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Texas County, OK Tornadoes (1875-Present)

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Tornado Track Map for Texas County, OK
 
Texas County, OK Tornadoes Prior to 1950
# Date Time
(CST)		 Path
Length
(miles)		 Path
Width
(yards)		 F-Scale Killed Injured County Path
  05/29/1923 2100           Texas Near Hooker
  04/26/1938 1730 20 440   0 0 Texas Near Hooker - near Liberal KS (not continuous?)
  06/07/1941 1915 20 250   0 0 Texas between Stratford TX and Texhoma - W of Texhoma and Guymon - Hugoton KS
  05/31/1942 1518 1.5 1640   0 0 Texas Guymon
  05/16/1949 2330 25 67   1 0 Texas Near Stratford TX - 3 NW Goodwell
Texas County, OK Tornadoes (1950-Present*)
# Date Time
(CST)		 Path
Length
(miles)		 Path
Width
(yards)		 F-Scale Killed Injured County Path
1 05/14/1951 1800 0.1 10 F2 0 0 Texas 6 S Elkhart KS
2 05/14/1951 1800 0.1 10 F2 0 0 Texas 8 S Elkhart KS
3 06/05/1951 1800 0.1 10 F2 0 0 Texas N of Texhoma
4 06/23/1956 2000 2 50 F1 0 0 Texas 2 NE Goodwell
5 07/01/1958 1700 5 440 F1 0 0 Texas near Texhoma
6 07/22/1958 1830 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Texas 5 W Baker
7 09/07/1958 1600 4 100 F1 0 0 Texas W of Goodwell
8 06/03/1961 1745 0.1 10 F2 0 0 Texas Near Baker
9 06/07/1961 2000 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Texas 4 NE Hooker
10 06/06/1962 1800 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Texas Near Guymon
11 06/08/1962 1830 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Texas 7 W Goodwell
12 06/15/1963 2330 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Texas 6 E Hooker
13 06/14/1967 2124 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Texas 4 W Hitchland
14 06/14/1967 2145 0.3 150 F0 0 0 Texas 2 NW Tyrone
15 07/03/1967 1800 0.1 10 F2 0 1 Texas 3 SW Hooker
16 06/09/1968 1815 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Texas 5 N Texhoma
17 06/07/1969 2210 0.1 10 F2 0 0 Texas Near Straight
18 06/09/1971 2135 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Texas 6 W Guymon
19 07/17/1972 1415 0.1 20 F1 0 0 Texas 6 N Adams
20 05/01/1973 0900 1 150 F0 0 0 Texas 4 SW Hooker
21 07/10/1975 1615 2 60 F1 0 0 Texas SW of Elkhart KS
22 11/19/1975 0300 0.3 270 F2 0 0 Texas Guymon Airport
23 08/05/1980 1600 0.6 100 F1 0 0 Texas Hardesty
24 08/05/1980 1640 14 100 F1 0 0 Texas OK/ Seward KS 3 NE Tyrone OK - 6 NE Liberal KS
25 06/02/1981 1700 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Texas Near Guymon
26 05/30/1982 1745 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Texas 2 W Hardesty
27 08/15/1982 1700 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Texas Texhoma
28 06/13/1983 1530 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Texas 10 S Guymon
