Chickasha, OK tornado warnings

Chickasha was inside 5 tornado warnings, 152 severe thunderstorm warnings and 24 flash flood warnings from 2016 to 2025, about 0.5, 15 and 2.4 a year, counting warnings whose outline covered the center of Chickasha. The most recent tornado warning there was on November 3, 2024.

In the 12 months to October 19, 2026: 0 tornado warnings, 15 severe thunderstorm warnings, 1 flash flood warning. 30th of 46 Oklahoma cities on Kinwarn for tornado warnings, 2016 to 2025.

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How many tornado warnings does Chickasha get?

From 2016 to 2025, the center of Chickasha was inside 5 tornado warnings, about 0.5 a year. Severe thunderstorm warnings were more common: 152 severe thunderstorm warnings, about 15 a year. Since the Weather Service started the tag in 2021, 3 severe thunderstorm warnings that covered the center of Chickasha were tagged destructive (winds of 80 mph or more, or hail 2.75 inches or larger) for at least part of the warned area.

The table runs from 2008, the first full year the National Weather Service drew an outline around every warning.

Warnings for Chickasha, OK by year
YearTornadoSevere thunderstormFlash flood
2026 to Oct 190151
20250184
20241141
20230250
20221113
2021192
20200172
20190163
20180134
20171213
2016182
2015398
2014080
20131214
20120190
20111110
20100152
20090150
20080161

Flash flood warnings in Chickasha

The center of Chickasha was inside 24 flash flood warnings from 2016 to 2025, about 2.4 a year, counting warnings whose outline covered the center of Chickasha. The most recent flash flood warning there was on October 14, 2026. The most in one year was 8, in 2015. In the 12 months to October 19, 2026: 1 flash flood warning. Since 2008, one flash flood warning that covered the center of Chickasha was raised to a flash flood emergency for at least part of the warned area.

A flash flood warning means a flash flood is happening or about to happen. If you are in an area that floods, move to high ground now, and do not drive or walk into floodwater. A flash flood emergency is the rare flash flood warning the National Weather Service issues when a threat to life and catastrophic damage is happening or about to happen.

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Tornadoes near Chickasha

33 tornadoes have passed within 10 miles of the center of Chickasha since 1950, including 2 rated 4 or 5 on the F or EF scale. The most recent was on May 13, 2023 (EF0, 2.1 miles from the center). The strongest: F5 on May 3, 1999, 8.3 miles away at its closest.

DateRatingClosestPathDeaths
May 13, 2023EF02.1 mi0.1 mi0
May 11, 2023EF03.4 mi1 mi0
Oct 10, 2021unrated7.9 mi1.8 mi0
Oct 10, 2021unrated4.5 mi0.2 mi0
May 2, 2018EF16.1 mi5.5 mi0
May 2, 2018EF19.4 mi0.4 mi0
Oct 21, 2017EF19.2 mi3.3 mi0
Apr 29, 2016EF17 mi12 mi0
May 24, 2011EF41.1 mi33.3 mi1
Aug 18, 2007EF16.7 mi2 mi0
May 4, 2001F01.2 mi0.2 mi0
May 3, 1999F32.8 mi9 mi0

The 12 most recent of 33. Closest is the distance from the center of Chickasha to the tornado’s path. Deaths are for the whole path.

Unrated tornadoUnrated tornadoEF/F0 tornadoEF/F0 tornadoEF/F0 tornadoEF/F0 tornadoEF/F0 tornadoEF/F0 tornadoEF/F0 tornadoEF/F0 tornadoEF/F1 tornadoEF/F1 tornadoEF/F1 tornadoEF/F1 tornadoEF/F1 tornadoEF/F1 tornadoEF/F1 tornadoEF/F1 tornadoEF/F1 tornadoEF/F1 tornadoEF/F1 tornadoEF/F1 tornadoEF/F1 tornadoEF/F2 tornadoEF/F2 tornadoEF/F2 tornadoEF/F2 tornadoEF/F2 tornadoEF/F2 tornadoEF/F2 tornadoEF/F3 tornadoEF/F4 tornadoEF/F5 tornadoChickasha
EF0–EF1EF2–EF3EF4–EF5Unrated10 miles from the centerRatings before February 2007 are on the older F scale.

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About these numbers

Counts are National Weather Service warnings whose outline covered the center of Chickasha, through October 19, 2026. How Kinwarn counts · Oklahoma data (CSV)

Cite: Kinwarn. “Chickasha, OK tornado warnings.” kinwarn.com/oklahoma/chickasha. National Weather Service data through October 19, 2026.

Sources: IEM warning archive · NWS 2007 outlines · SPC tornado database · Census places · NWS tornado alerts · NWS destructive tag · NWS flood alerts · NWS flash flood tags