Oklahoma

Storm History: Craig County, Oklahoma

523 episodes, 733 events since 1951

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Craig 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
733
Deaths
2
Injuries
43
Damage
$65 million
Episodes
523

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
Tornado249139$13 million
Hail19100$516,000
Flash Flood7100$1.0 million
Drought6100
Thunderstorm Wind4904$149,000
Excessive Heat4700
Winter Storm2400$133,000
Ice Storm1300$50 million
Heavy Snow900$5,000
High Wind600$6,000
Flood500
Heat510
Winter Weather200
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 Craig County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Craig CountyEvery warning in Craig 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.