Texas County, Oklahoma
County storm and disaster record · FIPS 40139 · population 21,380 · 2,041 sq mi
NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 1,653 records for Texas County, Oklahoma from 1950 through June 30, 2026, on 754 days; the most frequent are hail reports (571 records). The deadliest single record is the October 25, 1997 blizzard, filed for the forecast zone Texas, which covers the county: 1 death and $15.6 million in damage in 2025 dollars. FEMA has issued 21 declarations naming the county since 2001, 19 of them for natural hazards; the latest for a natural hazard was “Stevens Fire” on February 17, 2026.
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
- 1,653on 754 days, 1950 to June 30, 2026
- Deaths recorded
- 227 injuries
- Damage, 2025 dollars
- $340Mas filed (scale steps before 1993)
- Tornadoes
- 76strongest F3
- FEMA declarations
- 21latest 2026
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 Texas County most?
The most frequent records are hail reports: 571 since 1956. 69% of its hail reports since 1956 fell in May and June. 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.
| Hazard | Records | Days | First, last | Killed | Injured | Damage | Rank in state |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 571 | 257 | 1956-2025 | 0 | 1 | $3.2M | 76 of 77 |
| Severe thunderstorm wind | 446 | 235 | 1956-2026 | 0 | 13 | $7.2M | 71 of 77 |
| High wind and dust storms | 311 | 130 | 1996-2026 | 0 | 5 | $395K | 2 of 77 |
| Winter storms | 92 | 80 | 1996-2026 | 1 | 6 | $28M | 67 of 77 |
| Tornadoes | 76 | 48 | 1951-2023 | 0 | 1 | $8.2M | 75 of 77 |
| Drought | 64 | 64 | 1996-2026 | 0 | 0 | $287M | 76 of 77 |
| Extreme cold | 32 | 28 | 2007-2022 | 0 | 0 | – | 22 of 77 |
| Wildfires | 26 | 25 | 2006-2026 | 0 | 1 | $5.9M | 19 of 77 |
| Floods | 19 | 15 | 1996-2024 | 0 | 0 | – | 75 of 77 |
| Fog, smoke and funnel clouds | 8 | 6 | 2013-2014 | 0 | 0 | – | 47 of 77 |
| Heavy rain | 5 | 4 | 2013-2024 | 0 | 0 | – | 22 of 77 |
| Lightning | 3 | 3 | 1996-2008 | 1 | 0 | $16K | 61 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 Texas County had?
NOAA records 76 tornadoes in Texas County from 1951 to 2023, the strongest rated F3, with 0 deaths and 1 injury recorded in the county. 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 76 tornadoes whose track touched Texas County since 1950 (NOAA's county records number 76, the same count); along their whole tracks they killed 0 people.
| Date | Tornado | Rating | Path | Killed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993-05-05 17:38, as SPC files it | Unnamed | F3 | 12 mi | 0 |
| 1993-05-05 18:54, as SPC files it | UnnamedCrossed KS, OK | F3 | 18.5 mi | 0 |
Map of the strongest tornado tracks in Oklahoma.
