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Tornado Track Map for Grant County, OK
 
Grant County, OK Tornadoes Prior to 1950
# Date Time
(CST)
Path
Length
(miles)
Path
Width
(yards)
F-Scale Killed Injured County Path
  08/13/1903 1600           Grant Salt Fork
  03/18/1927 1900 35 500   1   Garfield/ Grant/ Kay Near Kremlin - near Tonkawa
  04/19/1929 1500 10 100   0 0 Grant 5 W Medford
  08/12/1934 1600 1 880   0 0 Grant Clyde
  05/08/1935 1930 3 400   0 4 Grant Near Pond Creek and Jefferson
  06/14/1937 1800 2 440   0 0 Grant Lamont
  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?)
Grant County, OK Tornadoes (1950-Present)
# Date Time
(CST)
Path
Length
(miles)
Path
Width
(yards)
F-Scale Killed Injured County Path
1 05/10/1953 0300 39 10 F2 0 0 Grant OK/ Sumner KS/ Cowley KS near state line S of Caldwell KS - W of Udall
2 05/25/1955 2100 13 440 F3 0 1 Grant Deer Creek
3 05/27/1955 2100 0.1 400 F0 0 0 Grant 15 NW Medford
4 05/27/1955 2115 22 300 F1 0 0 Grant/ Kay eastern Grant and NW Kay counties
5 04/02/1956 1945 18 100 F2 0 4 Garfield/ Grant NW Garfield county - just SW of Medford
6 05/30/1956 2131 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Grant 5 SE Wakita
7 04/21/1958 1230 1 27 F1 0 0 Grant NW of Pond Creek
8 07/12/1958 1425 0.3 30 F0 0 0 Grant .5 E Jefferson
9 05/17/1959 1830 5 10 F2 0 0 Grant W to NE of Jefferson
10 05/17/1959 2030 2 200 F2 0 0 Grant Wakita
11 04/04/1964 2315 0.1 10 F? 0 0 Grant 3 N Deer Creek
12 05/05/1964 2345 3 83 F1 0 0 Grant Near Jefferson
13 05/06/1964 0010 0.1 10 F2 0 0 Grant Near Hawley
14 03/16/1965 1640 83 300 F4 0 7 Grant OK/ Kay OK/ Sumner KS/ Cowley KS 6 SSW Nash OK- 2 N Jefferson OK- 4 N Braman OK- Geuda Springs KS- 6 E Winfield KS [Two injuries in Oklahoma]
15 04/04/1965 2000 0.4 100 F0 0 0 Grant 4 W Lamont
16 05/13/1965 2100 0.1 10 F2 0 0 Grant NE of Wakita
17 05/16/1966 2030 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Grant Near Wakita
18 06/05/1966 1830 1.4 150 F1 0 0 Grant 4 WSW Lamont
19 09/04/1966 1145 4 100 F1 0 0 Grant 4 E- 1.5 SE Lamont
20 04/30/1972 2305 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Grant NW of Wakita
21 07/01/1972 1800 0.1 17 F1 0 0 Grant 1.5 NW Medford
22 04/30/1973 2020 13 100 F2 0 6 Alfalfa/ Grant NE side of Great Salt Plains Reservoir - W of Medford
23 05/06/1973 1910 1 50 F1 0 0 Grant ~5 W Deer Creek
24 05/20/1977 1945 0.1 10 F? 0 0 Grant SE edge of Medford
25 05/06/1978 0100 2 40 F1 0 0 Grant Wakita
26 08/24/1979 1720 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Grant Just W of Wakita
27 05/12/1983 1800 0.1 50 F0 0 0 Grant Near Lamont
28 06/08/1984 1805 0.1 17 F0 0 0 Grant 3 E Wakita
29 03/13/1990 1715-1755 19 200 F3 0 0 Grant 5 NE Nash- 7 NE Wakita
