The extremely dangerous heat wave continues across the East Coast and much of the South-Central U.S. today. Record high temperatures are expected for some areas especially across the Mid-Atlantic where extreme heat risk conditions reside. There is a Slight Risk (level 2 of 5) of severe thunderstorms today for the northern Mid-Atlantic into portions of southern New England. 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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