Storm History: Ellis County, Oklahoma
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Ellis 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
- 1,021
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 8
- Damage
- $43 million
- Episodes
- 640
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 324 | 0 | 1 | $834,000 |
| Tornado | 312 | 0 | 6 | $4.9 million |
| Drought | 115 | 0 | 0 | $8.3 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 76 | 0 | 0 | $395,000 |
| Flash Flood | 42 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 32 | 0 | 0 | $33,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 22 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Heat | 19 | 0 | 0 | $3,000 |
| Winter Storm | 15 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Ice Storm | 14 | 0 | 0 | $26 million |
| Excessive Heat | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 11 | 0 | 0 | $2.6 million |
| Blizzard | 6 | 0 | 1 | $15,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 5 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Ice Storm, January 30, 2002
- Drought, August 1, 2000
- Tornado, April 24, 1990
- Wildfire, February 27, 2024
- Wildfire, March 1, 2024
- Ice Storm, January 13, 2017
- Tornado, May 5, 2007
- Hail, May 25, 1994
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 1996
- Tornado, March 22, 1987
- Tornado, June 15, 1955
- Tornado, June 21, 1958
- Tornado, May 23, 2019
- Tornado, May 27, 2001
- Tornado, May 18, 2025
- Tornado, May 4, 2007
- Tornado, June 11, 2011
- Tornado, June 17, 2025
- Tornado, February 24, 2000
- Ice Storm, November 27, 2015
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, May 13, 2003
- Hail, March 29, 2012
- Hail, May 23, 2007
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2007
- Hail, May 15, 2024
- Tornado, May 27, 2017
- Hail, August 18, 1956
- Hail, June 14, 2008
- Heat, June 18, 2006
- Hail, April 9, 1978
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2023
- Hail, April 1, 2015
- Hail, June 1, 2014
- Hail, May 22, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2008
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, May 25, 1955
- Tornado, September 14, 1957
- Tornado, June 10, 1967
- Tornado, April 17, 1976
- Tornado, April 30, 1978
- Tornado, June 21, 1958
- Tornado, May 4, 1961
- Tornado, May 10, 1964
- Tornado, November 19, 1973
- Tornado, March 2, 1977
- Tornado, March 18, 1979
- Tornado, October 30, 1979
- Tornado, May 11, 1982
- Tornado, May 13, 1983
- Tornado, May 8, 1986
Every episode, newest first
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2026
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2026
- Tornado, June 21, 2026
- Excessive Heat, June 8, 2026
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- Drought, March 31, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 23, 2026
- Hail, September 22, 2025
- Tornado, September 8, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 1, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 18, 2025
- Hail, July 8, 2025
- Tornado, June 17, 2025
- Tornado, June 6, 2025
- Hail, May 28, 2025
- Tornado, May 23, 2025
- Tornado, May 18, 2025
- Drought, April 1, 2025
- Hail, April 1, 2025
- High Wind, March 18, 2025
- Drought, March 18, 2025
- Wildfire, March 14, 2025
- Tornado, March 3, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 18, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 9, 2025
- Excessive Heat, August 23, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 17, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 11, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 6, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2024
- Heat, July 29, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2024
- Heat, July 14, 2024
- Heat, July 1, 2024
- Heat, June 29, 2024
- Heat, June 23, 2024
- Hail, May 28, 2024
- Tornado, May 25, 2024
- Hail, May 15, 2024
- Wildfire, March 1, 2024
- Wildfire, February 27, 2024
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 8, 2024
- Frost/Freeze, October 16, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2023
- Tornado, July 7, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2023
- Tornado, June 17, 2023
- Tornado, June 15, 2023
- Drought, June 1, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 2023
- Drought, May 16, 2023
- Drought, May 1, 2023
- Drought, April 1, 2023
- Drought, March 1, 2023
- Drought, February 14, 2023
- Drought, February 1, 2023
- Drought, January 1, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 22, 2022
- Drought, December 1, 2022
- Drought, November 16, 2022
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2022
- Hail, September 17, 2022
- Drought, September 1, 2022
- Drought, August 1, 2022
- Drought, July 16, 2022
- Drought, June 15, 2022
- Drought, June 1, 2022
- Tornado, May 31, 2022
- Hail, May 18, 2022
