Major to extreme HeatRisk will continue to impact much of southern Texas into next week, where widespread record-breaking highs and record warm overnight low temperatures are possible. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are possible mainly over parts of the Dakotas and Nebraska this afternoon and evening, and perhaps into far western Iowa and southwest Minnesota tonight. Read More >
| SPC ID # |
Date | Time (CST) |
Path Length (miles) |
Path Width (yards) |
F-Scale | Killed | Injured | County | Path |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/26/1944 | 1835 | 660 | 0 | 3 | Beckham | Near Elk City | |||
| 10/09/1949 | 2315 | 16 | 440 | 0 | 0 | Beckham/ Washita | Elk City - near Canute - near Foss | ||
| 51-24 | 05/19/1951 | 2012 | n/a | 220 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Beckham | Near Elk City |
| 61-70 | 06/02/1961 | 1825 | n/a | n/a | F0 | 0 | 0 | Beckham | 4 W Elk City |
| 75-8 | 03/27/1975 | 230 | 20 | 150 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Beckham/ Washita/ Custer | 10 SW- 10 NE Elk City |
| 80-9 | 04/24/1980 | 1900 | 0.3 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 1 | Beckham | N part of Elk City |
| 82-50 | 05/16/1982 | 645 | 0.5 | 50 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Beckham | Near Elk City |
| 83-57 | 06/10/1983 | 1820 | 28 | 40 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Beckham/ Custer | 7 NW Elk City - near Clinton (* probably not continuous) |
| 83-63 | 06/13/1983 | 1556 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Beckham | 1.5 N Elk City |
| 84-24 | 04/29/1984 | 740 | 12 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Beckham | 12 SW- 4 SE Elk City |
| 89-2 | 03/27/1989 | 1412 | 0.2 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Beckham | 7 S Elk City |
| 89-13 | 06/06/1989 | 2056 | 3 | 30 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Beckham | 3 NE Elk City |
| 89-16 | 06/12/1989 | 1357 | 0.1 | 20 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Beckham | 8 S Elk City |
| 93-2 | 03/29/1993 | 1612 | 0.1 | 25 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Beckham | 2 W Elk City |
| 10/09/2001 | 1530 | 11.5 | 600 | F3 | 0 | 0 | Beckham/ Washita/ Custer | NE side of Elk City - 2.5 W Foss Reservoir Dam | |
| 04/16/2002 | 2115 | 0.3 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Beckham | 7 NNE Elk City | |
| 05/09/2015 | 1924 | 2 | 100 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | Beckham/ Roger Mills | 6.5 N Elk City - 1 SSW Carpenter | |
| 05/16/2015 | 1647 | 0.2 | 30 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | Beckham | 2 NE Elk City | |
| 05/16/2017 | 1746-1818 | 18 | 1000 | EF2 | 1 | 10 | Beckham/ Washita | 3 NW Carter - Elk City (S side) - 3 WSW Canute |
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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