Active spring pattern across the center of our nation with several episodes of severe weather and heavy rainfall expected into next week. The potential for very large hail, long track tornadoes, severe wind gusts, frequent cloud to ground lightning strikes and flash flooding are in the outlook. Furthermore, dangerous early season heat wave continues for the Gulf Coast states into early next week. Read More >
| SPC ID # |
Date | Time (CST) |
Path Length (miles) |
Path Width (yards) |
F-Scale | Killed | Injured | County | Path |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/27/1912 | 1720 | 1 | Kay | N of Blackwell | |||||
| 04/09/1929 | 2045 | 5 | 880 | 0 | 0 | Kay | Near Blackwell | ||
| 04/17/1935 | nt | 3 | 0 | 1 | Kay | Near Blackwell | |||
| 49-3 | 03/30/1949 | 0038 | 97 | 300 | 4 | 45 | Dewey/ Blaine/ Major/ Garfield/ Grant/ Kay | 9 SW Canton - Canton - Longdale - 3 NNE Enid - near Hunter - near Blackwell - KS (family?) | |
| 50-20 | 06/09/1950 | 1825 | n/a | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Kay | E of Blackwell |
| 51-8 | 04/24/1951 | 2100 | n/a | n/a | F1 | 0 | 0 | Kay | 6 SW Blackwell |
| 52-6 | 04/21/1952 | 1605 | 0.3 | 50 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Kay | 5 NNW Blackwell |
| 53-50 | 11/19/1953 | 0825 | n/a | n/a | F0 | 0 | 0 | Kay | Near Blackwell (SE of Maulk airport) |
| 55-33 | 05/25/1955 | 2126 | 28 | 500 | F5 | 20 | 280 | Kay/ Sumner KS | Blackwell - into Kansas |
| 55-46 | 05/27/1955 | 2130 | n/a | n/a | F0 | 0 | 0 | Kay | Between Blackwell and Braman |
| 56-28 | 05/30/1956 | 2144 | n/a | n/a | F0 | 0 | 0 | Kay | NW of Blackwell |
| 59-30 | 05/04/1959 | 2115 | 6 | 300 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Kay | 3 W- 4 NNE Blackwell |
| 60-6 | 03/31/1960 | 1800 | 0.2 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Kay | 2 SW Blackwell |
| 60-28 | 04/29/1960 | 1415 | n/a | n/a | F? | 0 | 0 | Kay | 1.5 N Blackwell |
| 64-19 | 05/01/1964 | 1545 | n/a | n/a | F1 | 0 | 0 | Kay | 4 SW Blackwell |
| 65-61 | 06/13/1965 | 0125 | n/a | n/a | F0 | 0 | 0 | Kay | 5 NW Blackwell |
| 65-62 | 06/13/1965 | 0125 | n/a | n/a | F0 | 0 | 0 | Kay | 5 NW Blackwell |
| 66-22 | 06/05/1966 | 1750 | 3 | 100 | F2 | 0 | 1 | Kay | 6 WNW- 4 W Blackwell |
| 68-2 | 04/03/1968 | 0010 | 16 | 100 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Noble/ Kay | 1 ESE Billings - 7 SE Blackwell |
| 68-10 | 04/19/1968 | 1600 | 0.5 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Kay | 5 ESE Blackwell |
| 68-24 | 05/08/1968 | 1745 | n/a | n/a | F0 | 0 | 0 | Kay | 2 NE Blackwell |
| 73-72 | 11/19/1973 | 2010 | 3 | 150 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Kay | Blackwell |
| 81-17 | 05/17/1981 | 1425 | 19 | 33 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Kay | Just NE of Blackwell - ~8 NNW Newkirk |
| 83-17 | 05/12/1983 | 1737 | 0.1 | 50 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Kay | 12 NW Blackwell |
| 83-19 | 05/12/1983 | 1805 | 0.1 | 50 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Kay | 5 SW Blackwell |
| 92-30 | 05/11/1992 | 1558 | 0.5 | 50 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Kay | 7 NW Blackwell |
| 92-35 | 05/11/1992 | 1620 | 0.5 | 50 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Kay | 2 SE Blackwell |
| 93-46 | 06/08/1993 | 1607 | 0.1 | 20 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Kay | 7 N Blackwell |
| 08/29/1996 | 1620 | 0.1 | 20 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Kay | 3 E Blackwell | |
| 05/07/1997 | 1858 | 0.1 | 25 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Kay | 7 W Blackwell | |
| 09/18/2002 | 1829 | 0.3 | 25 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Kay | 5 NW Blackwell |
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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