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Oklahoma, 2011

The year's recorded storm events, federal disaster declarations and flood insurance claims.

2,805events recorded1,229 in 2010

31deaths recorded735 injuries

$46Mproperty damage (estimates)

30disaster declarations144 NFIP claims, $3.1M paid

NCEI notes that Storm Data is compiled from a variety of sources including the National Weather Service, other federal, state and local agencies, the media and the public; that property and crop damage figures are estimates; and that some events are recorded by NWS forecast zone rather than by county. FEMA notes that NFIP claim records are redacted and aggregated to protect the privacy of policyholders.

Events by hazard

Hail879

Wind658

Drought617

Winter279

Tornado143

Heat104

Flood78

Wildfire41

Other6

Includes events recorded by forecast zone. The state's yearly total for 2011 was 2,805 against 1,229 in 2010.

Counties with the most recorded events

County	Events in 2011
Tulsa County	85
Le Flore County	80
Osage County	76
Oklahoma County	75
McCurtain County	69
Kay County	60
Pushmataha County	58
Jackson County	54
Garfield County	53
Cleveland County	50
Creek County	50
Rogers County	47
Mayes County	44
Caddo County	41
Kiowa County	41
Pontotoc County	41
Kingfisher County	40
Lincoln County	40
McClain County	39
Okmulgee County	39
Ottawa County	39
Pittsburg County	39
Beaver County	38
Canadian County	38
Carter County	38

Notable events

Date	County	Event type	Magnitude	Property damage	Deaths	Injuries
24 May 2011	Canadian	Tornado	EF5	—	7	112
9 Jul 2011	Tulsa	Excessive Heat	—	—	2	175
1 Feb 2011	Ottawa	Blizzard	—	—	3	5
14 Apr 2011	Atoka	Tornado	EF3	—	2	40
24 May 2011	Logan	Tornado	EF3	—	2	23
1 Aug 2011	Tulsa	Excessive Heat	—	—	1	101
24 May 2011	Grady	Tornado	EF4	—	1	48
10 Aug 2011	Mayes	Tornado	EF2	—	1	2
24 Jul 2011	Mayes	Thunderstorm Wind	64 mph	$15,000	1	1
20 Jan 2011	Marshall	Winter Weather	—	—	1	—
15 Jun 2011	Craig	Heat	—	—	1	—
19 Jun 2011	Tulsa	Heat	—	—	1	—
20 Jan 2011	Carter	Winter Weather	—	—	1	—
19 Jan 2011	Roger Mills	Winter Weather	—	—	1	—
9 Feb 2011	Okmulgee	Winter Storm	—	—	1	—
1 Feb 2011	Cleveland	Winter Storm	—	—	1	—
1 Aug 2011	Choctaw	Excessive Heat	—	—	1	—
1 Aug 2011	Pittsburg	Excessive Heat	—	—	1	—
1 Aug 2011	Washington	Excessive Heat	—	—	1	—
24 May 2011	Major	Tornado	EF3	—	1	—
24 May 2011	McClain	Tornado	EF4	—	—	61
24 May 2011	Kingfisher	Tornado	EF3	—	—	46
24 May 2011	Pottawatomie	Tornado	EF2	—	—	32
1 Jul 2011	Tulsa	Excessive Heat	—	—	—	20
24 May 2011	Payne	Tornado	EF2	—	—	18
22 May 2011	Delaware	Tornado	EF2	$400,000	—	12
23 May 2011	Craig	Flash Flood	—	—	—	10
10 Aug 2011	Creek	Thunderstorm Wind	75 mph	$75,000	—	6
23 May 2011	Ottawa	Flash Flood	—	$50,000	—	4
14 Apr 2011	Delaware	Tornado	EF2	$100,000	—	3
14 Apr 2011	Le Flore	Tornado	EF1	$40,000	—	3
15 Apr 2011	Washita	High Wind	58 mph	$2,000	—	3
1 Feb 2011	Delaware	Blizzard	—	$30,000,000	—	—
22 May 2011	Delaware	Tornado	EF3	$1,000,000	—	2
24 May 2011	Blaine	Tornado	EF3	—	—	2
24 May 2011	Le Flore	Thunderstorm Wind	75 mph	$30,000	—	1
10 Aug 2011	Pontotoc	Thunderstorm Wind	64 mph	$4,000	—	1
21 Jul 2011	Pittsburg	Wildfire	—	—	—	1
21 Jul 2011	Haskell	Wildfire	—	—	—	1
8 Aug 2011	Oklahoma	Thunderstorm Wind	70 mph	—	—	1

