A multi-day thunderstorm and heavy rain event will impact the south-central U.S. this Memorial Day weekend. Severe thunderstorms may produce large hail, severe gusts, and a possible tornado or two across portions of the central and southern Plains through Monday. The threat for heavy to excessive rainfall and possible flash flooding will return to the south-central U.S., especially in the Ozarks. 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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