Rogers County, Oklahoma

County storm and disaster record · FIPS 40131 · population 95,011 · 676 sq mi

NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 1,145 records for Rogers County, Oklahoma from 1950 through June 30, 2026, on 639 days; the most frequent are severe thunderstorm wind events (410 records). The deadliest single record is the May 24, 2015 flash flood: 1 death. FEMA has issued 31 declarations naming the county since 1974, 29 of them for natural hazards; the latest for a natural hazard was “Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding” on June 14, 2024.

The record, 1950 to 2026

Storm records filed for the county each year (2026 to June 30, 2026). Before 1996 NOAA recorded only tornadoes (from 1950), thunderstorm wind and hail (from 1955).

  • recorded, no damage figure
  • under $100,000
  • $100,000 or more
  • $1 million or more
  • $10 million or more, or a death
  • $100 million or more, or 10 deaths
  • a year's colour: its recorded damage or deaths
  • a year with a death
  • 1955: wind and hail recorded from 1955
  • 1996: all 48 event types from 1996
Storm records
1,145on 639 days, 1950 to June 30, 2026
Deaths recorded
2109 injuries
Damage, 2025 dollars
$344Mas filed (scale steps before 1993)
Tornadoes
83strongest F4
FEMA declarations
31latest 2024

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records through June 30, 2026 (file revision 20260918); damage converted to 2025 dollars with the BLS CPI-U. Search the record at NCEI. BLS consumer price index.

What hazards hit Rogers County most?

The most frequent records are severe thunderstorm wind events: 410 since 1958. The rank column places the county among Oklahoma's counties by days with a record per 1,000 square miles of land over each hazard's complete period.

Rogers County: records by hazard, 1950 to June 30, 2026
HazardRecordsDaysFirst, lastKilledInjuredDamageRank in state
Severe thunderstorm wind 410 258 1958-2026 0 9 $3.1M 5 of 77
Hail 378 205 1961-2026 0 0 $6.1M 15 of 77
Floods 90 54 1996-2026 1 0 $932K 14 of 77
Tornadoes 83 61 1951-2026 0 100 $232M 7 of 77
Heat 59 59 2006-2025 0 0 – 35 of 77
Drought 57 57 2005-2026 0 0 – 53 of 77
Winter storms 49 49 1996-2026 0 0 $100M 21 of 77
High wind and dust storms 10 10 1998-2025 0 0 $60K 48 of 77
Lightning 4 4 1997-2014 1 0 $363K 21 of 77
Wildfires 3 3 2005-2022 0 0 $76K 48 of 77
Heavy rain 1 1 2008-2008 0 0 $1.4M 32 of 77
Fog, smoke and funnel clouds 1 1 1999-1999 0 0 – 60 of 77

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database (county and forecast-zone records attributed to the county; a zone record shows its own totals on each county it covers). Days: dates with at least one record of the hazard in the county. Ranks: days with a record per 1,000 square miles of land (Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer), since 1950 for tornadoes, 1955 for hail and thunderstorm wind, 1996 for the rest.

How many tornadoes has Rogers County had?

NOAA records 83 tornadoes in Rogers County from 1951 to 2026, the strongest rated F4, with 0 deaths and 100 injuries recorded in the county. That is 7th of 77 Oklahoma counties and 67th of 3,080 U.S. counties by days with tornadoes per 1,000 square miles since 1950. A tornado that crossed a county line is counted in each county it touched, with the length of its path inside the county.

Counted as whole tornadoes rather than county records, the Storm Prediction Center's database holds 81 tornadoes whose track touched Rogers County since 1950 (NOAA's county records number 83: they file a crossing tornado once per county segment, and the two databases differ on some tracks); along their whole tracks they killed 12 people, 0 of them in Rogers County.

The deadliest and strongest tornadoes that touched Rogers County, whole tracks
DateTornadoRatingPathKilled
1993-04-24 17:50, as SPC files itTulsaF45.5 mi7
2024-05-25 22:19, as SPC files itClaremore to Pryor CreekEF323.9 mi2
1974-06-08 17:50, as SPC files itTulsaF363.6 mi2
1983-06-27 22:15, as SPC files itCollinsvilleF25 mi1
1991-04-26 20:45, as SPC files itOologahF44 mi0
1993-04-24 17:57, as SPC files itTulsaF38 mi0
1992-07-02 17:20, as SPC files itCollinsvilleF34 mi0
1974-06-08 17:50, as SPC files itTulsaF348.9 mi0
1960-05-04 18:58, as SPC files itMarlowF30.1 mi0
1959-05-09 18:00, as SPC files itTalalaF323.4 mi0

Map of the strongest tornado tracks in Oklahoma.

