Severe thunderstorms are forecast through this weekend along a slow moving cold front and secondary storm system that will impact areas from the southern Plains to the Great Lakes. Large hail and isolated damaging wind gusts are the main threats with these storms along with a risk for heavy to excessive rainfall which could bring flooding. Read More >
| SPC ID # |
Date | Time (CST) |
Path Length (miles) |
Path Width (yards) |
F-Scale | Killed | Injured | County | Path |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/26/1944 | 1835 | 660 | 0 | 3 | Beckham | Near Elk City | |||
| 10/09/1949 | 2315 | 16 | 440 | 0 | 0 | Beckham/ Washita | Elk City - near Canute - near Foss | ||
| 51-24 | 05/19/1951 | 2012 | n/a | 220 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Beckham | Near Elk City |
| 61-70 | 06/02/1961 | 1825 | n/a | n/a | F0 | 0 | 0 | Beckham | 4 W Elk City |
| 75-8 | 03/27/1975 | 230 | 20 | 150 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Beckham/ Washita/ Custer | 10 SW- 10 NE Elk City |
| 80-9 | 04/24/1980 | 1900 | 0.3 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 1 | Beckham | N part of Elk City |
| 82-50 | 05/16/1982 | 645 | 0.5 | 50 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Beckham | Near Elk City |
| 83-57 | 06/10/1983 | 1820 | 28 | 40 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Beckham/ Custer | 7 NW Elk City - near Clinton (* probably not continuous) |
| 83-63 | 06/13/1983 | 1556 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Beckham | 1.5 N Elk City |
| 84-24 | 04/29/1984 | 740 | 12 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Beckham | 12 SW- 4 SE Elk City |
| 89-2 | 03/27/1989 | 1412 | 0.2 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Beckham | 7 S Elk City |
| 89-13 | 06/06/1989 | 2056 | 3 | 30 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Beckham | 3 NE Elk City |
| 89-16 | 06/12/1989 | 1357 | 0.1 | 20 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Beckham | 8 S Elk City |
| 93-2 | 03/29/1993 | 1612 | 0.1 | 25 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Beckham | 2 W Elk City |
| 10/09/2001 | 1530 | 11.5 | 600 | F3 | 0 | 0 | Beckham/ Washita/ Custer | NE side of Elk City - 2.5 W Foss Reservoir Dam | |
| 04/16/2002 | 2115 | 0.3 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Beckham | 7 NNE Elk City | |
| 05/09/2015 | 1924 | 2 | 100 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | Beckham/ Roger Mills | 6.5 N Elk City - 1 SSW Carpenter | |
| 05/16/2015 | 1647 | 0.2 | 30 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | Beckham | 2 NE Elk City | |
| 05/16/2017 | 1746-1818 | 18 | 1000 | EF2 | 1 | 10 | Beckham/ Washita | 3 NW Carter - Elk City (S side) - 3 WSW Canute |
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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