Storm History: Washita County, Oklahoma
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Washita 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
- 1,100
- Deaths
- 8
- Injuries
- 27
- Damage
- $113 million
- Episodes
- 670
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 372 | 0 | 23 | $103 million |
| Hail | 310 | 0 | 0 | $368,000 |
| Drought | 122 | 0 | 0 | $8.3 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 74 | 0 | 0 | $66,000 |
| Flash Flood | 65 | 0 | 0 | $54,000 |
| High Wind | 28 | 0 | 3 | $53,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 22 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 16 | 7 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Ice Storm | 12 | 0 | 0 | $716,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 5 | 0 | 1 | $10,000 |
| Flood | 5 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 |
| Blizzard | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 3 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 |
| Winter Weather | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dust Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, October 9, 2001
- Drought, August 1, 2000
- Ice Storm, November 27, 2015
- Tornado, May 2, 1975
- Tornado, May 11, 1982
- Tornado, April 28, 1950
- Tornado, June 8, 1951
- Tornado, May 25, 1962
- Tornado, May 22, 1981
- Tornado, March 17, 1986
- Tornado, April 30, 2024
- Tornado, May 7, 2019
- Ice Storm, December 26, 2000
- Tornado, May 26, 2004
- Hail, April 24, 1999
- Tornado, April 2, 1999
- Tornado, January 29, 2013
- Tornado, May 27, 2001
- Hail, June 29, 1994
- Tornado, August 17, 1994
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 28, 1950
- Tornado, May 25, 1962
- Tornado, May 26, 1962
- Tornado, May 22, 1981
- Tornado, November 7, 2011
- Tornado, June 8, 1951
- Tornado, April 22, 1957
- Tornado, April 28, 1960
- Tornado, May 4, 1961
- Tornado, April 26, 1962
- Tornado, May 13, 1968
- Tornado, June 11, 1970
- Tornado, June 7, 1971
- Tornado, May 22, 1972
- Tornado, May 2, 1975
Every episode, newest first
- Excessive Heat, June 17, 2026
- Excessive Heat, June 13, 2026
- Excessive Heat, June 8, 2026
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 15, 2026
- Hail, May 9, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- Wildfire, March 15, 2026
- Drought, March 1, 2026
- Drought, February 1, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 23, 2026
- Drought, January 6, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 24, 2025
- Excessive Heat, August 15, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 24, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 18, 2025
- Hail, July 8, 2025
- Tornado, June 14, 2025
- Hail, June 5, 2025
- Tornado, June 3, 2025
- Hail, June 2, 2025
- Hail, May 26, 2025
- Tornado, May 1, 2025
- High Wind, March 18, 2025
- Wildfire, March 14, 2025
- Tornado, March 3, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 18, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 2025
- Tornado, November 18, 2024
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Drought, September 10, 2024
- Drought, September 1, 2024
- Drought, August 27, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 23, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 17, 2024
- Hail, August 16, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 11, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 6, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2024
- Heat, July 29, 2024
- Heat, July 14, 2024
- Heat, July 1, 2024
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2024
- Heat, June 29, 2024
- Heat, June 23, 2024
- Excessive Heat, June 23, 2024
- Hail, May 28, 2024
- Tornado, May 25, 2024
- Tornado, May 1, 2024
- Tornado, April 30, 2024
- Hail, April 1, 2024
- Hail, March 7, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 11, 2024
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 8, 2024
- Frost/Freeze, October 29, 2023
- Drought, October 17, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2023
- Hail, August 12, 2023
- Heat, August 8, 2023
- Heat, July 17, 2023
- Heat, July 11, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2023
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2023
- Drought, June 1, 2023
- Drought, May 16, 2023
- Drought, May 1, 2023
- Drought, April 1, 2023
- Drought, March 1, 2023
- Drought, February 14, 2023
- Drought, February 1, 2023
- Drought, January 1, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 22, 2022
- Drought, December 1, 2022
- Drought, November 16, 2022
- Heavy Snow, November 14, 2022
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2022
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2022
- Drought, September 1, 2022
- Drought, August 1, 2022
- Drought, July 16, 2022
- Hail, July 8, 2022
