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Severe Storms and Flooding Threat in the Central Plains; Heat Continues in the South and West

Severe thunderstorms may produce damaging winds, large hail, and numerous instances of flash/urban flooding over parts of the central Plains and lower Missouri Valley. Hazardous heat will continue in the South, Desert Southwest and the California Central Valley this weekend. Isolated dry thunderstorms may increase the risk of fire starts and spread across the Four Corners region and vicinity. Read More >

Norman, OK

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Vernon, TX Tornadoes (1900-Present)

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SPC
ID #		 Date Time
(CST)		 Path
Length
(miles)		 Path
Width
(yards)		 F-Scale Killed Injured County Path
55-97 07/28/1955 1540 1.0 7 F1 0 0 Wilbarger 5 S Vernon
57-133 09/20/1957 1800 0.5 150 F1 0 0 Wilbarger 6 N Vernon (at airport)
57-134 09/20/1957 1800 0.5 150 F1 0 0 Wilbarger 6 N Vernon (at airport)
61-52 05/16/1961 1900 0.2 50 F0 0 0 Wilbarger 18 NW- 7 NE Vernon
62-29 05/20/1962 1500 1.0 50 F2 0 0 Wilbarger 10 S Vernon
62-69 06/05/1962 2000 1.0 50 F2 0 0 Wilbarger East part of Vernon
65-57 05/19/1965 1547 0.8 15 F0 0 0 Wilbarger 5 E Vernon
66-19 04/23/1966 1505 1.0 25 F1 0 0 Wilbarger NW of Vernon (just outside city limits)
67-14 04/09/1967 1500 0.3 300 F2 0 0 Wilbarger 3 N Vernon
79-39 04/10/1979 1520 40 880 F4 11 68
(67)		 Foard/ Wilbarger/ Tillman OK 2 N Thalia- Lockett- Vernon- ENE of Davidson OK
80-34 04/25/1980 1220 n/a n/a F0 0 0 Wilbarger ~3 SW Vernon
80-35 04/25/1980 1245 n/a n/a F0 0 0 Wilbarger 5 ESE Vernon
80-79 05/29/1980 2200 13 100 F2 0 0 Wilbarger 3 SE Chillicothe - S of Vernon
81-82 05/24/1981 1755 3 50 F1 0 0 Wilbarger 10 W- 7 W Vernon
82-72 05/12/1982 1455 8 100 F1 0 0 Wilbarger 8 WSW- 3 NE Vernon
82-112 05/16/1982 1850 15 150 F3 0 0 Wilbarger 15 SSW - 6 ESE Vernon
82-148 05/27/1982 1814 1.0 50 F1 0 0 Wilbarger S of Vernon
83-132 06/27/1983 1720 0.1 15 F0 0 0 Wilbarger NW of Vernon
86-75 05/16/1986 2150 0.2 10 F0 0 0 Wilbarger 5 S Vernon
92-96 06/07/1992 1511 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Wilbarger 4 SW Vernon
92-97 06/07/1992 1515 1.0 100 F2 0 5 Wilbarger 1 E - 2 E Vernon
95-193 06/09/1995 1616 0.1 100 F0 0 0 Wilbarger 10 NW Vernon
  05/08/2015 1522 0.3 30 EF0 0 0 Wilbarger 10 WNW Vernon
  05/18/2017 1504 0.2 50 EFU 0 0 Wilbarger 8 S Vernon
  05/02/2018 1646 0.2 25 EFU 0 0 Wilbarger 5 NNW Vernon
 

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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