A series of Bering Sea storms will impact western Alaska this week, with elevated water levels, isolated coastal flooding, high surf, erosion, and strong winds. Heavy rain and snow are also expected along the West Coast into Interior Alaska. Showers and thunderstorms will produce a multi-day flash flooding threat across parts of the southern High Plains and Southwest through the weekend. 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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