Valliant Public Schools Natural Disasters and Weather Extremes
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The chance of earthquake damage in Valliant Public Schools is lower than Oklahoma average and is much lower than the national average. The risk of tornado damage in Valliant Public Schools is much lower than Oklahoma average and is much higher than the national average.
Earthquake Index, #397
| Valliant Public Schools | 0.03 |
| 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
| Valliant Public Schools | 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, #484
| Valliant Public Schools | 208.71 |
| 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 2,735 other weather extremes events within 50 miles of Valliant Public Schools 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: | 3 | Cold: | 3 | Dense Fog: | 10 | Drought: | 18 |
| Dust Storm: | 0 | Flood: | 189 | Hail: | 1,355 | Heat: | 6 | Heavy Snow: | 29 |
| High Surf: | 0 | Hurricane: | 0 | Ice Storm: | 11 | Landslide: | 0 | Strong Wind: | 15 |
| Thunderstorm Winds: | 982 | Tropical Storm: | 0 | Wildfire: | 1 | Winter Storm: | 18 | Winter Weather: | 22 |
| Other: | 73 | ||||||||
Volcanos Nearby
No volcano is found in or near Valliant Public Schools.
Historical Earthquake Events
No historical earthquake events that had recorded magnitudes of 3.5 or above found in or near Valliant Public Schools.
No historical earthquake events found in or near Valliant Public Schools.
Historical Tornado Events
A total of 87 historical tornado events that had recorded magnitude of 2 or above found in or near Valliant Public Schools.
| Distance (miles) | Date | Magnitude | Start Lat/Log | End Lat/Log | Length | Width | Fatalities | Injuries | Property Damage | Crop Damage | Affected County |
| 0.9 | 1971-12-14 | 2 | 33°58'N / 95°06'W | 34°05'N / 95°00'W | 9.90 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Mccurtain |
| 1.6 | 1982-04-02 | 5 | 34°03'N / 95°10'W | 34°01'N / 95°01'W | 7.00 Miles | 500 Yards | 0 | 4 | 2.5M | 0 | Mccurtain |
| 4.7 | 1982-12-23 | 2 | 34°04'N / 95°00'W | 3.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 1 | 250K | 0 | Mccurtain | |
| 8.6 | 1999-05-04 | 2 | 33°50'N / 95°02'W | 34°00'N / 94°57'W | 12.80 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6K | Mccurtain |
| Brief Description: Numerous trees blown over or snapped. A Pecan orchard was laid to waste. This tornado moved into McCurtain county from Red River county, TX. | |||||||||||
| 10.8 | 1961-07-23 | 2 | 33°57'N / 94°54'W | 1.00 Mile | 23 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Mccurtain | |
| 11.6 | 1967-04-12 | 2 | 33°59'N / 95°06'W | 34°24'N / 95°06'W | 28.70 Miles | 77 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Mccurtain |
| 12.2 | 1956-04-03 | 3 | 34°09'N / 95°13'W | 2.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 3 | 25K | 0 | Pushmataha | |
| 12.7 | 2000-04-23 | 2 | 33°50'N / 95°16'W | 33°53'N / 95°03'W | 12.50 Miles | 75 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Red River |
| Brief Description: Tornado occurred across farm land and wooded areas with few structures or homes present. The county sheriff, his deputy, and a farmer were talking when the tornado, which was described as a long tube, moved out of the woods to their east and crossed within several hundred yards to their north. | |||||||||||
| 13.4 | 1999-05-04 | 2 | 33°50'N / 95°03'W | 33°51'N / 94°56'W | 1.80 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 7 | 600K | 0 | Red River |
| Brief Description: Supercells developed in unstable airmass ahead of strong upper low over central plains states. Numerous trees blown over or broken. Nine mobile homes and 1 frame home destroyed. This tornado moved into McCurtain county, OK. | |||||||||||
| 14.7 | 2003-05-14 | 2 | 33°59'N / 95°05'W | 33°44'N / 94°44'W | 26.50 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 50K | 0 | Mccurtain |
| Brief Description: A violent thunderstorm moved rapidly southeast across McCurtain County, OK into Bowie County, TX and Cass County, TX. This thunderstorm also produced a strong Microburst in McCurtain County southeast of Idabel, OK and again southeast of Maud, TX. Numerous trees and limbs were snapped or pushed over while several large corporate and private corn fields were ripped up. The only structure in the path of this tornado was located next to the Highway 259 bridge which crosses the Red River into Bowie County, TX.. This tornado moved into Bowie and Cass Counties, TX. | |||||||||||
