NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Hollis, 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 Hollis, Oklahoma since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 113 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 2 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 113
- EF3 or stronger
- 2
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for Hollis
The highest rating among the 113 tornadoes within 25 miles is F3, reached 2 times; the most recent, on June 3, 1965, came within 18 miles. Of the 113, 11 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 38 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 59. The most recent tornado was on November 18, 2024. Of the 216 Oklahoma cities on this site, 87% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Hollis. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 191 times since 1962, with stones up to 3.2 inches. Hollis has more hail reports within 10 miles than 64% of the 216 Oklahoma cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Hollis
By decade
- 2020s17
- 2010s15
- 2000s6
- 1990s14
- 1980s19
- 1970s9
- 1960s10(1 EF3+)
- 1950s23(1 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 1965 | F3 | 18 mi | 8.8 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 17, 1955 | F3 | 13 mi | 16.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 23, 2024 | EF2 | 16 mi | 15.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 20, 2019 | EF2 | 19 mi | 11 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 9, 2006 | F2 | 25 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Apr 15, 2003 | F2 | 12 mi | 9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 25, 1987 | F2 | 23 mi | 6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 13, 1983 | F2 | 4 mi | 15 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 11, 1982 | F2 | 20 mi | 5.7 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 1, 1981 | F2 | 9 mi | 5.7 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 29, 1980 | F2 | 13 mi | 16.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 18, 1970 | F2 | 25 mi | 0.8 mi | 0 / 1 |
The strongest 12 of 113, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Hollis
The Storm Prediction Center has 191 hail reports within 10 miles of Hollis since 1962, made on 123 separate days. Of these, 125 were 1 inch across or larger, and 22 reached 2 inches. The largest, 3.2 inches, fell on April 3, 2019. The most recent report is from May 23, 2024. May has the most reports, 81.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Hollis
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Hollis 5E, OK, 6 miles east of Hollis at 1,621 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 97°F and low of 69°F; January is the coolest, at 53°F and 23°F. May is the wettest at 3.7 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 0.9 inches; the year adds up to 26.0 inches over 41 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 101 days a year, almost all from April to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 92 nights a year. Snowfall averages 3.3 inches a year, most of it in January. That 26.0 inches is more than at 4 of the 82 Oklahoma stations used on this site (5%). Wellington, TX, 21 miles northwest, has its own station (Wellington, TX): 22.2 inches a year, 3.8 less than here, and a July average high of 99°F against 97°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 53 | 23 | 0.9 | 2 | 1.3 |
| Feb | 56 | 27 | 1.0 | 2 | 0.5 |
| Mar | 66 | 35 | 1.4 | 3 | 0.5 |
| Apr | 75 | 44 | 2.5 | 4 | 0.0 |
| May | 83 | 55 | 3.7 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 93 | 65 | 3.6 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 97 | 69 | 2.2 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 96 | 68 | 3.2 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 88 | 60 | 2.8 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 76 | 46 | 2.4 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 63 | 34 | 1.3 | 3 | 0.5 |
| Dec | 53 | 25 | 1.0 | 2 | 0.5 |
| Year | 75 | 46 | 26.0 | 41 | 3.3 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Hollis 5E, OK (1,621 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 Hollis
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 122 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Hollis: 115 thunderstorm wind reports, 5 flash floods and 2 heavy rain events. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $436,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 99 mph, on May 31, 2022. Of the 216 Oklahoma cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 20 have had fewer than Hollis.
June 16, 2006: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Hollis — $120,000 damage.
NWS: “A barn was destroyed in rural northeastern Childress County. In addition, the damaging winds combined with large hail to destroy a cotton crop.”
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
Flood insurance policyholders in Hollis's ZIP code 73550 have filed 27 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $195,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 7% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 92 Oklahoma cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 36 have fewer than Hollis.
Harmon County, which includes Hollis, has been named in 20 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1995, 13 of them major disasters (by incident: 7 ice storms, 7 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 2 fires). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storms, on February 24, 2021. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Harmon County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for strong wind; Relatively Low for tornadoes and hail; Very Low for hurricanes, inland flooding, lightning and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $3.3 million a year, the 76th highest of 77 Oklahoma counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $473,000 (14%), is from strong wind.
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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Cities near Hollis
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- Mangum, OK25 mi
- Quanah, TX28 mi
- Childress, TX30 mi
- Altus, OK34 mi
- Memphis, TX36 mi
- Shamrock, TX43 mi
- Sayre, OK46 mi
- Vernon, TX51 mi
- Hobart, OK52 mi
- Wheeler, TX56 mi
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