- Drought, July 1, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2022
- Drought, June 1, 2022
- Hail, May 18, 2022
- Drought, May 16, 2022
- Tornado, May 4, 2022
- Drought, May 1, 2022
- Hail, April 3, 2022
- Drought, April 1, 2022
- Drought, March 1, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 23, 2022
- Drought, February 1, 2022
- High Wind, January 14, 2022
- Drought, January 1, 2022
- Drought, December 1, 2021
- Drought, November 1, 2021
- Tornado, October 12, 2021
- Drought, September 15, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2021
- Drought, June 1, 2021
- Hail, March 16, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 2021
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 31, 2020
- Drought, December 1, 2020
- Hail, November 24, 2020
- Drought, November 1, 2020
- Ice Storm, October 26, 2020
- Drought, October 1, 2020
- Drought, September 1, 2020
- Drought, August 1, 2020
- Drought, July 1, 2020
- High Wind, June 9, 2020
- Hail, June 4, 2020
- Drought, June 1, 2020
- Hail, May 13, 2020
- Tornado, April 21, 2020
- High Wind, November 26, 2019
- Drought, September 1, 2019
- Drought, August 1, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2019
- Tornado, June 15, 2019
- Tornado, May 25, 2019
- Tornado, May 20, 2019
- Tornado, May 7, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 22, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 13, 2019
- Heavy Snow, January 3, 2019
- High Wind, December 13, 2018
- Tornado, October 7, 2018
- Drought, September 1, 2018
- Drought, August 1, 2018
- Drought, July 1, 2018
- Hail, June 22, 2018
- Drought, June 1, 2018
- Tornado, May 29, 2018
- Hail, May 14, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 13, 2018
- Tornado, May 2, 2018
- Drought, May 1, 2018
- Drought, April 1, 2018
- Drought, March 1, 2018
- Drought, February 1, 2018
- Drought, January 1, 2018
- Drought, December 1, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 14, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2017
- Hail, May 22, 2017
- Tornado, May 18, 2017
- Tornado, May 16, 2017
- Flash Flood, April 20, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 14, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 25, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2016
- Hail, June 28, 2016
- Tornado, May 8, 2016
- Ice Storm, November 27, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2015
- Tornado, May 23, 2015
- Drought, May 1, 2015
- Tornado, April 18, 2015
- Drought, April 1, 2015
- Tornado, March 25, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 4, 2015
- Drought, March 1, 2015
- Drought, February 1, 2015
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2015
- Drought, January 1, 2015
- Drought, December 1, 2014
- Drought, November 1, 2014
- Hail, October 12, 2014
- Drought, October 1, 2014
- Drought, September 1, 2014
- Drought, August 1, 2014
- Drought, July 1, 2014
- Drought, June 1, 2014
- Drought, May 1, 2014
- Hail, April 23, 2014
- Drought, April 1, 2014
- Drought, March 1, 2014
- Drought, February 1, 2014
- Drought, January 1, 2014
- Winter Storm, December 5, 2013
- Drought, December 1, 2013
- Heavy Snow, November 23, 2013
- Drought, November 1, 2013
- Drought, October 1, 2013
- Drought, September 1, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2013
- Drought, August 1, 2013
- Hail, July 11, 2013
- Drought, July 1, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2013
- Drought, June 1, 2013
- Tornado, May 29, 2013
- Hail, May 27, 2013
- Hail, May 18, 2013
- Drought, May 1, 2013
- Tornado, April 26, 2013
- Tornado, April 17, 2013
- Winter Weather, April 9, 2013
- Drought, April 1, 2013
- Hail, March 30, 2013
- Drought, March 1, 2013
- Blizzard, February 25, 2013
- Heavy Snow, February 12, 2013
- Drought, February 1, 2013
- Tornado, January 29, 2013
- Drought, January 1, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 14, 2012
- Drought, December 1, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Hail, September 26, 2012
- Hail, September 25, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Hail, June 5, 2012
- Hail, May 19, 2012
- Tornado, April 13, 2012
- Hail, March 8, 2012
- Drought, March 1, 2012
- Drought, February 1, 2012
- Drought, January 1, 2012
- Drought, December 1, 2011
- Tornado, November 7, 2011
- Drought, November 1, 2011
- Drought, October 1, 2011
- Drought, September 1, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 28, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 24, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 2011
- Hail, August 12, 2011
- Drought, August 1, 2011
- Drought, July 1, 2011
- Hail, June 10, 2011
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Washita CountyEvery warning in Washita 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.