Jackson County Natural Disasters and Weather Extremes
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The chance of earthquake damage in Jackson County is lower than Oklahoma average and is much lower than the national average. The risk of tornado damage in Jackson County is lower than Oklahoma average and is much higher than the national average.
Earthquake Index, #63
| Jackson County | 0.02 |
| Oklahoma | 0.31 |
| U.S. | 1.81 |
The earthquake index value is calculated based on historical earthquake events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the earthquake level in a region. A higher earthquake index value means a higher chance of an earthquake.
Volcano Index, #1
| Jackson County | 0.0000 |
| Oklahoma | 0.0000 |
| U.S. | 0.0023 |
The volcano index value is calculated based on the currently known volcanoes using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the possibility of a region being affected by a possible volcano eruption. A higher volcano index value means a higher chance of being affected.
Tornado Index, #39
| Jackson County | 302.03 |
| Oklahoma | 363.83 |
| U.S. | 136.45 |
The tornado index value is calculated based on historical tornado events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the tornado level in a region. A higher tornado index value means a higher chance of tornado events.
Other Weather Extremes Events
A total of 15,068 other weather extremes events within 50 miles of Jackson County were recorded from 1950 to 2010. The following is a break down of these events:
| Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count |
| Avalanche: | 0 | Blizzard: | 4 | Cold: | 7 | Dense Fog: | 10 | Drought: | 79 |
| Dust Storm: | 1 | Flood: | 466 | Hail: | 9,448 | Heat: | 15 | Heavy Snow: | 39 |
| High Surf: | 0 | Hurricane: | 0 | Ice Storm: | 22 | Landslide: | 0 | Strong Wind: | 93 |
| Thunderstorm Winds: | 4,538 | Tropical Storm: | 0 | Wildfire: | 25 | Winter Storm: | 37 | Winter Weather: | 40 |
| Other: | 244 | ||||||||
Volcanos Nearby
No volcano is found in or near Jackson County.
Historical Earthquake Events
No historical earthquake events that had recorded magnitudes of 3.5 or above found in or near Jackson County.
No historical earthquake events found in or near Jackson County.
Historical Tornado Events
A total of 87 historical tornado events that had recorded magnitude of 2 or above found in or near Jackson County.
| Distance (miles) | Date | Magnitude | Start Lat/Log | End Lat/Log | Length | Width | Fatalities | Injuries | Property Damage | Crop Damage | Affected County |
| 2.7 | 1962-05-24 | 2 | 34°35'N / 99°22'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Jackson | |||
| 5.2 | 1980-05-29 | 2 | 34°38'N / 99°20'W | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Jackson | |||
| 5.3 | 1958-11-17 | 2 | 34°34'N / 99°30'W | 1.00 Mile | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Jackson | |
| 5.3 | 1960-06-07 | 3 | 34°31'N / 99°25'W | 0.80 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Jackson | |
| 6.4 | 1975-02-22 | 2 | 34°37'N / 99°21'W | 34°40'N / 99°17'W | 5.20 Miles | 100 Yards | 2 | 8 | 250K | 0 | Jackson |
| 6.5 | 1961-04-23 | 2 | 34°41'N / 99°27'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Jackson | |||
| 6.7 | 1962-05-24 | 2 | 34°41'N / 99°22'W | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Jackson | |||
| 8.1 | 1982-05-11 | 2 | 34°38'N / 99°30'W | 34°42'N / 99°33'W | 5.70 Miles | 150 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Jackson |
| 8.3 | 1982-05-11 | 3 | 34°37'N / 99°19'W | 34°41'N / 99°15'W | 4.00 Miles | 350 Yards | 0 | 41 | 250.0M | 0 | Jackson |
