Oklahoma

Storm History: Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

1,142 episodes, 2,884 events since 1950

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Oklahoma 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
2,884
Deaths
83
Injuries
1,488
Damage
$1.5 billion
Episodes
1,142

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
Tornado1,18330565$1.3 billion
Hail844036$5.6 million
Flash Flood3073142$9.2 million
Thunderstorm Wind155010$8.1 million
Heat9733510
Drought7400$8.3 million
Flood3700$2.0 million
Excessive Heat3106
Heavy Snow2100
High Wind2100$79,000
Winter Storm201173$50,000
Winter Weather18144$1.7 million
Ice Storm1790$153 million
Lightning1400$4.2 million
Wildfire1402$8.1 million
Cold/Wind Chill950
Dense Fog800
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill410
Blizzard400
Funnel Cloud200
Strong Wind200$10,000
Dust Storm100$20,000
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 Oklahoma County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Oklahoma CountyEvery warning in Oklahoma 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.