Every tornado record filed for Rogers County (83)
The 60 most recent of 83 tornadoes in Rogers County
DatePlaceCharacterKilledInjuredDamage
2026-03-06 Inola, Rogers County EF1 4.5 mi x 350 yd 0 0 $300K
2026-03-06 Inola, Rogers County EFU 1.3 mi x 150 yd 0 0 –
2026-03-06 Collinsville, Rogers County EF2 4.7 mi x 150 yd 0 0 $850K
2025-04-02 Collinsville, Rogers County EF1 3.1 mi x 400 yd 0 0 $75K
2024-11-04 Oologah, Rogers County EF1 8.2 mi x 400 yd 0 0 –
2024-05-25 Collinsville, Rogers County EF3 18.7 mi x 2,000 yd 0 19 $38M
2024-05-21 Tiawah, Rogers County EF1 1 mi x 100 yd 0 0 $9K
2024-05-21 Verdigris, Rogers County EF1 5.3 mi x 500 yd 0 0 $94K
2023-06-17 Oologah Lake South, Rogers County EF1 5.2 mi x 800 yd 0 0 $10K
2023-06-17 Collinsville, Rogers County EF1 10.9 mi x 1,000 yd 0 0 $73K
2021-11-10 Catoosa, Rogers County EF0 0.3 mi x 80 yd 0 0 –
2019-05-22 Catoosa, Rogers County EFU 0.8 mi x 75 yd 0 0 –
2019-05-18 Tiawah, Rogers County EF0 1.4 mi x 400 yd 0 0 $29K
2019-04-30 Talala, Rogers County EFU 0.1 mi x 50 yd 0 0 –
2019-04-30 Talala, Rogers County EF2 8.5 mi x 1,300 yd 0 0 $144K
2018-08-19 Inola Airport, Rogers County EF1 2 mi x 350 yd 0 0 $18K
2017-08-06 Bushyhead, Rogers County EF1 0.5 mi x 400 yd 0 0 $6K
2017-08-06 Oologah, Rogers County EF1 4.5 mi x 200 yd 0 0 $18K
2017-05-11 Sageeyah, Rogers County EF1 3.1 mi x 350 yd 0 0 –
2017-05-11 Collinsville, Rogers County EF1 1.5 mi x 300 yd 0 0 $602K
2016-03-30 Claremore, Rogers County EF2 6.4 mi x 550 yd 0 0 $1.2M
2016-03-30 Catoosa, Rogers County EF1 8.7 mi x 800 yd 0 0 $922K
2015-05-16 Tiawah, Rogers County EF1 3.3 mi x 300 yd 0 0 $37K
2015-05-16 Inola, Rogers County EF2 9.8 mi x 1,500 yd 0 0 $1.2M
2015-05-16 Inola, Rogers County EF1 0.8 mi x 600 yd 0 0 –
2013-05-31 Talala, Rogers County EF1 0.2 mi x 240 yd 0 0 –
2013-05-31 Talala, Rogers County EF1 2.8 mi x 320 yd 0 0 –
2013-05-20 Talala, Rogers County EF1 5.4 mi x 500 yd 0 0 $38K
2013-04-17 Inola, Rogers County EF1 1.9 mi x 180 yd 0 0 $101K
2013-04-17 Inola, Rogers County EF1 1.8 mi x 140 yd 0 0 $127K
2013-04-17 Inola, Rogers County EF0 0.9 mi x 125 yd 0 0 $51K
2010-05-13 Catoosa, Rogers County EF2 6 mi x 450 yd 0 0 $1.0M
2010-05-13 Inola, Rogers County EF1 4.4 mi x 600 yd 0 0 $68K
2010-05-13 Catoosa, Rogers County EF0 3.1 mi x 700 yd 0 0 $14K
2008-05-02 Tiawah, Rogers County EF1 0.5 mi x 100 yd 0 0 $7K
2005-04-21 Inola, Rogers County F0 0.1 mi x 30 yd 0 0 –
2000-03-07 Talala, Rogers County F0 0.2 mi x 50 yd 0 0 $9K
1999-11-22 Claremore, Rogers County F1 3 mi x 75 yd 0 0 $266K
1999-08-26 Claremore, Rogers County F1 0.5 mi x 50 yd 0 0 $18K
1999-04-22 Inola, Rogers County F1 1 mi x 200 yd 0 0 $2K
1999-03-08 Foyil, Rogers County F1 2 mi x 50 yd 0 0 $35K
1999-03-08 Foyil, Rogers County F1 0.5 mi x 50 yd 0 0 $9K
1996-05-26 Talala, Rogers County F1 4 mi x 100 yd 0 1 $38K
1995-06-09 Talala, Rogers County F0 0.1 mi x 30 yd 0 0 –
1993-04-24 Catoosa, Rogers County F3 8 mi x 250 yd 0 0 $102M
1992-09-08 Rogers County F0 0.1 mi x 30 yd 0 0 –
1992-09-08 Rogers County F0 0.1 mi x 30 yd 0 0 –
1992-09-08 Rogers County F0 0.1 mi x 30 yd 0 0 –
1992-07-02 Rogers County F3 3 mi x 100 yd 0 0 $250K step
1991-05-16 Rogers County F0 0.3 mi x 27 yd 0 0 –
1991-05-16 Rogers County F2 4 mi x 100 yd 0 0 $250K step
1991-04-26 Rogers County F1 2 mi x 30 yd 0 3 $250K step
1991-04-26 Rogers County F4 4 mi x 1,300 yd 0 22 $25M step
1990-05-15 Rogers County F2 4 mi x 73 yd 0 8 $250K step
1989-05-18 Rogers County F1 3.2 mi x 100 yd 0 1 $250K step
1988-03-24 Rogers County F1 1 mi x 30 yd 0 0 $25K step
1986-09-29 Rogers County F2 2 mi x 100 yd 0 1 $250K step
1985-02-22 Rogers County F1 0.1 mi x 3 yd 0 0 $250K step
1983-06-27 Rogers County F2 3 mi x 100 yd 0 0 $25K step
1983-04-29 Rogers County F2 1.5 mi x 100 yd 0 0 $250K step