30 03/13/1990 1754 22 200 F3 0 0 Grant OK/ Sumner KS 8 NE Wakita OK- 3 SW Mayfield KS
31 03/26/1991 2005-2145 57 500 F3 0 0 Grant OK/ Kay OK/ Sumner KS/ Cowley KS 3 NE Nash OK- 6 N Arkansas City KS
32 04/12/1991 1537-1616 9 800 F3 0 0 Garfield/ Grant 4 SE Hillsdale- 5 SW Pond Creek
33 04/12/1991 1621-1651 10 500 F3 0 0 Grant 0.5 SW Pond Creek- Pond Creek- 4 SE Medford
34 09/25/1996 2150 0.1 25 F0 0 0 Grant 3 SW Deer Creek
35 09/25/1996 2225 0.2 25 F0 0 0 Grant/ Kay 5 E Deer Creek/ 2 W Nardin
36 05/07/1997 1800 2 50 F0 0 0 Grant 2 W - 1 S Wakita
37 05/07/1997 1852 0.1 23 F0 0 0 Grant Near Deer Creek
38 05/07/1997 1853 0.1 23 F0 0 0 Grant Near Deer Creek
39 05/24/1998 1755-1805 5 100 F1 0 0 Alfalfa/ Grant 8 E Amorita - 9 SSE Manchester
40 05/24/1998 1823 0.1 30 F0 0 0 Grant 4 WNW Wakita
41 05/24/1998 1825-1829 3 50 F0 0 0 Grant 2 SW - 2 S Wakita
42 05/24/1998 1839 0.1 30 F0 0 0 Grant 9 W Medford
43 05/24/1998 1840 0.1 30 F0 0 0 Grant 3 SE Wakita
44 05/24/1998 1846-1853 1 250 F0 0 0 Grant 6 W Medford
45 05/24/1998 1847-1850 0.8 180 F0 0 0 Grant 6 W Medford
46 05/24/1998 1920-1924 2 80 F1 0 0 Grant 2 SW - 2 S Medford
47 05/24/1998 1929-1934 5 280 F0 0 0 Grant 3 SE Jefferson - 7 E Pond Creek
48 05/24/1998 1935-1936 1 200 F1 0 0 Grant 4 ENE Pond Creek
49 05/24/1998 1950 2 400 F1 0 0 Grant 1 N Salt Fork
50 05/24/1998 2010-2025 5 1300 F3 0 0 Grant 3 S - 3 NW Lamont
51 10/04/1998 1604 0.1 30 F0 0 0 Grant 5 W Medford
52 04/05/1999 0450-0453 3 100 F0 0 0 Grant 8 SSW - 5 S Wakita
53 03/15/2000 1743-1744 0.5 20 F0 0 0 Grant 2.5 SW Wakita
54 04/11/2002 2152-2159 2 25 F0 0 0 Grant/ Garfield/ Noble 8 SE Lamont - 2 NNE Billings
55 05/08/2002 1949-1957 6 75 F0 0 0 Grant 6 S - 5 E Lamont
56 09/18/2002 1716-1719 1 200 F0 0 0 Grant 0.5 W - 1 N Nash
57 03/29/2007 1520-1530 3 20 EF0 0 0 Garfield/ Grant 3 W Hillsdale - 4 SSE Nash
58 05/10/2010 1433 0.5 20 EF0 0 0 Grant 8.5 N Nash
59 05/10/2010 1438-1534 41 1500 EF3 0 2 Grant OK/ Kay OK/ Sumner KS 8 SW Wakita OK- 5 SE South Haven KS
60 05/10/2010 1439 0.3 30 EF0 0 0 Grant 8 SW Wakita
61 05/10/2010 1503 0.3 30 EF0 0 0 Grant 3 NW Medford
62 05/10/2010 1515-1523 5 500 EF1 0 0 Grant/ Kay 7 E Renfrow - 6 WNW Braman
63 09/17/2011 1646-1649 1.5 75 EF0 0 0 Grant 4 S - 5 S Wakita
64 09/17/2011 1649 0.5 10 EF0 0 0 Grant 5 SSE Wakia
65 09/17/2011 1655 0.5 30 EF0 0 0 Grant 7 S Wakita
66 04/14/2012 1919-2020 35 1000 EF1 0 0 Alfalfa OK/ Grant OK/ Harper KS 3 SE Amorita OK - 1.5 NNW Danville KS
67 04/30/2012 1913-2005 16 300 EF1 0 0 Grant 5 N Nash - 2 SSE Wakita
68 04/30/2012 2006-2010 1 50 EF1 0 0 Grant 1.5 SW - 1 S Medford
69 04/30/2012 2010-2100 14 400 EF1 0 0 Grant 1 SE Medford - 2 E Deer Creek
70 04/30/2012 2029-2050 12 200 EF1 0 0 Grant 3.5 NE Nash - 1 N Pond Creek
71 05/06/2015 1756-1757 0.3 20 EF0 0 0 Grant 5 SSW Wakita
 

