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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Mangum, OK

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

1 tropical system has passed within 75 miles of Mangum, Oklahoma since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Erin in 2007. Since 1950, 164 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 8 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
1

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
164

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
8

5 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Mangum

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Mangum, Oklahoma, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2007ErinAug 1966 miTropical storm (58 mph)Tropical storm

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Mangum: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Mangum

By decade

  • 2020s16
  • 2010s22
  • 2000s4
  • 1990s25
  • 1980s34(3 EF3+)
  • 1970s11(2 EF3+)
  • 1960s19(1 EF3+)
  • 1950s33(2 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near Mangum, Oklahoma
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
May 11, 1982F310 mi10 mi2 / 18
Apr 28, 1950F314 mi20.8 mi1 / 1
May 11, 1982F319 mi4 mi0 / 41
May 11, 1982F318 mi7 mi0 / 0
May 20, 1977F320 mi10.4 mi0 / 3
May 22, 1972F310 mi9.5 mi0 / 0
Jun 7, 1960F324 mi0.8 mi0 / 0
Jun 17, 1955F323 mi16.2 mi0 / 0
Feb 22, 1975F219 mi5.2 mi2 / 8
May 23, 2024EF215 mi15.1 mi0 / 0
May 20, 2019EF22 mi11 mi0 / 0
May 13, 1983F214 mi15 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 164, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

How to read this page

A storm is listed when the centre of its track passed within 75 miles of Mangum while it was at least a tropical storm, which is the reach of damaging wind and rain for a typical hurricane. Being on the list does not mean the city took a direct hit; the "closest" column says how near the centre came. Tornadoes are counted when any part of the path came within 25 miles.

Tornado records before the 1990s are thinner, because weak tornadoes in open country often went unreported before Doppler radar and mobile phones. A rise in the decade counts is mostly better reporting, not a change in the weather.

Tracks come from the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database, tornadoes from the Storm Prediction Center's database. Both are the official federal records and both are revised as old storms are re-analysed.

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