Oklahoma

Storm History: Woods County, Oklahoma

721 episodes, 1,179 events since 1951

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Woods 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
1,179
Deaths
1
Injuries
14
Damage
$12 million
Episodes
721

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
Tornado34707$1.1 million
Hail31605$362,000
Thunderstorm Wind12000$119,000
Drought11800$8.3 million
Flash Flood4610$3,000
High Wind4300$60,000
Excessive Heat3000
Flood2900$38,000
Heavy Snow2500$37,000
Heat2100
Wildfire2000$1.2 million
Winter Storm1902$5,000
Ice Storm1300$1.1 million
Winter Weather900
Cold/Wind Chill700
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill500
Blizzard400$20,000
Lightning200$5,000
Dense Fog200
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 Woods County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Woods CountyEvery warning in Woods 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.