Oklahoma

Storm History: Stephens County, Oklahoma

703 episodes, 1,341 events since 1951

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Stephens 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
1,341
Deaths
5
Injuries
36
Damage
$29 million
Episodes
703

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
Tornado477229$12 million
Hail39800$1.1 million
Flash Flood11610$210,000
Drought11000$8.3 million
Excessive Heat4700
Heat4510
Thunderstorm Wind3400$14,000
Flood2300$246,000
High Wind1300$61,000
Winter Storm1313$20,000
Heavy Snow1200
Ice Storm1000$5.4 million
Dense Fog900
Winter Weather800
Cold/Wind Chill600
Wildfire504$1.0 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Lightning300$78,000
Blizzard300
Dust Storm100
Strong Wind100
Dust Devil100$15,000
Heavy Rain100
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 Stephens County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Stephens CountyEvery warning in Stephens 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.