A damage figure marked "step" is a record from before 1993: NOAA then filed damage by category, and the figure is the category as entered, in the dollars of that year, not an estimate of the loss.

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, tornado records by county (path length in the county, maximum width); ratings as published: F scale before February 1, 2007, EF scale after. Whole-track figures: NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database (1950-2025). SPC severe weather database.

When was the last damaging storm in Rogers County?

The most recent record with damage, injuries or deaths is the June 13, 2026 thunderstorm wind ($15,000 in damage in 2025 dollars).

The 12 most recent records kept for Rogers County
DateRecordCharacterKilledInjuredDamage
2026-06-25 Thunderstorm WindInola, Rogers County 52 kt wind 0 0 –
2026-06-13 Thunderstorm WindCatale, Rogers County 56 kt wind 0 0 $15K
2026-06-13 Thunderstorm WindClaremore, Rogers County 61 kt wind 0 0 $5K
2026-06-13 Thunderstorm WindCollinsville, Rogers County 56 kt wind 0 0 –
2026-05-22 Flash FloodCollinsville, Rogers County 0 0 –
2026-05-22 Flash FloodOologah, Rogers County 0 0 –
2026-05-22 Flash FloodCollinsville, Rogers County 0 0 –
2026-05-08 HailVerdigris, Rogers County 1.00 in hail 0 0 –
2026-05-08 HailVerdigris, Rogers County 1.00 in hail 0 0 –
2026-05-08 HailVerdigris, Rogers County 1.00 in hail 0 0 –
2026-05-08 HailCollinsville, Rogers County 1.25 in hail 0 0 $100K
2026-05-08 HailInola, Rogers County 1.50 in hail 0 0 $100K

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database; every record of 2025-2026 is listed, earlier ones when they caused deaths, injuries or $250,000 of damage (2025 dollars), and every tornado.

