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Wilbarger County, TX Tornadoes (1950-Present*) | |||||||||
# | Date | Time (CST) |
Path Length (miles) |
Path Width (yards) |
F-Scale | Killed | Injured | County | Path |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 05/01/1954 | 1415 | 69 | 440 | F4 | 0 | 2 | Foard TX/ Wilbarger TX/ Tillman OK/ Kiowa OK | Crowell and Elliot areas TX - E of Tipton OK - near Snyder OK [No injuries in Oklahoma] |
2 | 07/28/1955 | 1540 | 1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | 5 S Vernon |
3 | 05/23/1956 | 2000 | 0.5 | 17 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | 12 S Vernon |
4 | 09/20/1957 | 1800 | 0.5 | 150 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | 6 N Vernon (at airport) |
5 | 09/20/1957 | 1800 | 0.5 | 150 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | 6 N Vernon (at airport) |
6 | 05/16/1961 | 1900 | 0.2 | 50 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | NE of Vernon airport |
7 | 05/20/1962 | 1500 | 1 | 50 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | 10 S Vernon |
8 | 06/05/1962 | 2000 | 1 | 50 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | east part of Vernon |
9 | 04/24/1964 | 1600 | 1 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | 18 S Vernon |
10 | 05/19/1965 | 1547 | 0.8 | 17 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | 5 E Vernon |
11 | 04/23/1966 | 1505 | 1 | 27 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | NW of Vernon (just outside city limits) |
12 | 04/09/1967 | 1500 | 0.3 | 300 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | 3 N Vernon |
13 | 05/16/1968 | 1510 | 2 | 23 | F3 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | Near Lockett |
14 | 05/20/1977 | 1800 | 7 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | Just S- 7 NNE Fargo |
15 | 04/10/1979 | 1520 | 40 | 880 | F4 | 11 | 68 | Foard TX/ Wilbarger TX/ Tillman OK | 2 N Thalia TX- Lockett TX- Vernon TX- ENE of Davidson OK [One injury in Oklahoma. 11 Fatalities and 67 injuries in Texas] |
16 | 04/10/1979 | 1555 | 74 | 10 | F2 | 1 | 3 | Wilbarger TX/ Wichita TX/ Tillman OK/ Cotton OK/ Comanche OK/ Stephens OK | Harrold TX- 9 NNE Electra TX- Grandfield OK- Pumpkin Center OK- W of Marlow OK [One Fatality and 0 injuries in Texas. Zero fatalities and 3 injuries in Oklahoma. ] |
17 | 04/25/1980 | 1130 | 12 | 77 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Foard/ Wilbarger | 1 NW Maragret - Margaret - 10 ESE Margaret |
18 | 04/25/1980 | 1220 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | ~3 SW Vernon |
19 | 04/25/1980 | 1245 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | 5 ESE Vernon |
20 | 05/29/1980 | 2200 | 13 | 100 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | 3 SE Chillicothe - S of Vernon |
21 | 05/24/1981 | 1755 | 3 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | 10 W- 7 W Vernon |
22 | 05/12/1982 | 1455 | 8 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | 8 WSW- 3 NE Vernon |
23 | 05/16/1982 | 1850 | 15 | 150 | F3 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | 15 SSW - 6 ESE Vernon |
24 | 05/27/1982 | 1814 | 1 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | S of Vernon |
25 | 06/27/1983 | 1720 | 0.1 | 17 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | NW of Vernon |
26 | 04/13/1985 | 1550 | 0.5 | 30 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | SE part of county |
27 | 05/16/1986 | 2023 | 0.2 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | near Lockett |
28 | 05/16/1986 | 2053 | 0.2 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | SW of Lockett |
29 | 05/16/1986 | 2150 | 0.2 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | 5 S Vernon |
30 | 05/13/1989 | 1453 | 0.3 | 65 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | 10 SE Grayback |
31 | 06/07/1992 | 1511-1512 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | 4 SW Vernon |
32 | 06/07/1992 | 1515-1519 | 1 | 100 | F2 | 0 | 5 | Wilbarger | 1 E - 2 E Vernon |
33 | 03/29/1993 | 1830 | 0.1 | 40 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | 7 NE Oklaunion |
34 | 04/17/1995 | 1515 | 0.1 | 20 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | 5 S Lockett |
35 | 04/17/1995 | 1537 | 0.1 | 20 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | 4 W Grayback |
36 | 04/17/1995 | 1555 | 0.1 | 20 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | 1 NE Harrold |
37 | 06/09/1995 | 1616 | 0.1 | 100 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | 10 NW Vernon |
38 | 04/06/1998 | 1713 | 0.1 | 30 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | 5 NE Oklaunion |
39 | 02/22/2000 | 1545-1551 | 2 | 40 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | 5 WNW - 5 NW Vernon |
40 | 04/30/2000 | 1630-1638 | 2 | 70 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | 1.5 SE - 3.5 E Oklaunion |
41 | 05/07/2003 | 2118 | 0.2 | 20 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | 2 NE Fargo |
42 | 04/07/2008 | 1606-1612 | 2 | 200 | EF1 | 0 | 1 | Wilbarger/ Wichita | 4 E Harrold - 1 WNW Haynesville |
43 | 05/19/2011 | 1834 | 0.5 | 75 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | 7 NE Oklaunion |
44 | 11/07/2011 | 1438-1513 | 17 | 500 | EF4 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger TX/ Jackson OK/ Tillman OK | 4.5 NE Fargo TX - 3 NNE Tipton [EF0 in Texas] |
45 | 04/17/2013 | 1903-1905 | 1 | 100 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | 7 NNE Harrold |
46 | 04/17/2013 | 1911-1912 | 0.2 | 100 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | 9 NNE Harrold |
47 | 05/08/2015 | 1522 | 0.3 | 30 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | 10 WNW Vernon |
48 | 05/08/2015 | 1528-1536 | 4 | 100 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | 4 NW - near Lockett |
49 | 05/16/2015 | 1626-1745 | 42 | 1600 | EF3 | 0 | 0 | Hardeman TX/ Wilbarger TX/ Jackson OK/ Wilbarger TX/Jackson OK/ Tillman OK/ Kiowa OK | 8 N Chillicothe TX - 3 E Snyder OK [EF0 in Texas] |
50 | 04/13/2017 | 1422 | 0.3 | 50 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | 3.5 S Oklaunion |
51 | 05/18/2017 | 1504 | 0.2 | 50 | EF? | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | 8 S Vernon |
52 | 05/02/2018 | 1646 | 0.2 | 25 | EF? | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | 5 NNW Vernon |
53 | 04/23/2021 | 1710-1722 | 6 | 400 | EF2 | 0 | 0 | Hardeman/ Wilbarger | 8 SE Medicine Mound - 1 WNW Lockett |
54 | 04/23/2021 | 1734-1742 | 3 | 300 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | 2 E - 5 ESE Lockett |
55 | 04/27/2021 | 1819 | 0.3 | 20 | EF? | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | 11 SSE Grayback |
56 | 05/04/2022 | 1925-2023 | 23 | 600 | EF3 | 0 | 0 | Foard/ Wilbarger | 5 SW Thalia - Lockett - 3 N Lockett |
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.