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Wilbarger County, TX Tornadoes (1900-Present)

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Tornado Track Map for Wilbarger County, TX
 
Wilbarger County, TX Tornadoes (1950-Present*)
# Date Time
(CST)		 Path
Length
(miles)		 Path
Width
(yards)		 F-Scale Killed Injured County Path
1 05/01/1954 1415 69 440 F4 0 2 Foard TX/ Wilbarger TX/ Tillman OK/ Kiowa OK Crowell and Elliot areas TX - E of Tipton OK - near Snyder OK [No injuries in Oklahoma]
2 07/28/1955 1540 1 10 F1 0 0 Wilbarger 5 S Vernon
3 05/23/1956 2000 0.5 17 F1 0 0 Wilbarger 12 S Vernon
4 09/20/1957 1800 0.5 150 F1 0 0 Wilbarger 6 N Vernon (at airport)
5 09/20/1957 1800 0.5 150 F1 0 0 Wilbarger 6 N Vernon (at airport)
6 05/16/1961 1900 0.2 50 F0 0 0 Wilbarger NE of Vernon airport
7 05/20/1962 1500 1 50 F2 0 0 Wilbarger 10 S Vernon
8 06/05/1962 2000 1 50 F2 0 0 Wilbarger east part of Vernon
9 04/24/1964 1600 1 100 F1 0 0 Wilbarger 18 S Vernon
10 05/19/1965 1547 0.8 17 F0 0 0 Wilbarger 5 E Vernon
11 04/23/1966 1505 1 27 F1 0 0 Wilbarger NW of Vernon (just outside city limits)
12 04/09/1967 1500 0.3 300 F2 0 0 Wilbarger 3 N Vernon
13 05/16/1968 1510 2 23 F3 0 0 Wilbarger Near Lockett
14 05/20/1977 1800 7 10 F2 0 0 Wilbarger Just S- 7 NNE Fargo
15 04/10/1979 1520 40 880 F4 11 68 Foard TX/ Wilbarger TX/ Tillman OK 2 N Thalia TX- Lockett TX- Vernon TX- ENE of Davidson OK [One injury in Oklahoma. 11 Fatalities and 67 injuries in Texas]
16 04/10/1979 1555 74 10 F2 1 3 Wilbarger TX/ Wichita TX/ Tillman OK/ Cotton OK/ Comanche OK/ Stephens OK Harrold TX- 9 NNE Electra TX- Grandfield OK- Pumpkin Center OK- W of Marlow OK [One Fatality and 0 injuries in Texas. Zero fatalities and 3 injuries in Oklahoma. ]
17 04/25/1980 1130 12 77 F1 0 0 Foard/ Wilbarger 1 NW Maragret - Margaret - 10 ESE Margaret
18 04/25/1980 1220 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Wilbarger ~3 SW Vernon
19 04/25/1980 1245 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Wilbarger 5 ESE Vernon
20 05/29/1980 2200 13 100 F2 0 0 Wilbarger 3 SE Chillicothe - S of Vernon
21 05/24/1981 1755 3 50 F1 0 0 Wilbarger 10 W- 7 W Vernon
22 05/12/1982 1455 8 100 F1 0 0 Wilbarger 8 WSW- 3 NE Vernon
23 05/16/1982 1850 15 150 F3 0 0 Wilbarger 15 SSW - 6 ESE Vernon
24 05/27/1982 1814 1 50 F1 0 0 Wilbarger S of Vernon
25 06/27/1983 1720 0.1 17 F0 0 0 Wilbarger NW of Vernon
26 04/13/1985 1550 0.5 30 F0 0 0 Wilbarger SE part of county
27 05/16/1986 2023 0.2 10 F0 0 0 Wilbarger near Lockett
28 05/16/1986 2053 0.2 10 F0 0 0 Wilbarger SW of Lockett
29 05/16/1986 2150 0.2 10 F0 0 0 Wilbarger 5 S Vernon
30 05/13/1989 1453 0.3 65 F0 0 0 Wilbarger 10 SE Grayback
31 06/07/1992 1511-1512 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Wilbarger 4 SW Vernon
32 06/07/1992 1515-1519 1 100 F2 0 5 Wilbarger 1 E - 2 E Vernon
33 03/29/1993 1830 0.1 40 F0 0 0 Wilbarger 7 NE Oklaunion
34 04/17/1995 1515 0.1 20 F0 0 0 Wilbarger 5 S Lockett
35 04/17/1995 1537 0.1 20 F0 0 0 Wilbarger 4 W Grayback
36 04/17/1995 1555 0.1 20 F0 0 0 Wilbarger 1 NE Harrold
37 06/09/1995 1616 0.1 100 F0 0 0 Wilbarger 10 NW Vernon
38 04/06/1998 1713 0.1 30 F0 0 0 Wilbarger 5 NE Oklaunion
39 02/22/2000 1545-1551 2 40 F0 0 0 Wilbarger 5 WNW - 5 NW Vernon
40 04/30/2000 1630-1638 2 70 F1 0 0 Wilbarger 1.5 SE - 3.5 E Oklaunion
41 05/07/2003 2118 0.2 20 F0 0 0 Wilbarger 2 NE Fargo
42 04/07/2008 1606-1612 2 200 EF1 0 1 Wilbarger/ Wichita 4 E Harrold - 1 WNW Haynesville
43 05/19/2011 1834 0.5 75 EF0 0 0 Wilbarger 7 NE Oklaunion
44 11/07/2011 1438-1513 17 500 EF4 0 0 Wilbarger TX/ Jackson OK/ Tillman OK 4.5 NE Fargo TX - 3 NNE Tipton [EF0 in Texas]
45 04/17/2013 1903-1905 1 100 EF0 0 0 Wilbarger 7 NNE Harrold
46 04/17/2013 1911-1912 0.2 100 EF0 0 0 Wilbarger 9 NNE Harrold
47 05/08/2015 1522 0.3 30 EF0 0 0 Wilbarger 10 WNW Vernon
48 05/08/2015 1528-1536 4 100 EF1 0 0 Wilbarger 4 NW - near Lockett
49 05/16/2015 1626-1745 42 1600 EF3 0 0 Hardeman TX/ Wilbarger TX/ Jackson OK/ Wilbarger TX/Jackson OK/ Tillman OK/ Kiowa OK 8 N Chillicothe TX - 3 E Snyder OK [EF0 in Texas]
50 04/13/2017 1422 0.3 50 EF0 0 0 Wilbarger 3.5 S Oklaunion
51 05/18/2017 1504 0.2 50 EF? 0 0 Wilbarger 8 S Vernon
52 05/02/2018 1646 0.2 25 EF? 0 0 Wilbarger 5 NNW Vernon
53 04/23/2021 1710-1722 6 400 EF2 0 0 Hardeman/ Wilbarger 8 SE Medicine Mound - 1 WNW Lockett
54 04/23/2021 1734-1742 3 300 EF1 0 0 Wilbarger 2 E - 5 ESE Lockett
55 04/27/2021 1819 0.3 20 EF? 0 0 Wilbarger 11 SSE Grayback
56 05/04/2022 1925-2023 23 600 EF3 0 0 Foard/ Wilbarger 5 SW Thalia - Lockett - 3 N Lockett
 

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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