Oklahoma

Storm History: Washita County, Oklahoma

670 episodes, 1,100 events since 1950

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.

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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
Tornado372023$103 million
Hail31000$368,000
Drought12200$8.3 million
Thunderstorm Wind7400$66,000
Flash Flood6500$54,000
High Wind2803$53,000
Excessive Heat2200
Heat2100
Heavy Snow1700
Winter Storm1670$5,000
Ice Storm1200$716,000
Cold/Wind Chill600
Wildfire600
Dense Fog501$10,000
Flood500$25,000
Blizzard500
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Lightning300$25,000
Winter Weather310
Dust Storm100
Strong Wind100
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 Washita County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

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.