Tornadoes · United States · Oklahoma
Tornadoes in Comanche County, Oklahoma
67 tornadoes have crossed Comanche County since 1950, 34th of the 77 counties in Oklahoma with a tornado on record, an average of one every 1.1 years. They have killed 8 people and injured 123. 1 was rated F4 or EF4 and above.
The rating scale
Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The United States rated tornadoes on Ted Fujita’s F scale until 31 January 2007 and on the Enhanced Fujita scale after it. Both run from 0 to 5, and both rate the damage rather than measure the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.
F0 / EF040 to 72 mph on the F scale, 65 to 85 mph on the EF scale
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
F1 / EF173 to 112 mph on the F scale, 86 to 110 mph on the EF scale
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
F2 / EF2113 to 157 mph on the F scale, 111 to 135 mph on the EF scale
Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.
F3 / EF3158 to 206 mph on the F scale, 136 to 165 mph on the EF scale
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
F4 / EF4207 to 260 mph on the F scale, 166 to 200 mph on the EF scale
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
F5 / EF5261 to 318 mph on the F scale, over 200 mph on the EF scale
Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.
Unrated
The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.
Now
- Tornadoes
- 67
- Deaths
- 8
- Injuries
- 123
- F4 and above
- 1
- Worst on record
- F4, May 24, 1957
The deadliest in Comanche County
The strongest
- F4, Cotton and Comanche counties, OklahomaMay 24, 1957
- F3, Comanche County, OklahomaApril 10, 1979
- F2, Wilbarger, Wichita, Tillman, Cotton, Comanche and Stephens counties, Texas and OklahomaApril 10, 1979
- F2, Comanche and Stephens counties, OklahomaApril 5, 1978
- F2, Comanche and Cotton counties, OklahomaJune 2, 1973
- F2, Comanche County, OklahomaFebruary 14, 1987
- F2, Comanche County, OklahomaOctober 19, 1983
- F2, Comanche County, OklahomaAugust 6, 1965
- EF2, Comanche County, OklahomaMay 18, 2019
- F2, Comanche County, OklahomaMay 23, 1952
Every year with a tornado
The 40 years of the 76 in the record with a tornado in Comanche County. Each year links to every tornado in Oklahoma that year.
| Year | Tornadoes | Deaths | Injuries | Strongest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | Unrated | ||
| 2023 | 1 | EF0 | ||
| 2021 | 2 | EF1 | ||
| 2020 | 1 | EF1 | ||
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | EF2 | |
| 2017 | 1 | Unrated | ||
| 2016 | 1 | EF1 | ||
| 2015 | 2 | EF1 | ||
| 2014 | 2 | EF0 | ||
| 2013 | 1 | EF0 | ||
| 2011 | 1 | EF0 | ||
| 2007 | 1 | EF0 | ||
| 2005 | 2 | F1 | ||
| 2003 | 1 | F0 | ||
| 1999 | 2 | F0 | ||
| 1998 | 1 | F0 | ||
| 1997 | 1 | F0 | ||
| 1995 | 2 | F1 | ||
| 1992 | 1 | F0 | ||
| 1987 | 1 | 1 | F2 | |
| 1983 | 3 | F2 | ||
| 1982 | 4 | F1 | ||
| 1980 | 1 | F1 | ||
| 1979 | 4 | 4 | 103 | F3 |
| 1978 | 2 | F2 | ||
| 1973 | 3 | 7 | F2 | |
| 1971 | 1 | 1 | F1 | |
| 1968 | 3 | F1 | ||
| 1965 | 1 | F2 | ||
| 1964 | 1 | F0 | ||
| 1962 | 2 | F0 | ||
| 1961 | 1 | F0 | ||
| 1960 | 2 | 3 | F1 | |
| 1959 | 1 | F1 | ||
| 1958 | 1 | 1 | F1 | |
| 1957 | 3 | 4 | 5 | F4 |
| 1954 | 1 | F1 | ||
| 1953 | 1 | F1 | ||
| 1952 | 2 | 1 | F2 | |
| 1951 | 3 | F1 |
Every tornado that crossed Comanche County
67 tornadoes, newest first. 1 of them touched down in a neighboring state and ran in, so the record files it under that state rather than Oklahoma.