| 8.7 | 1962-07-20 | 2 | 34°39'N / 99°33'W | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Jackson | |||
| 9.1 | 1980-03-31 | 2 | 34°39'N / 99°16'W | 0.20 Mile | 10 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Jackson | |
| 9.8 | 1958-11-17 | 2 | 34°29'N / 99°39'W | 34°40'N / 99°31'W | 14.80 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Jackson |
| 9.9 | 1957-04-22 | 2 | 34°34'N / 99°35'W | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Jackson | |||
| 10.3 | 1969-07-25 | 2 | 34°34'N / 99°14'W | 0.80 Mile | 40 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Jackson | |
| 10.5 | 1957-04-02 | 2 | 34°38'N / 99°16'W | 34°42'N / 99°14'W | 5.20 Miles | 150 Yards | 0 | 1 | 25K | 0 | Jackson |
| 12.7 | 1983-05-12 | 2 | 34°46'N / 99°20'W | 0.10 Mile | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Jackson | |
| 12.8 | 1982-05-11 | 3 | 34°42'N / 99°16'W | 34°49'N / 99°21'W | 10.00 Miles | 700 Yards | 2 | 18 | 250K | 0 | Jackson |
| 14.0 | 1977-05-20 | 3 | 34°39'N / 99°16'W | 34°46'N / 99°09'W | 10.40 Miles | 880 Yards | 0 | 3 | 2.5M | 0 | Jackson |
| 15.4 | 1957-04-02 | 2 | 34°42'N / 99°14'W | 34°46'N / 99°10'W | 6.20 Miles | 150 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Jackson |
| 16.1 | 1962-07-14 | 2 | 34°38'N / 99°08'W | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Jackson | |||
| 17.8 | 1983-05-12 | 2 | 34°51'N / 99°27'W | 0.10 Mile | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Greer | |
| 18.0 | 1964-06-20 | 2 | 34°51'N / 99°21'W | 0 | 1 | 0K | 0 | Greer | |||
| 18.8 | 1977-05-20 | 2 | 34°18'N / 99°17'W | 34°24'N / 99°15'W | 7.30 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Wilbarger |
| 19.3 | 1977-05-20 | 3 | 34°29'N / 99°06'W | 1.50 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Tillman | |
| 19.4 | 1957-04-22 | 2 | 34°52'N / 99°20'W | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Greer | |||
| 21.1 | 1965-04-07 | 2 | 34°54'N / 99°24'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Greer | |||
| 22.8 | 1982-05-27 | 2 | 34°23'N / 99°11'W | 34°27'N / 98°58'W | 12.00 Miles | 300 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Tillman |
| 23.7 | 1954-05-01 | 4 | 34°12'N / 99°11'W | 34°39'N / 98°55'W | 34.60 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Tillman |
| 24.3 | 1951-06-07 | 2 | 34°30'N / 99°00'W | 0.50 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Tillman | |
| 25.2 | 1965-05-06 | 2 | 34°53'N / 99°43'W | 34°58'N / 99°29'W | 14.40 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Greer |
| 25.2 | 1955-06-17 | 2 | 34°30'N / 98°59'W | 0.80 Mile | 440 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Tillman | |
| 25.9 | 1973-03-13 | 2 | 34°57'N / 99°24'W | 34°59'N / 99°20'W | 4.50 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Greer |
| 25.9 | 1950-04-28 | 3 | 34°53'N / 99°17'W | 35°00'N / 99°12'W | 9.40 Miles | 400 Yards | 1 | 1 | 250K | 0 | Kiowa |
| 26.1 | 1983-05-13 | 2 | 34°48'N / 99°49'W | 34°49'N / 99°46'W | 2.00 Miles | 500 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Harmon |
| 26.1 | 1983-05-13 | 2 | 34°45'N / 99°49'W | 34°48'N / 99°49'W | 3.00 Miles | 500 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Harmon |
| 27.1 | 1973-06-18 | 3 | 34°24'N / 99°01'W | 34°25'N / 98°58'W | 3.30 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 29 | 250K | 0 | Tillman |
| 27.6 | 1975-02-22 | 2 | 34°40'N / 98°58'W | 34°43'N / 98°55'W | 4.50 Miles | 77 Yards | 1 | 2 | 250K | 0 | Kiowa |
| 27.6 | 1952-06-29 | 2 | 34°23'N / 99°00'W | 0 | 1 | 3K | 0 | Tillman | |||