Every tornado record filed for Texas County (76)
| Date | Place | Character | Killed | Injured | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-27 | Adams, Texas County | EFU 0.09 mi x 25 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2018-05-28 | Hardesty, Texas County | EF1 2.02 mi x 200 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2018-05-28 | Goodwell, Texas County | EF0 0.26 mi x 50 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2016-04-15 | Eva, Texas County | EF0 0.78 mi x 25 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2016-04-15 | Eva, Texas County | EF0 1.07 mi x 50 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2016-04-15 | Eva, Texas County | EF0 1 mi x 50 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2016-04-15 | Eva, Texas County | EF0 0.91 mi x 50 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2016-04-15 | Eva, Texas County | EF1 1.07 mi x 60 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2011-06-11 | Tyrone, Texas County | EF1 2.1 mi x 50 yd | 0 | 0 | $26K |
| 2010-05-31 | Eva, Texas County | EF0 1.7 mi x 25 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2010-05-18 | Guymon, Texas County | EF0 0.55 mi x 25 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2007-06-19 | Baker, Texas County | EF0 2.24 mi x 50 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2007-05-31 | Guymon, Texas County | EF0 0.1 mi x 75 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2007-05-31 | Hough, Texas County | EF1 5.27 mi x 300 yd | 0 | 0 | $26K |
| 2007-05-31 | Guymon, Texas County | EF0 0.5 mi x 150 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2007-05-31 | Eva, Texas County | EF0 0.1 mi x 75 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2007-05-31 | Eva, Texas County | EF0 0.1 mi x 50 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2007-03-23 | Adams, Texas County | EF0 1.38 mi x 440 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2006-06-21 | Adams, Texas County | F1 2 mi x 300 yd | 0 | 0 | $1.0M |
| 2006-06-21 | Tyrone, Texas County | F0 0.2 mi x 50 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2003-05-15 | Tyrone, Texas County | F0 1 mi x 40 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2003-05-15 | Goodwell, Texas County | F1 2 mi x 30 yd | 0 | 0 | $48K |
| 2003-05-15 | Optima, Texas County | F0 0.3 mi x 100 yd | 0 | 0 | $32K |
| 2003-05-15 | Guymon, Texas County | F0 0.5 mi x 20 yd | 0 | 0 | $24K |
| 2003-05-15 | Guymon, Texas County | F0 0.5 mi x 30 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2003-05-15 | Texhoma, Texas County | F0 0.1 mi x 50 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2002-05-16 | Texhoma, Texas County | F0 0.1 mi x 25 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2002-05-16 | Goodwell, Texas County | F0 0.1 mi x 25 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1999-06-29 | Eva, Texas County | F0 0.1 mi x 25 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1999-06-29 | Eva, Texas County | F0 0.1 mi x 25 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1999-06-04 | Hooker, Texas County | F0 0.1 mi x 15 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1996-09-18 | Baker, Texas County | F0 0.5 mi x 50 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1996-09-18 | Baker, Texas County | F0 0.5 mi x 50 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1996-06-05 | Guymon, Texas County | F0 2 mi x 25 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1996-05-26 | Hooker, Texas County | F0 1 mi x 100 yd | 0 | 0 | $19K |
| 1996-05-26 | Guymon, Texas County | F0 0.5 mi x 50 yd | 0 | 0 | $28K |
| 1996-05-26 | Hooker, Texas County | F0 1 mi x 75 yd | 0 | 0 | $19K |
| 1995-05-30 | Guymon, Texas County | F0 0.5 mi x 50 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1993-05-05 | Optima, Texas County | F3 11 mi x 1,200 yd | 0 | 0 | $204K |
| 1993-05-05 | 2 E Guymon, Texas County | F0 2 mi x 150 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1993-05-05 | Eva, Texas County | F0 0.5 mi x 100 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1993-05-05 | 2 N Guymon, Texas County | F1 2 mi x 275 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1993-05-05 | Hardesty, Texas County | F0 1 mi x 150 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1993-05-05 | - 4.5, Texas County | F3 12 mi x 500 yd | 0 | 0 | $2.0M |
| 1992-06-26 | Texas County | F0 0.2 mi x 10 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1991-05-23 | Texas County | F0 0.1 mi x 70 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1990-04-25 | Texas County | F1 2 mi x 50 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1987-05-26 | Texas County | F0 0.1 mi x 30 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1983-06-13 | Texas County | F0 0.1 mi x 10 yd | 0 | 0 | $30 step |
| 1982-08-15 | Texas County | F1 0.1 mi x 10 yd | 0 | 0 | $25K step |
| 1982-05-30 | Texas County | F0 | 0 | 0 | $30 step |
| 1981-06-02 | Texas County | F0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1980-08-05 | Texas County | F1 3.6 mi x 100 yd | 0 | 0 | $3K step |
| 1980-08-05 | Texas County | F1 0.6 mi x 100 yd | 0 | 0 | $25K step |
| 1975-11-19 | Texas County | F2 0.3 mi x 270 yd | 0 | 0 | $250K step |
| 1975-07-10 | Texas County | F1 2 mi x 60 yd | 0 | 0 | $25K step |
| 1973-05-01 | Texas County | F0 1 mi x 150 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1972-07-17 | Texas County | F1 0.1 mi x 20 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1971-06-09 | Texas County | F0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1969-06-07 | Texas County | F2 | 0 | 0 | $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.
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 Texas County?
