A storm over the southwest U.S. will shift east through Thursday while another Pacific storm pivots over the region Friday through the weekend. Widespread low elevation rain and high elevation snow showers are expected with each storm. Both storms will shift over the central U.S. with the first occurring tonight through Thursday and the second Saturday night into Monday. Flood Watches issued. Read More >
| SPC ID # |
Date | Time (CST) |
Path Length (miles) |
Path Width (yards) |
F-Scale | Killed | Injured | County | Path |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/29/1887 | 2000 | 0 | 0 | Comanche | Fort Sill | ||||
| 22-4 | 04/08/1922 | 0715 | n | 3 | 18 | Comanche | W side Lawton | ||
| 06/20/1948 | 1730 | 20 | 0 | 0 | Tillman/ Comanche | 8 SW Chattanooga - near Lawton | |||
| 04/30/1949 | 1500 | 30 | 250 | 0 | 4 | Comanche/ Grady | NE part of Lawton - southern Grady county | ||
| 52-11 | 05/23/1952 | 0445 | 0.3 | 150 | F2 | 0 | 1 | Comanche | Lawton |
| 52-12 | 05/23/1952 | 0500 | n/a | 200 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Comanche | Fort Sill |
| 53-11 | 03/29/1953 | 1925 | 1.0 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Comanche | Lawton Municipal Airport |
| 54-16 | 04/29/1954 | 2145 | n/a | 20 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Comanche/ Stephens | Near Lawton - near Marlow |
| 57-74 | 05/24/1957 | 1730 | 22 | 880 | F4 | 4 | 5 | Cotton/ Comanche | Near Ahpeatone - Just S of Lawton |
| 61-75 | 06/07/1961 | 0520 | n/a | n/a | F? | 0 | 0 | Comanche | 8 NW Lawton |
| 62-8 | 05/20/1962 | 2010 | n/a | n/a | F0 | 0 | 0 | Comanche | 10 SW Lawton |
| 62-15 | 05/24/1962 | 1815 | n/a | n/a | F0 | 0 | 0 | Comanche | ~10 SW of Lawton |
| 64-15 | 04/23/1964 | 1650 | n/a | n/a | F0 | 0 | 0 | Comanche | 4 E Lawton |
| 68-17 | 05/02/1968 | 1930 | 0.1 | 15 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Comanche | Lawton (2700 block Fort Sill Blvd) |
| 68-42 | 05/29/1968 | 2125 | n/a | n/a | F0 | 0 | 0 | Comanche | 7 SW Lawton - Just SE of Lawton |
| 68-50 | 06/15/1968 | 1720 | n/a | n/a | F0 | 0 | 0 | Comanche | Lawton (near front gate of Fort Sill) |
| 73-26 | 05/24/1973 | 1600 | 0.4 | 33 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Comanche | Near Lawton |
| 78-21 | 09/05/1978 | 1700 | 0.5 | 20 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Comanche | Fort Sill |
| 79-11 | 04/10/1979 | 1705 | 5 | 170 | F3 | 3 | 100 | Comanche | Lawton (.5 N Airport - ~2 E Lawton) |
| 80-23 | 09/08/1980 | 1455 | 3 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Comanche | 6 E- 7 ENE Fort Sill Base Tower |
| 82-55 | 05/16/1982 | 2055 | 4 | 50 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Comanche | 2 W Lawton - W range of Fort Sill |
| 82-58 | 05/20/1982 | 1933 | n/a | n/a | F0 | 0 | 0 | Comanche | just S of Fort Sill |
| 82-59 | 05/20/1982 | 1937 | 0.5 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Comanche | Fort Sill |
| 83-43 | 05/13/1983 | 2225 | 0.1 | 50 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Comanche | Lawton (near Wolf Creek) |
| 04/17/2013 | 1750 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | Comanche | 7 W Lawton (far west Lawton) |
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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