| 14.7 | 2000-04-23 | 2 | 34°02'N / 94°59'W | 34°00'N / 94°38'W | 20.10 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 2 | 40K | 0 | Mccurtain |
| Brief Description: Numerous trees toppled and broken. Tornado was described as rope like by chasers in the area during most of its path. A house on the south side of Oak Hill was split in half from a fallen tree. The tornado moved through downtown Broken Bow and through a WalMart store. The tornado was only F0 intensity as it moved through Broken Bow and F2 near Oak Hill. | |||||||||||
| 15.7 | 1982-04-02 | 5 | 34°01'N / 95°01'W | 34°00'N / 94°34'W | 24.00 Miles | 500 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Mccurtain |
| 15.9 | 1953-04-23 | 2 | 33°54'N / 94°50'W | 1.00 Mile | 200 Yards | 0 | 1 | 250K | 0 | Mccurtain | |
| 15.9 | 1972-10-22 | 3 | 33°54'N / 94°50'W | 1.50 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 1 | 25K | 0 | Mccurtain | |
| 16.6 | 1959-03-04 | 2 | 33°53'N / 94°50'W | 0.80 Mile | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Mccurtain | |
| 16.6 | 1962-04-30 | 2 | 33°53'N / 94°50'W | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Mccurtain | |||
| 17.3 | 1972-10-22 | 2 | 33°53'N / 94°49'W | 0.50 Mile | 33 Yards | 0 | 1 | 25K | 0 | Mccurtain | |
| 17.8 | 1982-04-02 | 5 | 34°08'N / 95°34'W | 34°03'N / 95°10'W | 22.00 Miles | 500 Yards | 0 | 25 | 2.5M | 0 | Choctaw |
| 19.1 | 1991-04-26 | 2 | 33°45'N / 95°05'W | 0.20 Mile | 10 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Red River | |
| 20.0 | 2003-05-01 | 2 | 34°05'N / 94°48'W | 33°57'N / 94°38'W | 13.00 Miles | 300 Yards | 0 | 0 | 260K | 0 | Mccurtain |
| Brief Description: A supercell thunderstorm moved southeast across Broken Bow, OK. Two new frame homes under construction had roofs torn off. A total of 30 to 40 wood frame homes had roof and frame damage with windows broken. One home was destroyed. Numerous trees uprooted and snapped. Several power poles blown down. | |||||||||||
| 22.4 | 2000-04-23 | 2 | 34°18'N / 95°22'W | 34°17'N / 95°13'W | 9.00 Miles | 175 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Pushmataha |
| Brief Description: A F2 tornado touched down west of Cloudy and traveled just south of Cloudy through rural areas of Pushmataha county before lifting 9 miles later east southeast of Cloudy. Only tree damage was observered. | |||||||||||
| 23.9 | 1982-04-02 | 2 | 34°03'N / 95°29'W | 0.50 Mile | 30 Yards | 0 | 1 | 2.5M | 0 | Bryan | |
| 24.2 | 1969-04-27 | 3 | 33°43'N / 95°16'W | 2.00 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Red River | |
| 24.7 | 1991-04-13 | 2 | 33°38'N / 95°13'W | 33°43'N / 95°05'W | 12.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Red River |
| 24.9 | 1961-05-05 | 3 | 34°01'N / 95°30'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Choctaw | |||
| 25.9 | 1954-04-30 | 3 | 34°00'N / 95°31'W | 1.00 Mile | 150 Yards | 0 | 12 | 250K | 0 | Choctaw | |
| 26.0 | 1982-04-02 | 2 | 33°38'N / 95°13'W | 33°41'N / 95°07'W | 5.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Red River |
| 26.9 | 1977-02-23 | 2 | 33°53'N / 94°39'W | 33°54'N / 94°36'W | 3.30 Miles | 77 Yards | 0 | 4 | 250K | 0 | Mccurtain |
| 27.2 | 1982-04-02 | 4 | 33°40'N / 95°20'W | 33°41'N / 95°14'W | 6.00 Miles | 250 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25.0M | 0 | Red River |
| 28.6 | 1953-04-23 | 2 | 34°02'N / 94°34'W | 0.80 Mile | 17 Yards | 1 | 14 | 0K | 0 | Mccurtain | |
| 29.3 | 1982-04-02 | 3 | 33°38'N / 95°02'W | 33°37'N / 94°46'W | 17.00 Miles | 233 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Red River |
| 29.4 | 1991-04-26 | 2 | 33°38'N / 95°16'W | 0.20 Mile | 10 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Red River | |
| 30.6 | 1979-04-11 | 2 | 34°00'N / 94°36'W | 34°08'N / 94°28'W | 11.90 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 3 | 250K | 0 | Mccurtain |
| 30.7 | 1960-05-04 | 4 | 34°09'N / 95°37'W | 34°23'N / 95°25'W | 19.80 Miles | 150 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Pushmataha |
| 30.8 | 1974-04-21 | 2 | 33°40'N / 95°23'W | 1.00 Mile | 33 Yards | 0 | 6 | 25K | 0 | Lamar | |
| 30.8 | 1974-05-03 | 2 | 33°40'N / 95°23'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Lamar | |||
