Oklahoma

Storm History: Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

659 episodes, 1,125 events since 1950

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Pittsburg 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
1,125
Deaths
4
Injuries
45
Damage
$21 million
Episodes
659

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
Tornado408244$11 million
Hail34200$939,000
Flash Flood14210$646,000
Drought6000
Thunderstorm Wind4200$298,000
Excessive Heat3710
Wildfire3201$100,000
Winter Storm2400$7.5 million
Heat1400
Ice Storm800
Heavy Snow400
High Wind400
Flood300
Winter Weather200
Heavy Rain100
Cold/Wind Chill100
Blizzard100

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 Pittsburg County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Pittsburg CountyEvery warning in Pittsburg 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.