NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Alva, OK
Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Alva, Oklahoma since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 91 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 3 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 91
- EF3 or stronger
- 3
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for Alva
The strongest of the 91 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F4 on April 17, 1976; its path came within 21 miles. Of the 91, 7 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 28 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 25. The most recent tornado was on November 24, 2025. Of the 216 Oklahoma cities on this site, 94% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Alva. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 100 times since 1958, with stones up to 4.5 inches (grapefruit size). Of the 216 Oklahoma cities, 85% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Alva.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Alva
By decade
- 2020s6
- 2010s10
- 2000s12
- 1990s11
- 1980s10
- 1970s7(1 EF3+)
- 1960s16(1 EF3+)
- 1950s19(1 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 1976 | F4 | 21 mi | 19.5 mi | 0 / 2 |
| May 5, 1964 | F3 | 20 mi | 33 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 2, 1956 | F3 | 7 mi | 20 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Apr 17, 2002 | F2 | 14 mi | 34 mi | 0 / 1 |
| May 25, 2000 | F2 | 12 mi | 8 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 4, 1998 | F2 | 17 mi | 10 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 17, 1995 | F2 | 24 mi | 12 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 22, 1985 | F2 | 18 mi | 4 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 16, 1969 | F2 | 6 mi | 13.8 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 11, 1967 | F2 | 21 mi | 32.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 4, 1965 | F2 | 18 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 13, 1964 | F2 | 18 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 91, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Alva
The Storm Prediction Center has 100 hail reports within 10 miles of Alva since 1958, made on 82 separate days. Of these, 65 were 1 inch across or larger, and 10 reached 2 inches. The largest, 4.5 inches (grapefruit size), fell on May 31, 1999. The most recent report is from June 2, 2025. June has the most reports, 29.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Alva
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Alva 1W, OK, in Alva at 1,464 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 95°F and low of 71°F; January is the coolest, at 47°F and 23°F. June is the wettest at 4.5 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 1.0 inches; the year adds up to 30.3 inches over 44 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 88 days a year, almost all from April to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 106 nights a year. Snowfall averages 11.3 inches a year, most of it in December. That 30.3 inches is more than at 12 of the 82 Oklahoma stations used on this site (15%). Medicine Lodge, KS, 34 miles north, has its own station (Medicine Lodge, KS): 27.6 inches a year, 2.7 less than here, and a July average high of 94°F against 95°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 47 | 23 | 1.0 | 2 | 2.8 |
| Feb | 52 | 26 | 1.2 | 2 | 1.7 |
| Mar | 61 | 35 | 2.4 | 4 | 2.6 |
| Apr | 71 | 44 | 2.9 | 4 | 0.0 |
| May | 80 | 56 | 4.1 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 90 | 66 | 4.5 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 95 | 71 | 3.3 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 93 | 68 | 3.6 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 86 | 60 | 2.0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 73 | 46 | 2.5 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 59 | 34 | 1.5 | 2 | 0.1 |
| Dec | 48 | 25 | 1.3 | 2 | 4.1 |
| Year | 71 | 46 | 30.3 | 44 | 11.3 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Alva 1W, OK (1,464 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Alva
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 125 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Alva: 119 thunderstorm wind reports, 4 flash floods, 1 flood and 1 heavy rain event. They killed 0 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $357,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 100 mph, on June 7, 2025.
May 25, 1998: thunderstorm wind 2 miles from the centre of Alva — 1 injured, $55,000 damage.
June 7, 2025: thunderstorm wind 10 miles from the centre of Alva — $100,000 damage.
NWS: “A swath of significant thunderstorm wind damage continued into portions of northwestern and north-central Alfalfa County on the early morning of the 7th. Multiple residences in the community of Burlington reported tree damage, including large limbs blown down with several smaller trees uprooted.”
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Woods County, which includes Alva, has been named in 25 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1993, 16 of them major disasters (by incident: 13 severe storms, 6 ice storms, 2 biological emergencies, 2 fires). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, on June 14, 2024. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Woods County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Low for tornadoes, hail, strong wind and heat waves; Very Low for hurricanes, inland flooding and lightning. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $11.7 million a year, the 46th highest of 77 Oklahoma counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $2.0 million (17%), is from inland flooding.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
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