The most recent record with damage, injuries or deaths is the June 26, 2026 thunderstorm wind ($5,000 in damage in 2025 dollars).
| Date | Record | Character | Killed | Injured | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-26 | Thunderstorm WindHardesty, Texas County | 56 kt wind | 0 | 0 | $5K |
| 2026-06-26 | Thunderstorm WindGuymon Municipal Arp, Texas County | 54 kt wind | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2026-06-26 | Thunderstorm WindGoodwell, Texas County | 68 kt wind | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2026-06-26 | Thunderstorm WindTexhoma, Texas County | 61 kt wind | 0 | 0 | $7K |
| 2026-06-12 | Thunderstorm WindEva, Texas County | 51 kt wind | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2026-06-12 | Thunderstorm WindEva, Texas County | 83 kt wind | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2026-06-09 | Thunderstorm WindGoodwell, Texas County | 50 kt wind | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2026-06-09 | Thunderstorm WindHooker, Texas County | 53 kt wind | 0 | 0 | $1K |
| 2026-06-01 | DroughtTexas County · forecast zone Texas | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 2026-05-14 | High WindTexas County · forecast zone Texas | 78 kt wind | 0 | 0 | $5K |
| 2026-05-01 | DroughtTexas County · forecast zone Texas | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 2026-04-11 | Thunderstorm WindGuymon Municipal Arp, Texas County | 51 kt wind | 0 | 0 | – |
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
| Date | Record | Character | Killed | Injured | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-10-25 | BlizzardTexas County · forecast zone Texas A very strong winter weather storm and blizzard moved across the central plains states through the day Saturday. The 74 year old female from Adams Oklahoma was returning home when her car became stuck in a snowdrift less than a mile from her home. She apparently died from hypothermia after trying to walk through the ... | 1 | 0 | $16M | |
| 1996-07-08 | LightningGuymon, Texas County Male, 34 years old, was struck by lightning on top of railroad car and later died. | 1 | 0 | – | |
| 1987-09-11 | Thunderstorm WindTexas County | 0 | 7 | – | |
| 2003-12-15 | Winter WeatherTexas County · forecast zone Texas A combination of high wind gusts up to fifty-one knots and blowing snow which reduced visibilities to near zero resulted in four accidents during the afternoon hours. The four accidents involved nine vehicles in which six people were injured. Three of the injured were examined and released while the other three people ... | 0 | 6 | $289K | |
| 1988-06-30 | Thunderstorm WindTexas County | 0 | 6 | – | |
| 2014-04-27 | Dust StormTexas County · forecast zone Texas Near zero visibilities on highway 54 near Tyrone. Ten vehicle pile up. Minor injuries reported to both humans and horses(estimated at 5). | 0 | 5 | $249K | |
| 2009-06-13 | HailHooker, Texas County The Texas County Emergency Manager reported golf ball to base ball size hail in Hooker. The hail broke numerous windows on homes and also busted numerous windshields on vehicles. One person was injured from baseball size hail. | 2.75 in hail | 0 | 1 | $11K |
| 2009-01-19 | WildfireTexas County · forecast zone Texas A wildfire occurred just off U.S. Highway 54 about five miles southwest of Guymon around 1548 CST. The wildfire was caused by a hay truck which had caught fire and the high winds drove the fire directly toward homes and other property. An estimated three hundred and fifty acres were consumed by the wildfire. The ... | 0 | 1 | $28K |
| Date | Record | Character | Killed | Injured | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-11-01 | DroughtTexas County · forecast zone Texas | 0 | 0 | $39M | |
| 2013-05-01 | DroughtTexas County · forecast zone Texas | 0 | 0 | $32M | |
| 2013-04-01 | DroughtTexas County · forecast zone Texas | 0 | 0 | $25M | |
| 2013-06-01 | DroughtTexas County · forecast zone Texas | 0 | 0 | $25M | |
| 1997-10-25 | BlizzardTexas County · forecast zone Texas | 1 | 0 | $16M | |
| 2012-12-01 | DroughtTexas County · forecast zone Texas | 0 | 0 | $13M | |
| 2006-12-28 | Winter StormTexas County · forecast zone Texas | 0 | 0 | $10M | |
| 2013-09-01 | DroughtTexas County · forecast zone Texas | 0 | 0 | $5.1M |
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 $250K, in the dollars of the day) holds: June 23, 1956 (tornado, Texas County); November 19, 1975 (tornado, Texas 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 Texas 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).
| Hazard | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020-26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 4 | 22 | 13 | 26 | 134 | 155 | 154 | 63 |
| Severe thunderstorm wind | 4 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 43 | 144 | 115 | 103 |
| High wind and dust storms | – | – | – | – | 7 | 155 | 77 | 72 |
| Winter storms | – | – | – | – | 13 | 27 | 39 | 13 |
| Tornadoes | 7 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 1 |
| Drought | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 32 | 29 |
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records per calendar decade; zone records from the CZ_TYPE field (Z).
