Oklahoma

Storm History: McCurtain County, Oklahoma

770 episodes, 1,236 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in McCurtain 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
1,236
Deaths
7
Injuries
55
Damage
$59 million
Episodes
770

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
Hail44502$83,000
Tornado251249$48 million
Thunderstorm Wind20223$677,000
Flash Flood13610$761,000
Heat5610
Drought4800
Winter Weather2700$150,000
Excessive Heat2000
Winter Storm1400
Flood910
Ice Storm700$1.4 million
Cold/Wind Chill700$100,000
Lightning301$30,000
Heavy Snow300$6.7 million
Heavy Rain200
High Wind200
Wildfire200$600,000
Funnel Cloud100
Tropical Storm100$25,000

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 McCurtain County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in McCurtain CountyEvery warning in McCurtain 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.