Oklahoma

Storm History: Jefferson County, Oklahoma

517 episodes, 830 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Jefferson 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
830
Deaths
0
Injuries
5
Damage
$25 million
Episodes
517

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
Tornado23102$14 million
Hail21102$308,000
Drought11100$8.3 million
Excessive Heat6800
Flash Flood5900$80,000
Heat3600
Flood2700$85,000
Thunderstorm Wind2301$527,000
High Wind1100$20,000
Winter Storm1000$20,000
Heavy Snow700
Dense Fog700
Cold/Wind Chill500
Ice Storm500$1.5 million
Winter Weather400
Wildfire400
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Blizzard300
Dust Storm100
Strong Wind100
Heavy Rain100
Frost/Freeze100

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Jefferson County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Jefferson CountyEvery warning in Jefferson 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.