Oklahoma

Storm History: Jackson County, Oklahoma

747 episodes, 1,457 events since 1951

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Jackson 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
1,457
Deaths
7
Injuries
83
Damage
$1.0 billion
Episodes
747

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
Tornado488477$268 million
Hail44601$3.1 million
Drought14200$8.3 million
Flash Flood9701$757 million
Thunderstorm Wind8100$69,000
Excessive Heat4000
Flood3400$100,000
Heat3310
High Wind2200$20,000
Winter Storm1420$15,000
Ice Storm1200$5.5 million
Wildfire1002$18,000
Heavy Snow800
Winter Weather602$10,000
Cold/Wind Chill500
Dense Fog500
Blizzard400
Lightning300$31,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
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 Jackson County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Jackson CountyEvery warning in Jackson 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.