Comanche County, Oklahoma: 7 FEMA declarations and the hail record

Comanche County appears in 7 FEMA declarations since 2014 (3 storm, 1 flood, 3 winter, 0 fire). NOAA logs 76 days of hail at 1 in or more, in 12 of 12 full years.

With 7 declarations, Comanche County sits at #43 of 72 OK counties, below the OK median of 8. Storm, tornado and wind and winter storm and ice tie at 3 apiece.

Widest gap: 1,620 days (4.4 years), DR-4274 (July 15, 2016) to DR-4575 (December 21, 2020). Since DR-4721 the file has run another 1,154 days.

12 full years carry hail of 1 in or more. Undeclared: 10, among them 2014 and 2025. Peak year 2020: 10 days, 32 reports.

Tornadoes on file: 13; strongest EF2, May 18, 2019, near Geronimo. Top gust 104 mph (June 15, 2023). At least one peak falls inside 2 of the 3 storm declarations.

Year by year

FEMA declarations and severe hail days by yearBars by year from 2014 to 2026. Top: declarations by incident year, storm-type in orange and all others in blue. Bottom: days with hail of 1 inch or more.Declarations (max 2)2015: 2 storm, tornado or wind2016: 1 flood, winter or fire2020: 1 flood, winter or fire2021: 2 flood, winter or fire2023: 1 storm, tornado or windHail days of 1 in or more (max 10)2014: 3 severe hail days2015: 8 severe hail days2016: 7 severe hail days2017: 6 severe hail days2018: 3 severe hail days2019: 3 severe hail days2020: 10 severe hail days2021: 4 severe hail days2022: 6 severe hail days2023: 8 severe hail days2024: 7 severe hail days2025: 5 severe hail days2026: 6 severe hail days (Jan to Jun)14151617181920212223242526storm, tornado, windflood, winter, firehail days 1 in+
Comanche County yearStorm-typeOtherHail days 1 in+, ComancheHail reports
2014––35
20152–816
2016–1719
2017––616
2018––34
2019––320
2020–11032
2021–246
2022––68
20231–845
2024––719
2025––518
2026 (hail Jan–Jun)––622

All 7 declarations

Comanche County #DRDeclaredHail days that year, ComancheIncidentKindDays after priorNOAA inside
7 of 7 4721 2023-07-19 8 2023-06-14 to 2023-06-18 Severe Storm DR 875 4 in hail; EF0 tornado; 104 mph gust
6 of 7 4587 2021-02-24 4 2021-02-08 to 2021-02-20 Severe Ice Storm DR 7 –
5 of 7 3555 2021-02-17 4 2021-02-08 to 2021-02-20 Severe Ice Storm EM 58 –
4 of 7 4575 2020-12-21 10 2020-10-26 to 2020-10-29 Severe Ice Storm DR 1620 –
3 of 7 4274 2016-07-15 7 2016-06-11 to 2016-06-13 Flood DR 156 –
2 of 7 4256 2016-02-10 8 2015-12-26 to 2016-01-05 Severe Storm DR 260 –
1 of 7 4222 2015-05-26 8 2015-05-05 to 2015-06-22 Severe Storm DR first EF1 tornado; EF0 tornado; 98 mph gust

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193 located reports, 140 drawn. Colour key: method.

Roofers we list: Lawton. Comanche County hail history.

Comanche County questions

How many FEMA declarations name Comanche County?

7 since 2014. First: DR-4222, May 26, 2015. Latest: DR-4721, July 19, 2023. Storm 3, flood 1, winter 3, fire 0.

Which Comanche County hail years have no storm declaration?

10 of 12; the latest is 2025.

Was the biggest Comanche County hail day declared?

The biggest stone, 4 in hail on June 15, 2023, falls inside DR-4721.

Nearby in OK

Method and limits. Sources: OpenFEMA, NOAA Storm Events.