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2024 | 12:04 AM CDT | Unrated | Comanche | 0.5 | 40 | |||
| April 27, 2024 | 7:55 PM CDT | Unrated | Comanche | 0.3 | 20 | |||
| June 15, 2023 | 4:58 PM CDT | EF0 | Comanche | 3.8 | 50 | $10,000 | ||
| October 12, 2021 | 9:00 PM CDT | Unrated | Comanche | 2.6 | 50 | |||
| October 12, 2021 | 8:26 PM CDT | EF1 | Comanche | 8.4 | 900 | $15,000 | ||
| April 21, 2020 | 11:28 PM CDT | EF1 | Comanche | 0.3 | 100 | $50,000 | ||
| May 18, 2019 | 7:37 AM CDT | EF2 | Comanche | 0.5 | 60 | 1 | $150,000 | |
| October 21, 2017 | 6:05 PM CDT | Unrated | Comanche | 0.2 | 30 | |||
| April 29, 2016 | 3:29 PM CDT | EF1 | Comanche | 4.0 | 700 | $10,000 | ||
| May 16, 2015 | 7:58 PM CDT | EF0 | Comanche | 6.0 | 50 | |||
| May 16, 2015 | 7:14 PM CDT | EF1 | Comanche | 7.1 | 400 | |||
| May 27, 2014 | 2:00 PM CDT | EF0 | Comanche | 0.1 | 50 | |||
| May 7, 2014 | 7:06 PM CDT | EF0 | Comanche | 1.5 | 400 | |||
| April 17, 2013 | 6:50 PM CDT | EF0 | Comanche | 3.4 | 100 | $200,000 | ||
| November 7, 2011 | 3:52 PM CST | EF0 | Kiowa | 13.4 | 500 | |||
| May 8, 2007 | 8:15 PM CDT | EF0 | Comanche | 0.2 | 30 | |||
| September 30, 2005 | 9:15 PM CDT | F1 | Comanche | 4.0 | 250 | $10,000 | ||
| June 4, 2005 | 6:07 PM CDT | F0 | Comanche | 3.5 | 150 | |||
| March 17, 2003 | 6:03 PM CST | F0 | Comanche | 0.1 | 10 | |||
| May 3, 1999 | 4:55 PM CDT | F0 | Comanche | 0.1 | 0 | |||
| May 3, 1999 | 4:51 PM CDT | F0 | Comanche | 0.5 | 0 | |||
| October 4, 1998 | 6:14 PM CDT | F0 | Comanche | 0.3 | 50 | |||
| May 25, 1997 | 5:27 PM CDT | F0 | Comanche | 0.1 | 23 | |||
| July 23, 1995 | 9:10 PM CDT | F0 | Cotton | 0.4 | 30 | |||
| April 16, 1995 | 5:00 PM CDT | F1 | Comanche | 0.2 | 33 | $5,000 to $50,000 | ||
| June 23, 1992 | 2:00 PM CDT | F0 | Comanche | 0.1 | 20 | |||
| February 14, 1987 | 6:00 PM CST | F2 | Comanche | 3.5 | 200 | 1 | $500,000 to $5 million | |
| October 19, 1983 | 7:03 PM CDT | F2 | Comanche | 2.6 | 50 | $50,000 to $500,000 | ||
| June 13, 1983 | 8:40 PM CDT | F1 | Comanche | 0.1 | 10 | $5,000 to $50,000 | ||
| May 13, 1983 | 11:25 PM CDT | F0 | Comanche | 0.1 | 50 | under $50 | ||
| May 20, 1982 | 8:37 PM CDT | F1 | Comanche | 0.5 | 50 | $50,000 to $500,000 | ||
| May 20, 1982 | 8:33 PM CDT | F0 | Comanche | 0.1 | 10 | $500 to $5,000 | ||
| May 16, 1982 | 9:55 PM CDT | F0 | Comanche | 4.0 | 50 | $500,000 to $5 million | ||
| May 5, 1982 | 5:10 PM CDT | F0 | Comanche | 0.1 | 10 | under $50 | ||
| September 8, 1980 | 3:55 PM CDT | F1 | Comanche | 2.5 | 50 | |||
| June 8, 1979 | 3:00 PM CDT | F1 | Comanche | 0.3 | 17 | $500 to $5,000 | ||