29 05/26/1987 2205 0.1 30 F0 0 0 Texas 5 NE Texhoma
30 04/25/1990 0050 2 50 F1 0 0 Texas 1 SW Tyrone
31 05/23/1991 1720 0.1 70 F0 0 0 Texas 1 S Elkhart KS
32 06/26/1992 1945 0.2 10 F0 0 0 Texas 3 NW Goodwell
33 05/05/1993 1738-1815 12 500 F3 0 0 Texas 13 SSE- 5 ESE Guymon
34 05/05/1993 1755 1 150 F0 0 0 Texas 6 SW Hardesty
35 05/05/1993 1810 2 273 F1 0 0 Texas 14 N Guymon
36 05/05/1993 1847 0.5 100 F0 0 0 Texas 2 SW Eva
37 05/05/1993 1850 2 150 F0 0 0 Texas 17 N Guymon
38 05/05/1993 1854-1926 19 1200 F3 0 0 Texas OK/ Stevens KS 8 N Optima OK- 7 SE Hugoton KS
39 05/30/1995 1816 0.5 50 F0 0 0 Texas 5 W Guymon
40 05/26/1996 1353-1358 0.5 50 F0 0 0 Texas 1 S - 1.5 SE Guymon
41 05/26/1996 1416-1418 1 100 F0 0 0 Texas 4 W - 3 W Hooker
42 05/26/1996 1416-1420 1 75 F0 0 0 Texas 4 W - 3 W Hooker
43 06/05/1996 1647-1657 2 25 F0 0 0 Texas 7 NW - 9 NW Guymon
44 09/18/1996 1901-1903 0.5 50 F0 0 0 Texas 3 SW Baker
45 09/18/1996 1907-1910 0.5 50 F0 0 0 Texas 1 W Baker
46 06/04/1999 2037-2039 0.1 15 F0 0 0 Texas 5 W Hooker
47 06/29/1999 1544-1545 0.1 25 F0 0 0 Texas 4 N Eva
48 06/29/1999 1635-1636 0.1 25 F0 0 0 Texas 7 SE Eva
49 05/16/2002 1800-1802 0.1 25 F0 0 0 Texas 5 N Goodwell
50 05/16/2002 1840-1843 0.1 25 F0 0 0 Texas 9 N Texhoma
51 05/15/2003 1746-1747 0.1 50 F0 0 0 Texas 10 N Texhoma
52 05/15/2003 1820-1922 0.5 30 F0 0 0 Texas 7 NW Guymon
53 05/15/2003 1835-1936 0.5 20 F0 0 0 Texas Guymon
54 05/15/2003 1845-1846 0.3 100 F0 0 0 Texas near Optima
55 05/15/2003 1933-1936 2 30 F1 0 0 Texas 6 W - 4.5 WNW Goodwell
56 05/15/2003 1945-1947 1 40 F0 0 0 Texas near - 1 NE Tyrone
57 06/21/2006 1724-1731 0.2 50 F0 0 0 Texas 5 SE Tyrone
58 06/21/2006 1746-1756 2 300 F1 0 0 Texas 1 NE - 3.5 NE Adams
59 03/23/2007 1611-1614 1.4 440 EF0 0 0 Texas 3 SW - 2 WSW Adams
60 05/31/2007 1842 0.1 50 EF0 0 0 Texas 5 NNW Eva
61 05/31/2007 1849 0.1 75 EF0 0 0 Texas 5 ENE Eva
62 05/31/2007 1858-1900 0.5 150 EF0 0 0 Texas 13 NW - 13.5 NW Guymon
63 05/31/2007 1906-1917 5 300 EF1 0 0 Texas 11 WSW - 7 SW Hough
64 05/31/2007 1924-1925 0.1 75 EF0 0 0 Texas 5 WNW Guymon
65 06/19/2007 2038-2045 2 50 EF0 0 0 Texas 1 NNE - 2 ESE Baker
66 05/18/2010 1844-1846 0.6 25 EF0 0 0 Texas 15 NW Guymon
67 05/31/2010 1951-1953 1.7 25 EF0 0 0 Texas 4 WNW Eva
68 06/11/2011 1811-1825 2 50 EF1 0 0 Texas 2.5 NNE - 3.5 ENE Tyrone
69 04/15/2016 1850-1851 1.1 50 EF0 0 0 Texas 6.5 SW - 6 SW Eva
70 04/15/2016 1856-1859 1.1 60 EF1 0 0 Texas 4.5 SSW - 3.5 SSW Eva
71 04/15/2016 1902-1904 0.9 50 EF0 0 0 Texas 3 W - 2 W Eva
72 04/15/2016 1916-1920 1 50 EF0 0 0 Texas 5 NNE - 6 NNE Eva
73 04/15/2016 1919-1921 0.8 25 EF0 0 0 Texas 6 - 6.5 NNE Eva
74 05/28/2018 1841-1842 0.3 50 EF0 0 0 Texas 4 S Goodwell
75 05/28/2018 1921-1924 2 200 EF1 0 0 Texas 4 W - 3 WNW Hardesty
 

