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Active Weather for the West and Northeast Corridors

Moisture continues to flow into portions of the West, Great Basin and Rockies with strong winds, lower elevation rain and higher elevation snow. Precipitation will occasionally be heavy with impacts to travel and possible power outages. For the Northeast, gusty winds, lower elevation rain and accumulation snow for the higher terrain through this weekend; Slow improvements expected through Sunday. Read More >

SPC
ID #
Date Time
(CST)
Path
Length
(miles)
Path
Width
(yards)
F-Scale Killed Injured County Path
17-2 04/18/1917 1855 30 50   1 15 Jackson/ Tillman/ Kiowa Near Altus to between Snyder and Manitou
  05/03/1938 1745 15 67   0 2 Jackson 1.5 SW Altus
  05/18/1949 1930       0   Jackson NW of Altus
55-20 05/11/1955 1500 n/a n/a F0 0 0 Jackson Near Altus
55-24 05/25/1955 0500 n/a n/a F0 0 0 Jackson Near Altus
57-10 04/02/1957 1830 44 150 F2 0 1 Jackson/ Kiowa 2.5 E Altus - just W of Mountain View
57-12 04/02/1957 1905 9 100 F0 0 0 Jackson SW of Altus AFB- Altus AFB- NNE of Altus AFB
61-19 04/23/1961 1615 n/a n/a F2 0 0 Jackson 6 NW Altus
62-11 05/24/1962 1715 n/a n/a F2 0 0 Jackson 4 NW- 4 N Altus
62-12 05/24/1962 1716 n/a n/a F2 0 0 Jackson 3 SW Altus
62-13 05/24/1962 1725 n/a n/a F0 0 0 Jackson 9 SW Altus
62-14 05/24/1962 1725 n/a n/a F0 0 0 Jackson 9 SW Altus
62-26 05/26/1962 1702 n/a n/a F? 0 0 Jackson 10 NNW Altus
75-2 02/22/1975 0030 6 60 F1 0 4 Jackson Altus AFB - Friendship
75-3 02/22/1975 0030 5 100 F2 2 8 Jackson N part of Altus
76-18 05/29/1976 1729 0.3 30 F1 0 0 Jackson 5 E Altus
76-19 05/29/1976 1729 0.3 30 F1 0 0 Jackson 5 E Altus
77-31 05/20/1977 1420 10 880 F3 0 3 Jackson Altus - Altus AFB
80-3 03/31/1980 2100 0.2 10 F2 0 0 Jackson 4 ENE Altus
80-17 05/29/1980 1400 n/a n/a F0 0 0 Jackson 8 SW Altus
80-18 05/29/1980 1928 n/a n/a F2 0 0 Jackson Altus
82-28 05/11/1982 1638 n/a n/a F0 0 0 Jackson 2 S Altus
82-29 05/11/1982 1650 4 350 F3 0 41 Jackson SE Altus - Altus AFB - .5 NE Altus AFB
86-13 05/14/1986 1429 6 300 F1 0 0 Jackson 5 S Altus- near Humphreys
  05/25/1999 1835 1.5 50 F0 0 0 Jackson 3 W - 3 SW Altus AFB
  05/31/1999 1937 0.2 50 F0 0 0 Jackson 5 NE Altus
  05/19/2001 1323 0.5 25 F0 0 0 Jackson 4 WNW Altus
  05/09/2013 1721 0.1 20 EF0 0 0 Jackson 9 SSW Altus
 

Records taken from the Storm Prediction Center archive data, "Storm Data", and data from the National Weather Service office in Norman. Data modified as described in NOAA Tech Memo NWS SR-209 (Speheger, D., 2001: "Corrections to the Historic Tornado Database").

Historic data, especially before 1950, are likely incomplete.