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Tornado Track Map for Blaine County, OK
 
Blaine County, OK Tornadoes Prior to 1950
# Date Time
(CST)
Path
Length
(miles)
Path
Width
(yards)
F-Scale Killed Injured County Path
  07/31/1894 nt       0 many Blaine Watonga
  05/21/1923 1400 svrl 33   0 6 Blaine Near Eagle City
  05/05/1930 1800 10 880   3 0 Blaine Near Greenfield
  05/11/1947 2030 15 220   0 5 Blaine Hitchcock
  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?)
  05/20/1949 2200 55 880   1 7 Blaine/ Kingfisher Near Greenfield - near Omega - near Loyal
  05/20/1949 l ev       0 0 Blaine NW of Watonga
Blaine County, OK Tornadoes (1950-Present*)
# Date Time
(CST)
Path
Length
(miles)
Path
Width
(yards)
F-Scale Killed Injured County Path
1 06/04/1952 1530 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Blaine 5 S Okeene
2 06/05/1953 1530 0.4 100 F1 0 0 Blaine Near and over Canton Lake
3 07/02/1956 1530 0.1 10 F2 0 0 Blaine near Hitchcock
4 07/22/1956 1523 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Blaine 2 W Canton
5 07/06/1958 1615 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Blaine Salt Creek Canyon Area
6 03/25/1959 1905 12 77 F2 0 0 Custer/ Blaine Just N of Weatherford - Just N of Hydro
7 02/20/1960 1530 9 50 F1 0 0 Blaine Near Greenfield - 6 S Omega
8 04/28/1960 1900 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Blaine SE of Watonga
9 05/04/1961 1740 10 10 F3 1 0 Blaine W and N of Geary
10 05/21/1961 1615 9 100 F? 0 0 Blaine 5 S Hitchcock
11 05/26/1963 1535 9 100 F1 0 0 Blaine Canton Lake - 7 W Okeene
12 05/26/1963 1540 1 10 F1 0 0 Blaine 1.5 NE- 2 ENE Longdale
13 05/06/1965 1900 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Blaine E of Carleton
14 05/13/1965 2000 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Blaine Near Longdale
15 04/11/1966 2145 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Blaine Canton
16 06/05/1966 1700 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Blaine West of Watonga
17 01/25/1967 1840 26 150 F2 0 0 Custer/ Blaine SW side of Clinton - 5 N Hydro
18 04/11/1967 2350 1.5 10 F1 0 0 Blaine Geary
19 06/10/1967 2030 0.3 10 F2 0 0 Blaine Watonga
20 06/10/1967 2045 0.1 10 F4 0 0 Blaine 6 E Watonga
21 09/03/1970 1830 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Blaine SW of Greenfield
22 08/02/1977 1730 8 10 F2 0 0 Dewey/ Blaine 4 SE- 12 SE Oakwood
23 05/22/1981 2140 0.1 10 F2 0 0 Blaine 5 W Greenfield
24 05/13/1983 1740 9 150 F1 0 0 Custer/ Blaine 1.5 S Fay - 6 W Watonga
25 05/17/1983 2005 0.1 50 F0 0 0 Blaine 9 S Eagle City
26 04/20/1984 1538 13 10 F1 1 7 Blaine Canton Lake
27 05/13/1985 1650 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Blaine 9 SE Watonga
28 05/15/1990 1650 0.1 20 F1 0 0 Blaine 1 NW Omega
29 05/31/1996 0600 3 25 F1 0 0 Blaine 5 SE Okeene
30 03/27/1997 2355 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Blaine .5 NE Watonga
31 08/18/1997 1842-1845 0.5 73 F0 0 0 Blaine 2 E Eagle City
32 06/13/1998 1545 0.1 30 F0 0 1 Blaine 1 W Longdale
33 07/23/1998 1510 0.1 30 F0 0 0 Blaine 4 W Okeene
34 07/23/1998 1530 0.2 50 F0 0 0 Blaine Okeene
35 09/21/1998 1645 0.5 50 F0 0 0 Dewey/ Blaine 2 W Canton
36 10/04/1998 1638-1641 1.5 30 F0 0 0 Blaine 8 SW - 6.5 SW Watonga
37 10/04/1998 1650-1712 12 200 F2 0 0 Blaine 3 SW - 9 ENE Watonga
38 05/03/1999 1921 0.1 25 F0 0 0 Blaine 3 W Geary
39 05/03/1999 1929-1941 9 150 F1 0 0 Canadian/ Blaine/ Kingfisher 3 NNE Geary - 7 S Omega
40 05/29/2004 1817-1915 20 1760 F2 0 0 Blaine/ Canadian/ Kingfisher 9 WNW Geary - 11.2 W Okarche
41 03/29/2007 1405-1410 2 20 EF1 0 0 Blaine 1.8 SE - 2.5 E Okeene
42 06/13/2007 1906 0.1 30 EF0 0 0 Blaine 2 WSW Eagle City
43 03/02/2008 1646-1649 1 50 EF0 0 0 Blaine 4 N Eagle City
44 05/23/2011 1526-1528 0.3 15 EF0 0 0 Blaine 2 NW Okeene
45 05/24/2011 1420-1444 13 880 EF3 1 2 Dewey/ Blaine/ Major 3 W Canton - Canton Lake - 6 WSW Fairview
46 05/18/2017 1533 0.2 50 EF0 0 0 Blaine 4 NE Weatherford
47 05/18/2017 1605-1610 3 50 EF0 0 0 Canadian/ Blaine 4 SE - 5.5 E Greenfield
48 05/19/2023 1135-1135 0.1 10 EF0 0 0 Blaine 3.5 S Geary
 