- Drought, May 16, 2022
- Drought, May 1, 2022
- High Wind, April 22, 2022
- Drought, April 1, 2022
- Drought, March 1, 2022
- Drought, February 1, 2022
- Drought, January 1, 2022
- Wildfire, December 15, 2021
- Wildfire, December 10, 2021
- Drought, December 1, 2021
- Hail, August 21, 2021
- Hail, May 5, 2021
- Hail, March 16, 2021
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2021
- Heavy Snow, December 2, 2020
- Hail, November 24, 2020
- Ice Storm, October 26, 2020
- Drought, October 1, 2020
- Drought, September 1, 2020
- Hail, August 10, 2020
- Hail, June 22, 2020
- High Wind, June 9, 2020
- Drought, June 1, 2020
- Hail, May 14, 2020
- Tornado, April 21, 2020
- High Wind, November 26, 2019
- Wildfire, November 26, 2019
- Heavy Snow, October 24, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2019
- Tornado, May 23, 2019
- Tornado, May 7, 2019
- Tornado, April 17, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 13, 2019
- Heavy Snow, January 3, 2019
- Heavy Snow, November 12, 2018
- Drought, August 1, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2018
- Drought, July 1, 2018
- Flood, June 24, 2018
- Drought, June 1, 2018
- Hail, May 30, 2018
- Hail, May 17, 2018
- High Wind, May 12, 2018
- Drought, May 1, 2018
- Drought, April 1, 2018
- Drought, March 1, 2018
- Drought, February 1, 2018
- Drought, January 1, 2018
- Drought, December 1, 2017
- Hail, August 5, 2017
- Drought, August 1, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2017
- Hail, June 15, 2017
- Hail, June 13, 2017
- Tornado, May 27, 2017
- Tornado, May 18, 2017
- Drought, April 1, 2017
- Drought, March 1, 2017
- Drought, February 1, 2017
- Ice Storm, January 13, 2017
- Drought, January 1, 2017
- Drought, December 1, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2016
- Hail, June 26, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 29, 2016
- Tornado, April 26, 2016
- Drought, April 12, 2016
- Ice Storm, December 27, 2015
- Ice Storm, November 27, 2015
- Tornado, November 16, 2015
- Hail, July 3, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 2015
- Drought, May 1, 2015
- Tornado, April 8, 2015
- Hail, April 1, 2015
- Drought, April 1, 2015
- Drought, March 1, 2015
- Drought, February 1, 2015
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2015
- Drought, December 1, 2014
- Drought, November 1, 2014
- Hail, October 12, 2014
- Hail, October 9, 2014
- Drought, October 1, 2014
- Drought, September 1, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 28, 2014
- Drought, August 1, 2014
- Drought, July 1, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2014
- Hail, June 11, 2014
- Hail, June 6, 2014
- Drought, June 1, 2014
- Hail, June 1, 2014
- Drought, May 1, 2014
- Drought, April 1, 2014
- Drought, March 1, 2014
- High Wind, February 20, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 4, 2014
- Drought, February 1, 2014
- Drought, January 1, 2014
- Ice Storm, December 20, 2013
- Drought, October 1, 2013
- Drought, September 1, 2013
- Drought, August 1, 2013
- Hail, July 29, 2013
- Drought, July 1, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 3, 2013
- Drought, June 1, 2013
- Tornado, May 8, 2013
- Drought, May 1, 2013
- Tornado, April 26, 2013
- Hail, April 22, 2013
- Drought, April 1, 2013
- Drought, March 1, 2013
- Blizzard, February 25, 2013
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2013
- Heavy Snow, February 12, 2013
- Drought, February 1, 2013
- Drought, January 1, 2013
- Blizzard, December 25, 2012
- Drought, December 1, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 4, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Drought, June 1, 2012
- Hail, May 25, 2012
- Drought, May 1, 2012
- Tornado, April 14, 2012
- Hail, April 2, 2012
- Hail, March 29, 2012
- Tornado, March 18, 2012
- Drought, March 1, 2012
- High Wind, February 20, 2012
- Drought, February 1, 2012
- Drought, January 1, 2012
- Drought, December 1, 2011
- Drought, November 1, 2011
- Drought, October 1, 2011
- Drought, September 1, 2011
- Hail, August 12, 2011
- Drought, August 1, 2011
- Drought, July 1, 2011
- Hail, June 28, 2011
- Tornado, June 11, 2011
- Drought, June 1, 2011
- Drought, May 1, 2011
- High Wind, April 15, 2011
- Drought, April 1, 2011
- Drought, March 1, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2010
- Hail, June 13, 2010
- High Wind, June 10, 2010
- Tornado, May 24, 2010
- Tornado, May 19, 2010
- Tornado, May 12, 2010
- Tornado, May 11, 2010
- High Wind, April 23, 2010
- Ice Storm, January 28, 2010
- Blizzard, December 24, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2009
- Drought, August 1, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2009
- Tornado, April 26, 2009
- High Wind, April 9, 2009
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Ellis CountyEvery warning in Ellis 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.