Oklahoma

Storm History: Woodward County, Oklahoma

720 episodes, 1,364 events since 1950

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Woodward 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
1,364
Deaths
10
Injuries
62
Damage
$18 million
Episodes
720

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
Tornado460636$2.2 million
Hail39303$541,000
Drought11600$8.3 million
Thunderstorm Wind10500$683,000
Flash Flood7400$238,000
High Wind3200$106,000
Heavy Snow2800$45,000
Wildfire2709$2.4 million
Flood2500$186,000
Winter Storm1900$5,000
Excessive Heat1900
Heat1720
Ice Storm1608$1.5 million
Winter Weather915$15,000
Blizzard711$1.7 million
Cold/Wind Chill500
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Lightning200$7,000
Dense Fog200
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 Woodward County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Woodward CountyEvery warning in Woodward 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.