| 27.7 | 1977-05-20 | 2 | 34°39'N / 98°57'W | 34°41'N / 98°55'W | 3.60 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Kiowa |
| 27.8 | 1986-05-14 | 2 | 34°38'N / 98°57'W | 34°38'N / 98°54'W | 3.00 Miles | 500 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Kiowa |
| 27.9 | 2003-04-15 | 2 | 34°30'N / 99°55'W | 34°31'N / 99°52'W | 3.50 Miles | 350 Yards | 0 | 0 | 75K | 0 | Hardeman |
| Brief Description: This tornado began in Hardeman County, Texas producing F2 damage before moving northeast and crossing the Red River at 1829 CST into extreme western Jackson County, Oklahoma then moving into Harmon County, Oklahoma where it dissipated. The tornado moved through a farm north of Williams, Texas causing significant damage. A hay barn, saddle shed, garage, shop, and chicken house were destroyed. The house was also damaged with broken windows, porch removed from the house, tree limbs driven through the north facing wall, and the east wall of the house separated by approximately an inch. | |||||||||||
| 28.3 | 1977-04-19 | 2 | 34°18'N / 99°04'W | 0.80 Mile | 200 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Tillman | |
| 28.4 | 1967-04-09 | 2 | 34°12'N / 99°16'W | 0.30 Mile | 300 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Wilbarger | |
| 28.8 | 1965-05-06 | 2 | 34°45'N / 99°58'W | 34°53'N / 99°43'W | 16.90 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 2 | 250K | 0 | Harmon |
| 29.0 | 1980-05-29 | 2 | 34°14'N / 99°28'W | 34°07'N / 99°17'W | 13.20 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Wilbarger |
| 29.3 | 1983-05-13 | 2 | 34°43'N / 99°59'W | 34°45'N / 99°49'W | 10.00 Miles | 500 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Harmon |
| 29.7 | 1954-05-01 | 2 | 34°15'N / 99°06'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Tillman | |||
| 30.2 | 1972-05-22 | 3 | 35°01'N / 99°40'W | 35°00'N / 99°30'W | 9.50 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Greer |
| 31.2 | 1982-05-11 | 3 | 34°58'N / 99°14'W | 35°04'N / 99°12'W | 7.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Kiowa |
| 31.7 | 1979-04-10 | 4 | 34°12'N / 99°09'W | 34°16'N / 98°59'W | 10.60 Miles | 880 Yards | 0 | 1 | 250K | 0 | Tillman |
| 31.8 | 1962-06-05 | 2 | 34°09'N / 99°16'W | 1.00 Mile | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Wilbarger | |
| 31.8 | 1992-06-07 | 2 | 34°09'N / 99°16'W | 1.00 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 5 | 2.5M | 0 | Wilbarger | |
| 32.2 | 1954-05-01 | 4 | 34°04'N / 99°28'W | 34°12'N / 99°11'W | 18.60 Miles | 267 Yards | 0 | 2 | 250K | 0 | Wilbarger |
| 33.1 | 1970-08-18 | 2 | 34°20'N / 99°54'W | 0.80 Mile | 440 Yards | 0 | 1 | 25K | 0 | Hardeman | |
| 33.3 | 1968-05-16 | 3 | 34°07'N / 99°20'W | 2.00 Miles | 23 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Wilbarger | |
| 33.5 | 1979-04-10 | 4 | 34°02'N / 99°28'W | 34°12'N / 99°09'W | 21.50 Miles | 880 Yards | 11 | 67 | 25.0M | 0 | Wilbarger |
| 34.1 | 1968-05-06 | 2 | 34°52'N / 99°55'W | 34°55'N / 99°52'W | 4.70 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Harmon |
| 34.1 | 1983-05-13 | 2 | 34°58'N / 99°01'W | 0.10 Mile | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Kiowa | |
| 34.2 | 1950-04-28 | 3 | 35°00'N / 99°12'W | 35°07'N / 99°12'W | 8.00 Miles | 400 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Kiowa |
| 34.3 | 1955-06-14 | 2 | 34°40'N / 98°57'W | 34°51'N / 98°44'W | 17.60 Miles | 500 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Kiowa |
| 34.5 | 1957-04-02 | 2 | 34°46'N / 99°10'W | 35°06'N / 98°46'W | 32.30 Miles | 150 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Kiowa |
