Oklahoma

Storm History: Kay County, Oklahoma

832 episodes, 1,627 events since 1950

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Kay 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
1,627
Deaths
26
Injuries
326
Damage
$80 million
Episodes
832

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
Tornado56220304$44 million
Hail46003$419,000
Flash Flood13805$1.1 million
Thunderstorm Wind11401$184,000
Drought10800$8.3 million
Excessive Heat4500
Flood3711$397,000
Heat3530
Heavy Snow2502$23,000
Winter Weather1802$10,000
Winter Storm1704$15,000
Ice Storm1520$25 million
High Wind1400$88,000
Cold/Wind Chill800
Blizzard700
Wildfire704$100,000
Dense Fog500
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill500
Lightning200$5,000
Strong Wind200$50,000
Heavy Rain100
Funnel Cloud100
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 Kay County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Kay CountyEvery warning in Kay 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.