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Tornado Track Map for Greer County, OK
 
Greer County, OK Tornadoes Prior to 1950
# Date Time
(CST)
Path
Length
(miles)
Path
Width
(yards)
F-Scale Killed Injured County Path
  09/07/1903 aft         2 Greer 10 NW Mangum... near "Bloomington"
  05/07/1922 eve       0 0 Greer Near Granite
  05/16/1928 1530   880   0 1 Greer Near Reed
  01/26/1944 1930   50   1 5 Greer Near Granite
Greer County, OK Tornadoes (1950-Present)
# Date Time
(CST)
Path
Length
(miles)
Path
Width
(yards)
F-Scale Killed Injured County Path
1 06/06/1951 2130 0.2 33 F0 0 0 Greer 2 SE Mangum
2 05/10/1953 0115 0.1 17 F1 0 0 Greer Near Mangum
3 04/27/1954 1830 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Greer Lake Creek Community (N part of county)
4 05/23/1954 2100 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Greer S of Mangum
5 06/01/1955 1830 6 200 F0 0 0 Greer near Granite
6 04/22/1957 1830 0.1 10 F2 0 0 Greer 9 E Mangum
7 05/26/1962 1800 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Greer 9 W Mangum
8 06/20/1964 1900 0.1 10 F2 0 1 Greer 10 E Mangum
9 04/07/1965 1915 0.1 10 F2 0 0 Greer 6 E Mangum
10 05/06/1965 1850 31 10 F2 0 2 Harmon/ Greer 8 W Hollis - 6 W Granite
11 05/06/1968 1944 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Greer 8 SW Mangum
12 05/13/1969 2100 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Greer 11 W- 6 NW Mangum
13 05/22/1972 1930 10 100 F3 0 0 Greer 8 W- 2 ESE Brinkman
14 03/13/1973 1153 5 100 F2 0 0 Greer Granite
15 05/11/1982 1702 10 700 F3 2 18 Jackson/ Greer 1.5 SW Friendship - S Quartz Mountain S.P.
16 05/12/1983 2015 0.1 50 F2 0 0 Greer 4 E Mangum
17 03/17/1986 1755 34 100 F1 0 0 Greer/ Beckham/ Washita 2 W Plainview- S of Delhi- 5 S Carter- N of Retrop- 2 N Canute
18 03/27/1989 1318 12 10 F1 0 0 Greer 5 W Mangum- 10 W Willow
19 04/28/1992 1920 0.5 30 F0 0 0 Greer 7 S Granite
20 05/07/1995 1456 0.2 73 F0 0 0 Greer 10 SW Mangum
21 06/09/1995 1315-1322 0.1 20 F0 0 0 Greer 1 W Mangum
22 06/09/1995 1336 0.1 23 F0 0 0 Greer 4 S Granite
23 06/09/1995 1338 0.1 30 F0 0 0 Greer 5 S Granite
24 06/09/1995 1339 0.1 50 F0 0 0 Greer 7 S Granite
25 06/09/1995 1353 0.1 23 F0 0 0 Greer 5 SE Granite
26 08/10/1998 1430 0.3 50 F0 0 0 Greer near Granite
27 04/02/1999 1925-1950 8 150 F1 0 0 Harmon/ Greer 7 ENE Vinson - 2 WNW Bloomington
28 04/02/1999 2013-2027 6 50 F1 0 0 Greer/ Beckham 4 NW Willow - 2 SW Carter
29 05/25/1999 1751 0.1 25 F0 0 0 Greer 11 W Mangum
30 05/25/1999 1804 0.2 25 F0 0 0 Greer 1 SW Russell
31 05/31/1999 1857-1901 1 200 F0 0 0 Greer 3 SW - 3 SSW Brinkman
32 05/31/1999 1924-1932 3 100 F1 0 0 Greer/ Jackson 3 SSW Hester - 1 SW Martha
33 04/28/2006 1702 0.4 40 F0 0 0 Greer 5 N Mangum
34 03/18/2012 1750-1804 4 150 EF0 0 0 Greer 2 E - 5 NE Reed
35 03/18/2012 1810 0.1 50 EF0 0 0 Greer 3 WSW Brinkman
36 03/18/2012 1827-1830 1.4 75 EF0 0 0 Greer 3 NW Willow
37 05/02/2018 1525-1526 1.7 30 EF0 0 0 Greer/ Kiowa 4 SE Granite
38 05/20/2019 1612-1629 11 1200 EF2 0 0 Greer 8 SW - 3.5 N Mangum
39 05/20/2019 1638 0.2 40 EF? 0 0 Greer 1 SW Granite
40 05/25/2019 1804-1806 0.3 30 EF? 0 0 Greer .5 SW Willow
41 03/13/2021 2049-2050 0.7 50 EF1 0 0 Greer Russell - 0.7 NNE Russell
42 02/26/2023 1923-1934 11 75 EF1 0 0 Greer 3 NNE Reed - 1 SSE Brinkman
 

Significant Tornadoes in Greer County

  Date Time
(CST)
Path
Length
(miles)
Path
Width
(yards)
F-Scale Killed Injured County Path
  06/20/1964 1900 0.1 10 F2 0 1 Greer 10 E Mangum

This tornado touched down 9.5 miles east of Mangum along U.S. Highway 283 and moved northeastward along a short and narrow path. An empty 12-ton semi-truck and trailer were picked up and blown from the highway. The driver, upon fleeing the truck, was carried across the roadway and injured when he was dumped in a ditch. A pickup truck that preceded the semi was also blown into the ditch, while an automobile following the semi was blown 300 yards to the east and also landed in a ditch.

  05/06/1965 1850 31 10 F2 0 2 Harmon/ Greer 8 W Hollis - 6 W Granite

This tornado was first spotted about 8 miles west of Hollis in Harmon County at about 6:30 pm CST, and was last observed about 6 miles west of Granite in Greer County. The heaviest damaged observed was in the Ron and Metcalf communities north of Hollis, and to the Hollis water plant located 12 miles to the north of the town. At least 6 homes, 10 barns, a cotton gin, a store, a church, and school building were destroyed or damaged in the area. More damage occurred 6 miles west of Granite to farm homes and barns. The tornado knocked out the power to Granite, but dissipated before it reached the town. Another tornado was observed in open county 5 miles northeast of Granite. Two people were injured by the tornado.

Hail to the size of golf balls was observed in Sentinel in Washita County, and was associated with the parent supercell thunderstorm. Several head of livestock were killed near Sentinel. The city of Cordell had hail to the size of quarters. An area of straight-line wind damage occurred in an area 3 miles wide and 20 miles long, and extended from a farm 5 miles northwest of Hollis in Harmon County to the town of Reed in Greer County.

  05/11/1982 1702 10 700 F3 2 18 Jackson/ Greer 1.5 SW Friendship - S Quartz Mountain State Park

The tornado formed 1.5 miles southwest of Friendship, OK in Jackson County and moved north-northwest to just south of Quartz Mountain State Park in Greer County. The tornado was large and composed of as many as 6 vortices at times. The damage path was up to 1.2 miles in width, but there were areas without damage inside the path due to the multiple vortex nature of the tornado.

A 4-year-old girl and her 25-year-old aunt were killed when a mobile home was destroyed 2 miles west of Friendship. Approximately 25 houses and 5 mobile homes were damaged or destroyed. Numerous cattle were killed or injured and 10 to 15 greyhounds were killed. Damages were estimated at $500,000.

 

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.