Oklahoma

Storm History: Carter County, Oklahoma

661 episodes, 1,166 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Carter 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
1,166
Deaths
22
Injuries
113
Damage
$57 million
Episodes
661

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
Tornado40614112$39 million
Hail33700$384,000
Flash Flood9211$6.4 million
Drought8600$8.3 million
Excessive Heat6400
Thunderstorm Wind4400$128,000
Heat3650
Flood2300$128,000
Winter Storm1200$20,000
Heavy Snow900
Dense Fog900
Wildfire810$142,000
Ice Storm700$1.8 million
High Wind600$22,000
Cold/Wind Chill600
Winter Weather610
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Lightning300$103,000
Blizzard300
Dust Storm200$25,000
Strong Wind100
Funnel Cloud100
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 Carter County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Carter CountyEvery warning in Carter 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.