The deadliest and costliest records

Records with deaths or injuries in Rogers County, most deaths first
DateRecordCharacterKilledInjuredDamage
2015-05-24 Flash FloodClaremore, Rogers County Firefighter drowns performing water rescue just west of town on highway 20. 1 0 –
1997-07-21 LightningClaremore, Rogers County A 42 year old man was struck and killed by lightning when he went outdoors to roll up his car windows. 1 0 –
1961-03-26 TornadoRogers County F2 23 mi x 33 yd 0 26 $30 step
1991-04-26 TornadoRogers County F4 4 mi x 1,300 yd 0 22 $25M step
2024-05-25 TornadoCollinsville, Rogers County This is the first segment of a two-segment tornado. This tornado developed northeast of Owasso near Limestone, and moved east-southeast through Keetonville. Homes were damaged, outbuildings were destroyed, and numerous trees were snapped or uprooted. The tornado turned to the east-northeast as it approached Claremore, ... EF3 18.7 mi x 2,000 yd 0 19 $38M
1974-06-08 TornadoRogers County F3 21.8 mi x 100 yd 0 10 $2.5M step
1990-05-15 TornadoRogers County F2 4 mi x 73 yd 0 8 $250K step
1960-05-05 TornadoRogers County F1 0 6 $3K step

A damage figure marked "step" is a record from before 1993: NOAA then filed damage by category, and the figure is the category as entered, in the dollars of that year, not an estimate of the loss.

The costliest records in Rogers County since 1993, damage in 2025 dollars
DateRecordCharacterKilledInjuredDamage
1993-04-24 TornadoCatoosa, Rogers County F3 8 mi x 250 yd 0 0 $102M
2024-05-25 TornadoCollinsville, Rogers County EF3 18.7 mi x 2,000 yd 0 19 $38M
2026-05-08 HailCollinsville, Rogers County 2.25 in hail 0 0 $2.0M
2008-04-10 Heavy RainClaremore, Rogers County 0 0 $1.4M
2015-05-16 TornadoInola, Rogers County EF2 9.8 mi x 1,500 yd 0 0 $1.2M
2016-03-30 TornadoClaremore, Rogers County EF2 6.4 mi x 550 yd 0 0 $1.2M
2010-05-13 TornadoCatoosa, Rogers County EF2 6 mi x 450 yd 0 0 $1.0M
2016-03-30 TornadoCatoosa, Rogers County EF1 8.7 mi x 800 yd 0 0 $922K

Before 1993 NOAA filed damage by category, not amount, so the list above starts in 1993. The highest category filed here before then (entered as $25M, in the dollars of the day) holds: April 26, 1991 (tornado, Rogers County).

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: deaths and injuries direct and indirect; damage is property plus crops as estimated by the National Weather Service, converted to 2025 dollars.

Is it getting more frequent?

Records per decade for Rogers County's most frequent hazards. Counts rose everywhere after 1996, when NOAA began recording every event type, so compare decades within a hazard's complete period only (the shaded cells come before it).

Rogers County: records per decade (the 2020s to June 30, 2026)
Hazard1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020-26
Severe thunderstorm wind15134393879474
Hail08619117976863
Floods––––21223314
Tornadoes610671732311
Heat––––0624 z29
Drought––––0102621

Heat in the 2010s: 24 records against 6 in the decade before, 24 of them forecast-zone records. Cells marked z rose mostly through zone records. The local National Weather Service office files these once per forecast zone, so a change in how it draws its zones or splits a storm into records moves this count as much as the weather does; read it beside the Rogers County days with a record above.

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records per calendar decade; zone records from the CZ_TYPE field (Z).

What time of year?

Records by month in Rogers County. The two busiest months are in violet.

The values, month by month

Jan 25 · Feb 23 · Mar 108 · Apr 170 · May 250 · Jun 171 · Jul 120 · Aug 121 · Sep 42 · Oct 35 · Nov 53 · Dec 27 (records).

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records by the month they began.

Federal disaster declarations for Rogers County

FEMA's register lists 31 declarations that include Rogers County: 24 major disasters, 7 emergencies and 0 fire management assistance declarations. Most were for severe storm (12) and severe ice storm (8).