Significant Tornadoes in Texas County

  Date Time
(CST)		 Path
Length
(miles)		 Path
Width
(yards)		 F-Scale Killed Injured County Path
  05/16/1949 2330 25 67   1 0 Texas Near Stratford TX - 3 NW Goodwell

This tornado originated east of Dalhart in Dallam County around 11:30 pm on May 15th and moved northeastward. A farm home 8 miles northeast of Dalhart was hit and outbuildings and farm machinery also incurred damage. About 30 minutes later around midnight, the tornado hit the northwestern edge of Stratford, TX in Sherman County where it destroyed 2 homes and injured 3 people. One woman required hospitalization for her injuries. A granary in that area was lifted up and carried about 100 feet.

It continued to the northeast and traveled parallel to the U.S. Highway 54 before it crossed into the Oklahoma Panhandle in Texas County early on May 16th. The tornado tracked just to the west and north of Texhoma, and damage occurred on a farm 0.25 miles north of Texhoma where the tornado uprooted trees, destroyed outbuildings, toppled a windmill, and sheered the porch off of the farmhouse. More damage occurred at a farm 1 mile northeast of Texhoma around 12:20 pm CST. As the tornado approached the Goodwell area, it demolished a farm 3 miles northwest of Goodwell where a 72-year-old man was killed. Some fences and outbuildings were also damaged at a farm north of Goodwell. Telegraph and telephone lines along the tornado's path were also destroyed. The tornado likely continued to the northeast and dissipated just west Guymon.
  07/03/1967 1800 0.1 10 F2 0 1 Texas 3 SW Hooker

Employees at the Natural Gas Pipeline Company sighted the tornado that hit their plant 3 miles southwest of Hooker along U.S. Highway 54. One employee was injured by flying glass when the tornado tore away one end of the main engine room at the plant, and demolished a 45-foot high natural gas cooling tower.
  05/05/1993 1738-1815 12 500 F3 0 0 Texas 13 SSE- 5 ESE Guymon

Severe thunderstorms which produced 2 strong tornadoes and 4 weak tornadoes moved northward along a dryline through Texas County on the evening of May 5th. The first tornado developed 13 miles south-southeast of Guymon at 5:38 pm CST and moved northward 12 miles before dissipating 4.5 miles east-southeast of Guymon at 6:15 pm CST. This F3 tornado destroyed a farm southeast of Guymon.
  05/05/1993 1854-1926 19 1200 F3 0 0 Texas OK/ Stevens KS 8 N Optima OK- 7 SE Hugoton KS

The sixth and largest tornado that occurred in Texas County on May 5th developed 8 miles north of Optima at 6:54 pm CST and moved north 11 miles north before crossing into Kansas 13 miles east-southeast of Hugoton at 7:08 pm CST.

As the half-mile-wide tornado crossed into Kansas and Stevens County, it moved to the north and gradually turned to the northeast prior to roping out. A metal beam garage located 10 miles to the south-southeast of Hugoton was pushed down onto a tractor and a pickup truck. Four irrigation systems were also destroyed.

The width of the first tornado (also rated F3) was approximately 500 yards while the width of the sixth tornado around 1200 yards. All of the tornadoes tracked over mostly open pasturelands and as a result, damage was relatively minor. A dozen cattle were killed by flying debris, several power lines were snapped and numerous irrigation systems suffered damage. Hailstones damaged patrol cars and broke out several windshields near Hardesty and near Hooker.
 

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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