Oklahoma

Storm History: Comanche County, Oklahoma

875 episodes, 1,742 events since 1951

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Comanche 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
1,742
Deaths
12
Injuries
136
Damage
$78 million
Episodes
875

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
Tornado6136123$61 million
Hail58301$6.3 million
Flash Flood17220$462,000
Drought11300$8.3 million
Thunderstorm Wind4700$96,000
High Wind3900$44,000
Flood3501$570,000
Heat2113
Winter Storm1800$30,000
Heavy Snow1700
Excessive Heat1700
Wildfire1610$662,000
Ice Storm1513$641,000
Winter Weather910
Cold/Wind Chill700
Dense Fog700
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Blizzard300
Lightning205$500
Dust Storm100
Strong Wind100
Heavy Rain100
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 Comanche County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Comanche CountyEvery warning in Comanche 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.