A strengthening clipper storm will shift across southeastern Canada Wednesday and Thursday with a arctic cold front crossing the Great Lakes and Northeast which will produce intense bursts of snow and gusty winds. Localized short-duration blizzard conditions will be possible with several feet of additional lake effect snow in the Great Lakes. Dry and warm conditions are expected in the West. Read More >
| SPC ID # |
Date | Time (CST) |
Path Length (miles) |
Path Width (yards) |
F-Scale | Killed | Injured | County | Path |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17-2 | 04/18/1917 | 1855 | 30 | 50 | 1 | 15 | Jackson/ Tillman/ Kiowa | Near Altus to between Snyder and Manitou | |
| 05/03/1938 | 1745 | 15 | 67 | 0 | 2 | Jackson | 1.5 SW Altus | ||
| 05/18/1949 | 1930 | 0 | Jackson | NW of Altus | |||||
| 55-20 | 05/11/1955 | 1500 | n/a | n/a | F0 | 0 | 0 | Jackson | Near Altus |
| 55-24 | 05/25/1955 | 0500 | n/a | n/a | F0 | 0 | 0 | Jackson | Near Altus |
| 57-10 | 04/02/1957 | 1830 | 44 | 150 | F2 | 0 | 1 | Jackson/ Kiowa | 2.5 E Altus - just W of Mountain View |
| 57-12 | 04/02/1957 | 1905 | 9 | 100 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Jackson | SW of Altus AFB- Altus AFB- NNE of Altus AFB |
| 61-19 | 04/23/1961 | 1615 | n/a | n/a | F2 | 0 | 0 | Jackson | 6 NW Altus |
| 62-11 | 05/24/1962 | 1715 | n/a | n/a | F2 | 0 | 0 | Jackson | 4 NW- 4 N Altus |
| 62-12 | 05/24/1962 | 1716 | n/a | n/a | F2 | 0 | 0 | Jackson | 3 SW Altus |
| 62-13 | 05/24/1962 | 1725 | n/a | n/a | F0 | 0 | 0 | Jackson | 9 SW Altus |
| 62-14 | 05/24/1962 | 1725 | n/a | n/a | F0 | 0 | 0 | Jackson | 9 SW Altus |
| 62-26 | 05/26/1962 | 1702 | n/a | n/a | F? | 0 | 0 | Jackson | 10 NNW Altus |
| 75-2 | 02/22/1975 | 0030 | 6 | 60 | F1 | 0 | 4 | Jackson | Altus AFB - Friendship |
| 75-3 | 02/22/1975 | 0030 | 5 | 100 | F2 | 2 | 8 | Jackson | N part of Altus |
| 76-18 | 05/29/1976 | 1729 | 0.3 | 30 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Jackson | 5 E Altus |
| 76-19 | 05/29/1976 | 1729 | 0.3 | 30 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Jackson | 5 E Altus |
| 77-31 | 05/20/1977 | 1420 | 10 | 880 | F3 | 0 | 3 | Jackson | Altus - Altus AFB |
| 80-3 | 03/31/1980 | 2100 | 0.2 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Jackson | 4 ENE Altus |
| 80-17 | 05/29/1980 | 1400 | n/a | n/a | F0 | 0 | 0 | Jackson | 8 SW Altus |
| 80-18 | 05/29/1980 | 1928 | n/a | n/a | F2 | 0 | 0 | Jackson | Altus |
| 82-28 | 05/11/1982 | 1638 | n/a | n/a | F0 | 0 | 0 | Jackson | 2 S Altus |
| 82-29 | 05/11/1982 | 1650 | 4 | 350 | F3 | 0 | 41 | Jackson | SE Altus - Altus AFB - .5 NE Altus AFB |
| 86-13 | 05/14/1986 | 1429 | 6 | 300 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Jackson | 5 S Altus- near Humphreys |
| 05/25/1999 | 1835 | 1.5 | 50 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Jackson | 3 W - 3 SW Altus AFB | |
| 05/31/1999 | 1937 | 0.2 | 50 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Jackson | 5 NE Altus | |
| 05/19/2001 | 1323 | 0.5 | 25 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Jackson | 4 WNW Altus | |
| 05/09/2013 | 1721 | 0.1 | 20 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | Jackson | 9 SSW Altus |
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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