Tornado events in Kingfisher County, Oklahoma The tornado events on record, by date and by year

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NCEI has 83 tornado events on record for Kingfisher County, Oklahoma, from 1950 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest tornado event on record is on 6 Jun 2025.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 14 tornado events on record for the county.

The NWS collects event reports from a variety of sources, which include (but are not limited to): county, state, and federal emergency management officials, local law enforcement officials, SKYWARN spotters, NWS damage surveys, newspaper clipping services, the insurance industry, and the general public, among others.
The National Weather Service reports property and crop damage estimates using available data at the time of event reporting. These values should therefore be considered broad estimates. Damage amounts are not adjusted for inflation.
The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on 2 Oct 2026.

Date of the data: NCEI storm events through 30 Jun 2026. Event types on this page: Tornado.

Newest tornado events on record

Jun 6 2025

TornadoEF0

8 miles NNW of CASHION

Sep 5 2024

TornadoEF0

6 miles ESE of OMEGA

May 6 2024

TornadoEF1

7 miles WSW of LACEY. Damage estimate: $15 thousand

May 2 2022

TornadoEF0

2 miles WSW of LOYAL

TornadoEF0

2 miles W of LOYAL

May 27 2021

TornadoEF0

3 miles E of LOYAL

Jun 16 2019

TornadoEF0

7 miles ESE of OMEGA

TornadoEF0

7 miles ESE of OMEGA

May 20 2019

TornadoEF0

12 miles E of HENNESSEY

TornadoEF0

4 miles NNE of DOVER

TornadoEF0

4 miles NNE of DOVER

TornadoEF unrated

11 miles N of CASHION

TornadoEF unrated

7 miles NNW of CASHION

TornadoEF unrated

6 miles NW of CASHION

May 31 2013

TornadoEF0

1 mile NE of OMEGA

May 24 2011

TornadoEF3

5 miles S of CASHION

May 19 2010

TornadoEF1

1 mile W of LOYAL

TornadoEF0

10 miles E of HENNESSEY

TornadoEF0

1 mile NW of HENNESSEY

May 10 2010

TornadoEF0

6 miles SW of CASHION

Aug 26 2009

TornadoEF0

6 miles SSE of OMEGA

May 24 2008

TornadoEF2

3 miles ENE of LACEY

TornadoEF1

1 mile WNW of LACEY

May 29 2004

TornadoF0

11 miles W of OKARCHE

May 16 2003

TornadoF0

3 miles N of OKARCHE

A place is the text of the NCEI record: a distance and a direction from a reference place. The site does not show a place text that names a private property or reads as a person. A tornado before February 2007 has a rating on the Fujita scale (F). A later tornado has a rating on the Enhanced Fujita scale (EF).

Tornado events by year

Tornado events on record for Kingfisher County by year, 1950 to 2026
Decade	Year that ends in 0	Year that ends in 1	Year that ends in 2	Year that ends in 3	Year that ends in 4	Year that ends in 5	Year that ends in 6	Year that ends in 7	Year that ends in 8	Year that ends in 9	All
1950s	1	3	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	10
1960s	2	1	1	2	0	2	0	1	2	0	11
1970s	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
1980s	0	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	8
1990s	0	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	16	25
2000s	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	6
2010s	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	14
2020s	0	1	2	0	2	1	0 (part of the year)				6

A darker cell has a larger count. The number is in each cell.

Tornado events are on record from 1950. The year 2026 has the events through 30 Jun 2026 only.

By month, all years

Jan0 events
Feb0 events
Mar0 events
Apr7 events
May53 events
Jun6 events
Jul7 events
Aug4 events
Sep1 event
Oct3 events
Nov2 events
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Tornado events on record for Kingfisher County by rating
Rating	Wind estimate of the scale	Events
EF0 or F0	65 to 85 mph (EF0)	39
EF1 or F1	86 to 110 mph (EF1)	22
EF2 or F2	111 to 135 mph (EF2)	12
EF3 or F3	136 to 165 mph (EF3)	5
EF4 or F4	166 to 200 mph (EF4)	1
EF5 or F5	more than 200 mph (EF5)	0
Unrated	no rating on record	4

Tornadoes may contain multiple segments. A tornado that crosses a county line or state line is considered a separate segment.

The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on 2 Oct 2026.

The Enhanced F-scale still is a set of wind estimates (not measurements) based on damage.

The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NWS Storm Prediction Center, Enhanced Fujita Tornado Damage Scale, copied on 2 Oct 2026.

The wind estimates are those of the Enhanced Fujita scale.

Beside the other counties

Tornado events on record: Kingfisher County beside the total of the counties of Oklahoma and of the United States
Measure	Kingfisher	All counties of Oklahoma	All counties of the United States
Tornado events, 1950 to 2026	83	5,054	81,254
Events for each 100 square miles	9.2	7.4	2.3
Events for each 10,000 residents	54.6	12.7	2.4

The columns for the state and the United States total the counties. They count the events of each county in the same way as the county column. A forecast zone with another name than a county counts for the state only.

