Oklahoma

Storm History: Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma

598 episodes, 961 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Pottawatomie 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
961
Deaths
14
Injuries
163
Damage
$62 million
Episodes
598

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
Tornado35410157$45 million
Hail24800$958,000
Drought7300$8.3 million
Flash Flood6822$604,000
Heat4110
Thunderstorm Wind3200$92,000
Excessive Heat3200
Flood2100$14,000
Winter Storm1404$20,000
Ice Storm1300$7.0 million
Heavy Snow1000$4,000
Dense Fog1000
High Wind900$15,000
Winter Weather900
Cold/Wind Chill700
Wildfire710$93,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Lightning300$10,000
Blizzard300
Dust Storm100
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 Pottawatomie County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Pottawatomie CountyEvery warning in Pottawatomie 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.