Up to 40 events with deaths, injuries, damage of $50,000 or more, or a tornado rating, ranked by deaths, injuries and damage.

Federal disaster declarations in 2011

Declared	Number	Type	Incident	Title	Counties
3 Sep 2011	FM-2956	Fire management assistance	Fire	Ferguson Fire	1
31 Aug 2011	FM-2954	Fire management assistance	Fire	Westminster Fire	1
31 Aug 2011	FM-2953	Fire management assistance	Fire	Twin Lakes Fire Complex	1
30 Aug 2011	FM-2951	Fire management assistance	Fire	63rd And Sooner Road Fire	1
8 Aug 2011	FM-2948	Fire management assistance	Fire	Cedar Lane Fire	1
7 Aug 2011	FM-2947	Fire management assistance	Fire	Cleveland-Mannford Fire Complex	2
5 Aug 2011	FM-2946	Fire management assistance	Fire	265th West Fire	1
4 Aug 2011	FM-2945	Fire management assistance	Fire	Coffee Creek Fire	1
2 Aug 2011	FM-2944	Fire management assistance	Fire	Turley Fire	1
2 Aug 2011	FM-2943	Fire management assistance	Fire	Regency Fire	1
2 Aug 2011	FM-2942	Fire management assistance	Fire	Anderson Road Fire	1
1 Aug 2011	FM-2941	Fire management assistance	Fire	Mustang Road Fire	1
26 Jul 2011	FM-2940	Fire management assistance	Fire	Frankhoma 81-Fire	1
15 Jul 2011	FM-2939	Fire management assistance	Fire	Falls Creek Fire	1
15 Jul 2011	FM-2938	Fire management assistance	Fire	Edmond Fire	1
24 Jun 2011	FM-2932	Fire management assistance	Fire	Medicine Park Fire	1
6 Jun 2011	DR-1989	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding	15
27 May 2011	DR-1988	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding	10
13 May 2011	DR-1985	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Winter Storm And Snowstorm	16
22 Apr 2011	DR-1970	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Straight-Line Winds	2
15 Apr 2011	FM-2890	Fire management assistance	Fire	Goodyear Plant Fire	1
10 Apr 2011	FM-2887	Fire management assistance	Fire	Cleveland Fire	1
6 Apr 2011	FM-2883	Fire management assistance	Fire	Jones Spencer Fire	1
3 Apr 2011	FM-2879	Fire management assistance	Fire	Guymon Fire	1
24 Mar 2011	FM-2874	Fire management assistance	Fire	Osage County Fire Complex	1
12 Mar 2011	FM-2872	Fire management assistance	Fire	Shawnee Fire	1
12 Mar 2011	FM-2871	Fire management assistance	Fire	Goldsby Fire	1
11 Mar 2011	FM-2869	Fire management assistance	Fire	Midwest City Fire Complex	1
11 Mar 2011	FM-2868	Fire management assistance	Fire	Harrah Fire	1
2 Feb 2011	EM-3316	Emergency	Severe Storm	Severe Winter Storm	77

Flood insurance claims with a 2011 date of loss

144 NFIP claims, 104 of them paid, for $3,070,192.

Sources: NOAA NCEI Storm Events through 30 Jun 2026; OpenFEMA DisasterDeclarationsSummaries v2 (1 Oct 2026); OpenFEMA NfipClaims v3 (8 Sep 2026). Built 1 Oct 2026.