What time of year?
69% of its hail reports since 1956 fell in May and June. The two busiest months are in violet.
The values, month by month
Jan 56 · Feb 111 · Mar 83 · Apr 152 · May 331 · Jun 454 · Jul 137 · Aug 125 · Sep 64 · Oct 41 · Nov 51 · Dec 48 (records).
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records by the month they began.
Federal disaster declarations for Texas County
FEMA's register lists 21 declarations that include Texas County: 11 major disasters, 7 emergencies and 3 fire management assistance declarations. Most were for severe storm (8) and severe ice storm (6).
| Declared | Number | Type | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-17 | FM-5616 | Fire | Stevens Fire |
| 2021-12-15 | FM-5421 | Fire | Cobb Fire |
| 2021-02-24 | DR-4587 | Severe Ice Storm | Severe Winter Storms |
| 2021-02-17 | EM-3555 | Severe Ice Storm | Severe Winter Storm |
| 2020-04-05 | DR-4530 | Biological | Covid-19 Pandemic |
| 2020-03-13 | EM-3462 | Biological | Covid-19 |
| 2017-05-26 | DR-4315 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding |
| 2017-02-10 | DR-4299 | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storm |
| 2011-04-03 | FM-2879 | Fire | Guymon Fire |
| 2011-02-02 | EM-3316 | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storm |
| 2010-07-26 | DR-1926 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding |
| 2010-03-05 | DR-1883 | Severe Ice Storm | Severe Winter Storm |
| 2010-01-30 | EM-3308 | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storm |
| 2007-12-10 | EM-3280 | Severe Ice Storm | Severe Winter Storms |
| 2007-02-01 | DR-1677 | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storm |
| 2007-01-14 | EM-3272 | Severe Ice Storm | Severe Winter Storms and Flooding |
| 2006-01-10 | DR-1623 | Fire | Extreme Wildfire Threat |
| 2005-09-05 | EM-3219 | Hurricane | Hurricane Katrina Evacuation |
| 2003-05-10 | DR-1465 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms and Tornadoes |
| 2002-02-01 | DR-1401 | Severe Ice Storm | Severe Winter Ice Storm |
| 2001-06-29 | DR-1384 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes |
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 Texas County had?
NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 19 flood or flash flood records for Texas County from 1996 to 2024, on 15 days, with 0 deaths. By flood insurance claims since 1978 (OpenFEMA, as of September 8, 2026), Texas County ranks 2685th of 2,942 U.S. counties.
The National Flood Insurance Program has paid $125,000 on 3 claims filed in Texas County; the most in one year was 3 in 2024. Claims count insured losses only: uninsured flood damage is not in this file.
The values, year by year
2024: 3; 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 Texas County
FEMA's National Risk Index rates Texas County Relatively Low overall, with an expected annual loss of $19.5 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.
| Hazard | Risk rating | Expected annual loss | Modeled frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drought | Relatively High | $7.8M | 133 modeled event-days a year |
| Winter Weather | Relatively High | $370K | 11 a year (modeled) |
| Cold Wave | Relatively Moderate | $5.6M | 3.2 a year (modeled) |
| Lightning | Relatively Moderate | $495K | 43 a year (modeled) |
| Ice Storm | Relatively Moderate | $200K | once in about 3 years (modeled) |
| Wildfire | Relatively Low | $607K | once in about 171 years (modeled) |
| Hail | Relatively Low | $413K | 6.8 a year (modeled) |
| Tornado | Relatively Low | $1.8M | 1.4 a year (modeled) |
Source: FEMA National Risk Index, county table, December 2025 release. FEMA's National Risk Index map.
Counties that share a border with Texas County
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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