More tornado events on record

Tornado events on record for Kingfisher County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	Deaths	Injuries	On record for
16 May 2003	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
3 May 1999	Tornado	F1	$2 thousand	0	0	County
3 May 1999	Tornado	F1	$5 thousand	0	0	County
3 May 1999	Tornado	F3	$50 thousand	0	0	County
3 May 1999	Tornado	F0	$500	0	0	County
3 May 1999	Tornado	F0	$4 thousand	0	0	County
3 May 1999	Tornado	F0	$5 thousand	0	0	County
3 May 1999	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
3 May 1999	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
3 May 1999	Tornado	F1	$2 thousand	0	0	County
3 May 1999	Tornado	F3	$300 thousand	0	4	County
3 May 1999	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
3 May 1999	Tornado	F4	$2.5 million	1	11	County
3 May 1999	Tornado	F1	$10 thousand	0	0	County
3 May 1999	Tornado	F2	$30 thousand	0	0	County
3 May 1999	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
3 May 1999	Tornado	F0	$100	0	0	County
4 Oct 1998	Tornado	F1	$30 thousand	0	0	County
17 Aug 1994	Tornado	F1	$50 thousand	0	0	County
18 Jun 1992	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
11 May 1992	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
11 May 1992	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
12 Jul 1991	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
12 Apr 1991	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
12 Apr 1991	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
12 Apr 1991	Tornado	F1	none	0	0	County
15 Nov 1988	Tornado	F1	$250 thousand	0	0	County
13 May 1983	Tornado	F1	$25 thousand	0	0	County
13 May 1983	Tornado	F3	$250 thousand	0	0	County
13 May 1983	Tornado	F1	$25 thousand	0	0	County
27 May 1982	Tornado	F2	$250 thousand	0	2	County
16 May 1982	Tornado	F1	$25 thousand	0	0	County
16 May 1982	Tornado	F0	$30	0	0	County
5 Oct 1981	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
31 Aug 1979	Tornado	F2	$250 thousand	0	0	County
19 Nov 1973	Tornado	F1	$250 thousand	0	2	County
11 Jun 1970	Tornado	F2	none	0	2	County
21 Apr 1968	Tornado	F1	$250	0	0	County
16 Apr 1968	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
10 Jun 1967	Tornado	F3	$2.5 million	0	1	County
20 Aug 1965	Tornado	F0	$3 thousand	0	0	County
6 May 1965	Tornado	F2	none	0	2	County
20 Oct 1963	Tornado	F2	$25 thousand	0	0	County
28 Jul 1963	Tornado	F1	$25 thousand	0	0	County
9 Jul 1962	Tornado	F1	$3 thousand	0	0	County
4 May 1961	Tornado	F1	$25 thousand	0	0	County
27 May 1960	Tornado	F2	$3 thousand	0	0	County
17 May 1960	Tornado	not recorded	none	0	0	County
15 May 1957	Tornado	F0	$30	0	0	County
15 May 1957	Tornado	F1	$3 thousand	0	0	County
22 Apr 1957	Tornado	F2	$250 thousand	0	0	County
25 May 1955	Tornado	F1	$3 thousand	0	0	County
29 Apr 1954	Tornado	F2	$25 thousand	0	2	County
13 Jul 1952	Tornado	F1	$250	0	0	County
15 Jul 1951	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
15 Jul 1951	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
15 Jul 1951	Tornado	F2	$250	0	0	County
7 May 1950	Tornado	F2	$25 thousand	0	3	County

The table has all other events on record. A damage figure is an estimate in the NCEI record.

Official channels

NCEI Storm Events Database (opens in a new tab)Search the full NCEI record by state, county and date.
National Weather Service: Norman, OK (opens in a new tab)The forecast office that issues the weather warnings for the county.
FEMA Flood Map Service Center: Search By Address (opens in a new tab)Search an address to see its flood map. This site has no flood-zone data.

These links open the pages of the agencies. The site checked the links on 2 Oct 2026.

Cite this page

County Hazards. "Tornado events on record for Kingfisher County, Oklahoma". https://countyhazards.com/county/ok/kingfisher/tornado/. Data: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database through 30 Jun 2026. Page made on 2 Oct 2026.

Questions

Which month has the most tornado events on record for Kingfisher County?: May has 53 of the 83 tornado events on record from 1950 through 30 Jun 2026.
How many tornado events are on record for Oklahoma?: NCEI has 5,054 tornado events on record for Oklahoma from 1950 through 30 Jun 2026. That count has every forecast zone of the state.
How does Kingfisher County compare with the other counties of Oklahoma?: The counties of Oklahoma have 7.4 tornado events for each 100 square miles. Kingfisher County has 9.2.
Which tornado ratings are on record for Kingfisher County?: 61 tornado events have a rating of EF0, F0, EF1 or F1. 18 events have a higher rating. 4 events have no rating.