Oklahoma

Storm History: Kiowa County, Oklahoma

748 episodes, 1,380 events since 1950

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Kiowa 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
1,380
Deaths
3
Injuries
6
Damage
$16 million
Episodes
748

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
Tornado52224$3.1 million
Hail41302$260,000
Drought13200$8.3 million
Flash Flood8200$124,000
Thunderstorm Wind5600$167,000
Excessive Heat2900
High Wind2600$60,000
Heat2410
Flood1800$30,000
Winter Storm1600$10,000
Ice Storm1300$3.5 million
Heavy Snow1200
Wildfire1200$75,000
Cold/Wind Chill600
Blizzard500
Dense Fog400
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Winter Weather200
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 Kiowa County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Kiowa CountyEvery warning in Kiowa 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.