| 35.9 | 1981-06-01 | 2 | 34°49'N / 100°02'W | 34°49'N / 99°56'W | 5.70 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Collingsworth |
| 36.0 | 1973-06-18 | 2 | 34°25'N / 98°49'W | 0.50 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Tillman | |
| 36.7 | 1979-04-10 | 2 | 34°21'N / 98°54'W | 34°24'N / 98°45'W | 9.20 Miles | 120 Yards | 0 | 1 | 250K | 0 | Tillman |
| 38.5 | 1958-11-17 | 3 | 34°17'N / 99°24'W | 34°21'N / 98°15'W | 65.80 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 4 | 0K | 0 | Cotton |
| 39.7 | 1950-04-28 | 3 | 35°07'N / 99°12'W | 35°10'N / 99°12'W | 3.40 Miles | 400 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Washita |
| 40.1 | 1982-05-11 | 2 | 35°08'N / 99°15'W | 35°12'N / 99°21'W | 7.00 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Washita |
| 40.6 | 1954-05-01 | 4 | 33°59'N / 99°43'W | 34°04'N / 99°28'W | 15.40 Miles | 267 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Foard |
| 40.9 | 1979-04-10 | 4 | 33°59'N / 99°35'W | 34°02'N / 99°28'W | 7.60 Miles | 880 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Foard |
| 41.5 | 1970-04-29 | 2 | 34°34'N / 99°25'W | 35°08'N / 98°05'W | 85.10 Miles | 250 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Jackson |
| 41.9 | 1982-05-16 | 3 | 33°56'N / 99°24'W | 34°04'N / 99°07'W | 15.00 Miles | 150 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Wilbarger |
| 42.1 | 1955-06-17 | 3 | 34°51'N / 100°13'W | 34°53'N / 99°56'W | 16.20 Miles | 67 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Collingsworth |
| 42.2 | 1979-04-10 | 2 | 34°05'N / 99°02'W | 34°06'N / 98°57'W | 5.20 Miles | 33 Yards | 1 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Wilbarger |
| 43.0 | 1962-05-20 | 2 | 33°59'N / 99°16'W | 1.00 Mile | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Wilbarger | |
| 43.4 | 1979-04-10 | 2 | 34°06'N / 98°57'W | 34°08'N / 98°53'W | 4.70 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Wichita |
| 44.3 | 1951-06-06 | 2 | 34°26'N / 100°12'W | 34°26'N / 100°08'W | 3.60 Miles | 1760 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Childress |
| 45.4 | 1959-05-04 | 2 | 35°12'N / 99°31'W | 35°18'N / 99°24'W | 9.60 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 1 | 3K | 0 | Beckham |
| 45.5 | 1965-06-03 | 3 | 34°51'N / 100°12'W | 34°55'N / 100°04'W | 8.80 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Collingsworth |
| 45.6 | 1994-08-17 | 2 | 33°59'N / 99°43'W | 2.00 Miles | 40 Yards | 0 | 0 | 500K | 0 | Foard | |
| 45.8 | 1979-04-10 | 2 | 34°08'N / 98°53'W | 34°18'N / 98°37'W | 19.10 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 3 | 2.5M | 0 | Tillman |
| 46.5 | 2006-05-09 | 2 | 34°25'N / 100°12'W | 34°25'N / 100°12'W | 1.50 Miles | 175 Yards | 0 | 1 | 5.7M | 0 | Childress |
| Brief Description: A tornado resulted in significant (F2) damage along a one and half mile path through the north side of Childress during the evening hours of the 9th. The tornado developed in a residential are of northwest Childress at 20:30 CST. Damage in the neighborhood was characterized as weak, with numerous downed trees, street signs, and damaged roofs. A resident was injured when a tree fell and struck him, breaking his arm and causing minor lacerations. The tornado then moved east toward the high school. Damage to the high school was extensive. A local television network, KVII-TV in Amarillo, operates an automated weather station on the campus as part of a regional school net. The instrument measured a 109 MPH wind gust as the tornado ripped through the facility at 