Tulsa County, Oklahoma: 7 FEMA declarations and the hail record
Tulsa County appears in 7 FEMA declarations since 2014 (4 storm, 1 flood, 2 winter, 0 fire). NOAA logs 55 days of hail at 1 in or more, in 12 of 12 full years.
- 7declarations
- 4storm-type
- #50 of 72in OK
- 8 of 12hail years undeclared
Tulsa County ranks #50 of 72 OK counties by declarations (7), below the OK median of 8. Storm, tornado and wind leads with 4.
Two declarations sit 1,460 days apart at the widest (4.0 years), DR-4222 (May 26, 2015) to DR-3411 (May 25, 2019). The newest, DR-4721, is 1,154 days old at the file's end.
1 in hail shows up in 12 of 12 full years. No storm declaration began in 8 of them, 2014 to 2025. 2024 was busiest, 7 days on 58 reports.
Tornadoes on file: 28; strongest EF2, March 30, 2016, near Tul Downtown Arpk. Top gust 100 mph (March 25, 2015). Peaks land inside 2 of 4 storm windows.
Year by year
| Tulsa County year | Storm-type | Other | Hail days 1 in+, Tulsa | Hail reports |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | – | – | 4 | 13 |
| 2015 | 1 | – | 2 | 17 |
| 2016 | – | – | 4 | 10 |
| 2017 | – | – | 5 | 35 |
| 2018 | – | – | 3 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| 2020 | – | – | 7 | 32 |
| 2021 | – | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 2022 | 1 | – | 5 | 17 |
| 2023 | 1 | – | 3 | 19 |
| 2024 | – | – | 7 | 58 |
| 2025 | – | – | 5 | 82 |
| 2026 (hail Jan–Jun) | – | – | 4 | 30 |
All 7 declarations
| Tulsa County # | DR | Declared | Hail days that year, Tulsa | Incident | Kind | Days after prior | NOAA inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 of 7 | 4721 | 2023-07-19 | 3 | 2023-06-14 to 2023-06-18 | Severe Storm DR | 385 | 100 mph gust; 100 mph gust; 86 mph gust; 86 mph gust |
| 6 of 7 | 4657 | 2022-06-29 | 5 | 2022-05-02 to 2022-05-08 | Severe Storm DR | 490 | – |
| 5 of 7 | 4587 | 2021-02-24 | 2 | 2021-02-08 to 2021-02-20 | Severe Ice Storm DR | 7 | – |
| 4 of 7 | 3555 | 2021-02-17 | 2 | 2021-02-08 to 2021-02-20 | Severe Ice Storm EM | 627 | – |
| 3 of 7 | 4438 | 2019-06-01 | 4 | 2019-05-07 to 2019-06-09 | Severe Storm DR | 7 | EF1 tornado |
| 2 of 7 | 3411 | 2019-05-25 | 4 | 2019-05-07 to 2019-06-09 | Flood EM | 1460 | EF1 tornado |
| 1 of 7 | 4222 | 2015-05-26 | 2 | 2015-05-05 to 2015-06-22 | Severe Storm DR | first | – |
Hail reports on the map
Roofers we list: Tulsa, Broken Arrow. Tulsa County hail history.
Tulsa County questions
How many FEMA declarations name Tulsa County?
7 since 2014. First: DR-4222, May 26, 2015. Latest: DR-4721, July 19, 2023. Storm 4, flood 1, winter 2, fire 0.
Which Tulsa County hail years have no storm declaration?
8 of 12; the latest is 2025.
Was the biggest Tulsa County hail day declared?
The biggest stone, 4.25 in hail on March 25, 2015, falls inside none of the 7 declaration windows.
Nearby in OK
- Comanche County (7)
Method and limits. Sources: OpenFEMA, NOAA Storm Events.