A storm system will shift across the southwest U.S. through Thursday with widespread showers and isolated thunderstorms. Isolated flooding is possible. High-elevation snow is also expected in parts of Nevada and the southern Sierra Nevada range. East of this storm, above average temperatures will challenge or break daily record high temperatures this week in the southern Plains and southeast U.S. 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.
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