Oklahoma

Storm History: Payne County, Oklahoma

661 episodes, 1,143 events since 1950

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Payne 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
1,143
Deaths
6
Injuries
75
Damage
$36 million
Episodes
661

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
Tornado371362$10 million
Hail32501$586,000
Flash Flood8600$1.3 million
Drought8100$8.3 million
Thunderstorm Wind6700$86,000
Excessive Heat5200
Heat3820
Winter Storm2002$15,000
Heavy Snow1700$10,000
Ice Storm1400$102,000
Flood1400$90,000
Winter Weather1010
Dense Fog9010$50,000
Cold/Wind Chill800
Wildfire800$15 million
High Wind700$100
Lightning600$25,000
Blizzard400
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Strong Wind100
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 Payne County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Payne CountyEvery warning in Payne 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.