Significant Tornadoes in Grant County

  Date Time
(CST)
Path
Length
(miles)
Path
Width
(yards)
F-Scale Killed Injured County Path
  05/25/1955 2100 13 440 F3 0 1 Grant Deer Creek

At 9:00 pm CST, a tornado caused $5,000 in damages to crops and $25,000 in damages to other properties in the Deer Creek area in Grant County. One person was injured by the storm. This tornado was part of a severe weather outbreak that produced nearly 20 tornadoes in Oklahoma including the F5 tornado that hit Blackwell.

  04/02/1956 1945 18 100 F2 0 4 Garfield/ Grant NW Garfield county - just SW of Medford

A tornado touched down about 2.5 miles west of Kremlin in northwest Garfield County around 7:45 pm CST and moved to the northeast into Grant County about one mile west of Pond Creek and then through Jefferson before dissipating about 1 mile west of Medford. The tornado injured 4 people along its path at one home in Grant County. The total property damage was $100,000.

  03/16/1965 1640 83 300 F4 0 7 Grant OK/ Kay OK/ Sumner KS/ Cowley KS 6 SSW Nash OK- 2 N Jefferson OK- 4 N Braman OK- Geuda Springs KS- 6 E Winfield KS [Two injuries in Oklahoma]

Although this event is listed a single tornado with an 83-mile track, it is most likely that a series of at least 4 tornadoes touched down in Oklahoma and Kansas, with at least one violent tornado occurring within this tornado family in Oklahoma.

Two funnels were first reported before a tornado formed 5.7 miles south-southwest of Nash at 4:40 pm CST where the Liberty Church and adjacent parsonage were leveled along with a steel granary. The storm moved northeastward and quickly dissipated east of Nash at 4:55 pm CST. This tornado was probably the first in a series of tornadoes produced by the same supercell thunderstorm. Observers noted a fast movement of the thunderstorm along with numerous tornado touch-downs.

A tornado, probably the second in the series, was observed moving to the northeast 2 miles north of Jefferson. It then caused heavy damage along a 6-mile path from U.S. Highway 81, 3 miles southwest of Medford to U.S. Highway 64, 4 miles east of Medford. Five farmsteads were heavily damaged here and 1 woman was injured.

The greatest damage and longest track occurred when what was probably the third tornado in the series initiated 5 miles northwest of Deer Creek in Grant County, and then moved northeastward to the Grant-Kay County line 5 miles south of the Kansas border. One man was injured 6 miles northeast of Deer Creek when he was caught inside his house, which was leveled. Fifteen farmsteads were hit, 6 of which were completely destroyed, and 3 received major damage.

Data from this event suggest that the tornado continued into the west corner of Kay County, destroying 10 summer cabins and trailer homes near Lake Blackwell and downing 70 power poles. The tornado was last sighted in Oklahoma about 1 mile south of the Kansas line and just east of Interstate 35 before it moved northeast into Kansas about 5 miles southeast of South Haven, KS. It was in a multi-vortex phase as it crossed the state border. From there the tornado moved rapidly to the northeast at 45 mph, hitting Geuda Springs, KS before dissipating 6 miles east of Winfield, KS.

Additional data from the event suggest that a fourth tornado also blew down signs along Interstate Highway 35, 3 miles south of Braman and then moved north-northeast, toppling a 262-foot microwave tower (rated to withstand 175 MPH winds) just north of Braman at 5:53 pm CST. A nearby compressor station also sustained major damage when one home and a 150-foot cooling tower were blown down. Damage was also reported 4 miles north of Braman.

  04/30/1973 2020 13 100 F2 0 6 Alfalfa/ Grant NE side of Great Salt Plains Reservoir - W of Medford

This tornado touched down on the northeast side of the Great Salt Plains Reservoir area, completely demolishing one mobile home and damaging 3 other trailers, a house, and a cafe. The tornado continued east-northeastward before lifting just west of Medford. The tornado was accompanied by straight-line winds which produced damage to many buildings over a half-mile-wide path within Medford.

  05/10/2010 1438-1534 41 1500 EF3 0 2 Grant OK/ Kay OK/ Sumner KS 8 SW Wakita OK- 5 SE South Haven KS

A significant outbreak of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes affected a large part of northern, central, and southern Oklahoma. Tornadoes were most numerous across central and southern Oklahoma, with significant damage occurring over many areas. Severe thunderstorms erupted by midafternoon across northern and western Oklahoma. Given the potent combination of ingredients in place, storms began to produce tornadoes quickly after initiation. Storm motions of 50 to 60 mph were common.

During the midafternoon hours, severe weather was confined to northern Oklahoma. It was there a long track supercell storm produced tornadoes near the Kansas border - including one rated EF3 - from near Wakita to north of Braman.

This tornado developed as a multiple-vortex tornado along State Highway 11 southwest of Wakita. The tornado initially moved east and southeast continuing to affect State Highway 11 before beginning an east-northeast movement across Grant County. The tornado was a large and occasionally multiple-vortex tornado as it moved northwest and north of Medford and was embedded within a larger scale circulation that was strong enough to produce damage along a wide area around the tornado path. The tornado caused significant structural damage about 5 miles northwest of Medford and 5 miles east of Renfrow, and many areas of tree and power pole damage.

The tornado crossed into Kay County from Grant County and continued to produce significant damage. One home was destroyed and another significantly damaged between the Grant County line and U.S. Highway 177. After the tornado crossed US-177, an anchored mobile home was destroyed and blown to the east, and a tri-level home was destroyed with the top floor blown about 50 yards northeast into some trees, and the ground floor pivoted and was displaced to the northwest exposing the basement where one minor injury occurred. The tornado continued to produce significant tree damage as it moved east-northeast, and blew semi-trucks over along Interstate 35 at the Kansas state line. This tornado crossed into Sumner County Kansas. See documentation from the NWS Wichita KS for additional information.

Two semi-tractor trailers were blown off of the Kansas Turnpike right at the Oklahoma/Kansas state line as the tornado crossed the interstate. The overturned semi's temporarily closed Interstate 35 for a short time as they blocked traffic in both directions. The tornado also caused significant tree damage as it moved northeast into rural Sumner County, Kansas.

 

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.