20:32 CST. Damage at Childress High School was rated F1, with large brick walls blown inn and portions of the building's roof removed. The gymnasium was declared a total loss. The tornado intensified as it continued to move east across Fair Park. A large industrial building used to house city owned emergency vehicles was completely destroyed, with extensive damage to the fleet of vehicles that were parked inside. A tennis court was destroyed by wind-blown debris, and numerous large trees were uprooted. A large stone picnic table was blown northward along the wind fields convergent axis associated with center of the tornado's path. A well-built metal bridge that spanned Park Lake was blown a considerable distance downwind. Damage along the tornado's path through the park justified a significant rating (F2) on the Fujita Tornado Damage Intensity Scale. This given the magnitude of damage observed at the industrial building site, where large steel beams were completely torn from their bolted fixtures. The damage survey indicated that the tornado quickly weakened as it continued to move east of the park, and into more rural areas in the northeastern outskirts of the city. May 9 Severe Thunderstorm and Significant Tornado Event Summary...Two isolated supercell thunderstorms developed east of a dryline that was roughly oriented along the Caprock Escarpment during the late afternoon and early evening hours of the 9th. These storms evolved into splitting supercells, and resulted in large hail up to two inches in diameter in Dickens and Motley Counties. The anticyclonic member from one of the mentioned storms propagated northward over Childress County during the early evening hours. The storm effectively lowered temperature-to-dewpoint depressions and locally backed the near-surface winds. A classic supercell subsequently propagated southeastward out of the Texas Panhandle and over Hall County. This storm interacted with the "outflow boundary" left by the departing anticyclonic storm. The southeastward propagating storm rapidly became tornadic near the northwestern corner of Childress. Large hail, damaging RFD winds, and the significant (F2) tornado resulted in nearly $6 million in damages and injured one. A school net weather instrument located at the heavily damaged Childress High School measured a peak wind gust of 109 MPH as the tornado destroyed the school's gymnasium. A second round of isolated severe storms produced large hail over the extreme southeastern Texas Panhandle as clean-up crews worked in the damaged areas. | |||||||||||
| 46.9 | 1979-04-10 | 2 | 33°51'N / 99°48'W | 34°02'N / 99°29'W | 22.10 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 1 | 250K | 0 | Foard |
| 47.5 | 1976-04-17 | 3 | 33°52'N / 99°30'W | 33°59'N / 99°43'W | 14.70 Miles | 150 Yards | 0 | 1 | 250K | 0 | Foard |
| 47.6 | 1973-06-18 | 2 | 35°01'N / 98°45'W | 0.50 Mile | 83 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Kiowa | |
| 47.6 | 1975-05-02 | 3 | 35°12'N / 99°05'W | 35°14'N / 99°01'W | 4.70 Miles | 150 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Washita |
| 48.0 | 1950-05-04 | 2 | 35°15'N / 99°33'W | 35°19'N / 99°30'W | 5.60 Miles | 293 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Beckham |
| 49.0 | 1980-05-29 | 2 | 34°56'N / 100°19'W | 34°46'N / 100°07'W | 16.20 Miles | 160 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Collingsworth |
* The information on this page is based on the global volcano database, the U.S. earthquake database of 1638-1985, and the U.S. Tornado and Weather Extremes database of 1950-2010.