Declarations including Rogers County, newest first
DeclaredNumberTypeTitle
2024-06-14DR-4791Severe StormSevere Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding
2023-07-19DR-4721Severe StormSevere Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes
2021-02-24DR-4587Severe Ice StormSevere Winter Storms
2021-02-17EM-3555Severe Ice StormSevere Winter Storm
2020-04-05DR-4530BiologicalCovid-19 Pandemic
2020-03-13EM-3462BiologicalCovid-19
2019-06-01DR-4438Severe StormSevere Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding
2017-05-26DR-4315Severe StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding
2015-05-26DR-4222Severe StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding
2011-05-13DR-1985Severe StormSevere Winter Storm and Snowstorm
2011-02-02EM-3316Severe StormSevere Winter Storm
2010-03-05DR-1883Severe Ice StormSevere Winter Storm
2010-02-25DR-1876Severe StormSevere Winter Storm
2010-01-30EM-3308Severe StormSevere Winter Storm
2008-07-09DR-1775Severe StormSevere Storms and Flooding
2008-05-09DR-1754FloodSevere Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding
2007-12-18DR-1735Severe Ice StormSevere Winter Storms
2007-12-10EM-3280Severe Ice StormSevere Winter Storms
2007-07-07DR-1712Severe StormSevere Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes
2007-02-01DR-1678Severe StormSevere Winter Storms
2007-01-14EM-3272Severe Ice StormSevere Winter Storms and Flooding
2006-01-10DR-1623FireExtreme Wildfire Threat
2005-09-05EM-3219HurricaneHurricane Katrina Evacuation
2002-02-01DR-1401Severe Ice StormSevere Winter Ice Storm
2001-01-05DR-1355Severe Ice StormSevere Winter Ice Storm
1993-04-26DR-987TornadoSevere Storms & Tornadoes
1991-05-08DR-905TornadoSevere Storms & Tornadoes
1986-10-14DR-778FloodSevere Storms & Flooding
1984-05-31DR-709FloodSevere Storms & Flooding
1974-06-10DR-441FloodSevere Storms & Flooding
1974-03-22DR-419FloodHeavy Rains & Flooding

Source: FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2), declarations through October 2, 2026; one declaration is counted once however many areas it names. OpenFEMA dataset page.

How many floods has Rogers County had?

NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 90 flood or flash flood records for Rogers County from 1996 to 2026, on 54 days, with 1 death. By flood insurance claims since 1978 (OpenFEMA, as of September 8, 2026), Rogers County ranks 832nd of 2,942 U.S. counties.

The National Flood Insurance Program has paid $6.0 million on 247 claims filed in Rogers County; the most in one year was 32 in 2019. Claims count insured losses only: uninsured flood damage is not in this file.

The values, year by year

1978: 1 · 1981: 3 · 1984: 7 · 1985: 12 · 1986: 3 · 1990: 2 · 1992: 11 · 1993: 11 · 1994: 4 · 1995: 11 · 1996: 8 · 1998: 13 · 1999: 12 · 2001: 10 · 2003: 1 · 2004: 6 · 2007: 14 · 2008: 27 · 2009: 23 · 2010: 2 · 2011: 1 · 2012: 9 · 2013: 1 · 2015: 17 · 2019: 32 · 2020: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2026: 2; the other years: 0.

Source: FEMA OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims, as of September 8, 2026; claims by year of loss, payments in the dollars of the year paid. OpenFEMA dataset page.

FEMA's modeled risk for Rogers County

FEMA's National Risk Index rates Rogers County Relatively Low overall, with an expected annual loss of $43.0 million. These are FEMA's model estimates of future loss from 18 hazards, not a count of what happened; they can differ from the record above.

National Risk Index ratings for Rogers County (December 2025 release), by FEMA's rating, then score
HazardRisk ratingExpected annual lossModeled frequency
Ice StormVery High$3.2M1.3 a year (modeled)
Winter WeatherRelatively High$298K9.1 a year (modeled)
Heat WaveRelatively Moderate$6.0M25 modeled event-days a year
TornadoRelatively Moderate$4.3Mabout once a year (modeled)
Riverine FloodingRelatively Moderate$21M1.8 a year (modeled)
Cold WaveRelatively Moderate$4.0M1.8 a year (modeled)
LightningRelatively Moderate$558K55 a year (modeled)
DroughtRelatively Moderate$624K24 modeled event-days a year

Source: FEMA National Risk Index, county table, December 2025 release. FEMA's National Risk Index map.

Counties that share a border with Rogers County

  1. Tulsa County 2,681
  2. Rogers County 1,145
  3. Mayes County 999
  4. Wagoner County 875
  5. Washington County 840
  6. Craig County 733
  7. Nowata County 649

Source: U.S. Census Bureau county adjacency file; NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records since 1950. The Census Bureau's adjacency file.

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