Significant Tornadoes in Blaine County

  Date Time
(CST)
Path
Length
(miles)
Path
Width
(yards)
F-Scale Killed Injured County Path
  05/04/1961 1740 10 N/A F3 1 0 Blaine W of Geary - Near Geary

A tornado formed west of Geary and moved northeastward through Blaine County near Geary. The tornado severely damaged or destroyed near 20 buildings. One person was killed in one of the demolished buildings.

  04/20/1984 1538 13 10 F1 1 7 Blaine Canton Lake

A brief, short-lived tornado touched down in a campground at Canton Lake in Dewey County, destroying 6 mobile homes and a recreational vehicle. A woman was killed when the trailer in which she was residing was blown "end over end" down an embankment, and an additional 7 people were injured. Damage was estimated at $100,000.

  06/13/1998 1545 0.1 30 F0 0 1 Blaine 1 W Longdale

During the afternoon and evening four supercell thunderstorms developed near a dryline in western Oklahoma and tracked east into central sections of the state. The Blaine County Sheriff reported a brief tornado. One child was injured with extent of injuries unknown. Several trees were also damaged.

  05/24/2011 1420-1444 13 880 EF3 1 2 Dewey/ Blaine/ Major 3 W Canton - Canton Lake - 6 WSW Fairview

This large tornado began west of Canton in Dewey County and moved north-northeast toward (and eventually over) Canton Lake. The damage was confined to trees and power poles/lines during the early stages of the tornado. However, more significant damage occurred as the tornado moved into Blaine County.

The tornado moved northeast toward Canton Lake, which is where more significant damage occurred. Near the lake, on both sides where the tornado crossed, significant tree damage occurred. Numerous trailer homes were knocked over or destroyed. On the south side of the lake, two injuries occurred at the Canadian Campground. Several other campers took shelter in a concrete bathhouse. Although the bathhouse sustained damage, no injuries were reported. Other concrete structures (benches, pick-nick tables, etc.) were knocked over or shattered. On the other side of the lake, southwest of Longdale, significant damage continued to more structures and trees.

The large, violent tornado continued due north into Major County. The tornado hit homesteads and barns, severely damaging most structures, and splintering trees and power poles. One of the farmsteads received on the upper end of EF-3 damage, with the house completely collapsing and the trees on the property debarked and snapped. The tornado continued near Cedar Springs, damaging the church roof, and severely damaging a mobile home and several buildings at a farmstead. The tornado finally lifted southwest of Fairview.

 

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.