| April 10, 1979 | 5:05 PM CST | F3 | Comanche | 4.5 | 170 | 3 | 100 | $5 million to $50 million |
| April 10, 1979 | 4:35 PM CST | F1 | Comanche | 7.1 | 100 | $500 to $5,000 | ||
| April 10, 1979 | 3:55 PM CST | F2 | Wilbarger to OK | 74.1 | 1,056 | 1 | 3 | $500,000 to $5 million |
| September 5, 1978 | 6:00 PM CDT | F0 | Comanche | 0.5 | 20 | |||
| April 5, 1978 | 7:55 PM CST | F2 | Comanche | 11.5 | 150 | $50,000 to $500,000 | ||
| June 2, 1973 | 1:15 AM CDT | F2 | Comanche | 3.6 | 100 | 2 | $50,000 to $500,000 | |
| May 24, 1973 | 5:00 PM CDT | F0 | Comanche | 0.4 | 33 | $500 to $5,000 | ||
| March 13, 1973 | 12:27 PM CST | F2 | Comanche | 0.1 | 10 | 5 | $5,000 to $50,000 | |
| February 18, 1971 | 12:40 PM CST | F1 | Comanche | 0.2 | 100 | 1 | $5,000 to $50,000 | |
| June 15, 1968 | 6:20 PM GMT-5 | F0 | Comanche | 0.1 | 10 | under $50 | ||
| May 29, 1968 | 10:25 PM GMT-5 | F0 | Comanche | 0.1 | 10 | |||
| May 2, 1968 | 8:30 PM GMT-5 | F1 | Comanche | 0.1 | 17 | $50 to $500 | ||
| August 6, 1965 | 6:00 PM GMT-5 | F2 | Comanche | 0.7 | 10 | $500 to $5,000 | ||
| April 23, 1964 | 4:50 PM GMT-6 | F0 | Comanche | 0.1 | 10 | |||
| May 24, 1962 | 7:15 PM GMT-5 | F0 | Comanche | 0.1 | 10 | |||
| May 20, 1962 | 9:10 PM GMT-5 | F0 | Comanche | 0.1 | 10 | |||
| June 7, 1961 | 6:20 AM GMT-5 | F0 | Comanche | 0.1 | 10 | |||
| May 4, 1960 | 7:45 PM GMT-5 | F1 | Comanche | 0.1 | 10 | $500 to $5,000 | ||
| May 4, 1960 | 7:30 PM GMT-5 | F1 | Comanche | 0.1 | 10 | 3 | $5,000 to $50,000 | |
| May 19, 1959 | 8:00 PM GMT-5 | F1 | Kiowa | 22.7 | 880 | |||
| April 2, 1958 | 5:55 PM GMT-6 | F1 | Comanche | 15.4 | 880 | 1 | $5,000 to $50,000 | |
| May 24, 1957 | 9:00 PM GMT-5 | F0 | Comanche | 0.1 | 10 | under $50 | ||
| May 24, 1957 | 6:30 PM GMT-5 | F4 | Cotton | 21.6 | 880 | 4 | 5 | $50,000 to $500,000 |
| May 22, 1957 | 7:00 AM GMT-5 | F0 | Comanche | 0.1 | 10 | under $50 | ||
| April 29, 1954 | 10:45 PM GMT-5 | F1 | Comanche | 0.1 | 20 | under $50 | ||
| March 29, 1953 | 7:25 PM GMT-6 | F1 | Comanche | 1.0 | 100 | $500 to $5,000 | ||
| May 23, 1952 | 6:00 AM GMT-5 | F2 | Comanche | 0.1 | 200 | $50,000 to $500,000 | ||
| May 23, 1952 | 5:45 AM GMT-5 | F2 | Comanche | 0.3 | 150 | 1 | $50,000 to $500,000 | |
| May 18, 1951 | 6:30 PM GMT-5 | F1 | Comanche | 0.1 | 10 | $500 to $5,000 | ||
| May 18, 1951 | 6:30 PM GMT-5 | F1 | Comanche | 0.1 | 10 | $500 to $5,000 | ||
| May 18, 1951 | 6:30 PM GMT-5 | F1 | Comanche | 0.1 | 10 | $500 to $5,000 |
Nearby
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What this means
Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.
Sources
NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.