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Severe Thunderstorms in West-Central Texas; Critical Fire Weather Threat in the Rockies and Plains

Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms capable of producing large hail and damaging wind gusts will be possible this evening across west-central Texas. Elevated to Critical fire weather conditions will persist across the southern Rockies and portions of the southern Plains through this weekend. Read More >

SPC
ID #
Date Time
(CST)
Path
Length
(miles)
Path
Width
(yards)
F-Scale Killed Injured County Path
  04/29/1887 2000       0 0 Comanche Fort Sill
22-4 04/08/1922 0715   n   3 18 Comanche W side Lawton
  06/20/1948 1730 20     0 0 Tillman/ Comanche 8 SW Chattanooga - near Lawton
  04/30/1949 1500 30 250   0 4 Comanche/ Grady NE part of Lawton - southern Grady county
52-11 05/23/1952 0445 0.3 150 F2 0 1 Comanche Lawton
52-12 05/23/1952 0500 n/a 200 F2 0 0 Comanche Fort Sill
53-11 03/29/1953 1925 1.0 100 F1 0 0 Comanche Lawton Municipal Airport
54-16 04/29/1954 2145 n/a 20 F1 0 0 Comanche/ Stephens Near Lawton - near Marlow
57-74 05/24/1957 1730 22 880 F4 4 5 Cotton/ Comanche Near Ahpeatone - Just S of Lawton
61-75 06/07/1961 0520 n/a n/a F? 0 0 Comanche 8 NW Lawton
62-8 05/20/1962 2010 n/a n/a F0 0 0 Comanche 10 SW Lawton
62-15 05/24/1962 1815 n/a n/a F0 0 0 Comanche ~10 SW of Lawton
64-15 04/23/1964 1650 n/a n/a F0 0 0 Comanche 4 E Lawton
68-17 05/02/1968 1930 0.1 15 F1 0 0 Comanche Lawton (2700 block Fort Sill Blvd)
68-42 05/29/1968 2125 n/a n/a F0 0 0 Comanche 7 SW Lawton - Just SE of Lawton
68-50 06/15/1968 1720 n/a n/a F0 0 0 Comanche Lawton (near front gate of Fort Sill)
73-26 05/24/1973 1600 0.4 33 F0 0 0 Comanche Near Lawton
78-21 09/05/1978 1700 0.5 20 F0 0 0 Comanche Fort Sill
79-11 04/10/1979 1705 5 170 F3 3 100 Comanche Lawton (.5 N Airport - ~2 E Lawton)
80-23 09/08/1980 1455 3 50 F1 0 0 Comanche 6 E- 7 ENE Fort Sill Base Tower
82-55 05/16/1982 2055 4 50 F0 0 0 Comanche 2 W Lawton - W range of Fort Sill
82-58 05/20/1982 1933 n/a n/a F0 0 0 Comanche just S of Fort Sill
82-59 05/20/1982 1937 0.5 50 F1 0 0 Comanche Fort Sill
83-43 05/13/1983 2225 0.1 50 F0 0 0 Comanche Lawton (near Wolf Creek)
  04/17/2013 1750     EF0 0 0 Comanche 7 W Lawton (far west Lawton)
 

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.