$20,000
Blizzard100

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 Bryan County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Bryan CountyEvery warning in Bryan 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.