| 32.5 | 1983-11-22 | 2 | 34°28'N / 95°16'W | 2.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Pushmataha | |
| 33.4 | 1982-04-25 | 2 | 33°33'N / 95°20'W | 33°34'N / 95°06'W | 12.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Red River |
| 33.7 | 1961-09-12 | 3 | 33°34'N / 95°16'W | 0.50 Mile | 300 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Red River | |
| 33.9 | 1955-04-12 | 2 | 34°14'N / 95°37'W | 34°18'N / 95°33'W | 6.10 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Pushmataha |
| 34.2 | 1982-05-28 | 2 | 34°13'N / 95°38'W | 34°17'N / 95°34'W | 6.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Pushmataha |
| 34.3 | 2009-04-09 | 2 | 34°00'N / 94°28'W | 34°00'N / 94°28'W | 0 | 0 | 1K | 0K | Mccurtain | ||
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: The tornado first touched down in extreme east central McCurtain County just one quarter of a mile from the McCurtain County, Sevier County line. Several trees were downed on the McCurtain County side of the state line with a few power lines downed as well. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A strong upper level storm system along with a surface dry line/front over northeast Texas moved east during the evening hours of April 9th into the early morning hours of April 10th causing long lived supercell thunderstorms. These thunderstorms caused long track tornadoes to occur across southeast Oklahoma, southwest Arkansas, northeast Texas, and north Louisiana. | |||||||||||
| 34.4 | 1960-05-04 | 4 | 34°04'N / 95°42'W | 34°09'N / 95°37'W | 7.60 Miles | 150 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Choctaw |
| 34.6 | 1991-04-13 | 2 | 33°35'N / 94°47'W | 2.50 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Red River | |
| 34.6 | 1961-05-05 | 2 | 34°24'N / 94°48'W | 34°30'N / 94°41'W | 9.50 Miles | 400 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Mccurtain |
| 34.9 | 1982-04-02 | 4 | 33°39'N / 95°38'W | 33°40'N / 95°20'W | 17.00 Miles | 250 Yards | 10 | 170 | 25.0M | 0 | Lamar |
| 35.7 | 2000-04-23 | 2 | 34°20'N / 95°39'W | 34°19'N / 95°30'W | 9.00 Miles | 150 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Pushmataha |
| Brief Description: A F2 tornado touched down northeast of Moyers and traveled 9 miles east southeast before lifting 1 mile south of Finley. A mobile home and several outbuilding were destroyed. Some roof damage was reported to several buildings. | |||||||||||
| 36.3 | 1960-05-04 | 4 | 34°01'N / 95°42'W | 34°04'N / 95°42'W | 3.40 Miles | 150 Yards | 0 | 3 | 250K | 0 | Choctaw |
| 36.4 | 1981-05-13 | 4 | 33°46'N / 95°42'W | 33°47'N / 95°33'W | 8.80 Miles | 400 Yards | 0 | 30 | 2.5M | 0 | Lamar |
| 36.5 | 1982-04-25 | 2 | 33°33'N / 95°21'W | 33°33'N / 95°20'W | 1.00 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Howard |
| 36.9 | 1982-04-02 | 3 | 33°37'N / 94°46'W | 33°34'N / 94°37'W | 5.00 Miles | 233 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Bowie |
| 37.0 | 1973-03-10 | 2 | 33°34'N / 95°24'W | 1.50 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 1 | 25K | 0 | Lamar | |
| 37.3 | 1990-05-03 | 2 | 33°39'N / 95°32'W | 2.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 13 | 0K | 0 | Lamar | |
| 37.7 | 1974-04-21 | 2 | 33°35'N / 95°27'W | 0.30 Mile | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Lamar | |
| 38.1 | 1985-05-13 | 2 | 33°37'N / 95°35'W | 33°40'N / 95°30'W | 4.00 Miles | 77 Yards | 0 | 8 | 2.5M | 0 | Lamar |
| 38.4 | 1964-04-23 | 2 | 33°39'N / 95°37'W | 33°39'N / 95°30'W | 6.60 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Lamar |
| 38.4 | 1983-11-22 | 2 | 34°05'N / 95°44'W | 1.00 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Choctaw | |
| 38.8 | 1979-04-11 | 2 | 34°08'N / 94°28'W | 34°15'N / 94°22'W | 10.00 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Sevier |
| 39.8 | 1981-10-13 | 2 | 33°39'N / 95°40'W | 33°43'N / 95°35'W | 6.60 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Lamar |
| 40.3 | 1961-05-04 | 2 | 33°28'N / 95°16'W | 0.80 Mile | 1000 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Red River | |
| 40.6 | 1974-05-25 | 2 | 33°30'N / 95°23'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Lamar | |||
| 40.7 | 1982-04-02 | 3 | 33°34'N / 94°37'W | 33°38'N / 94°32'W | 4.00 Miles | 233 Yards | 0 | 2 | 250K | 0 | Bowie |
| 40.9 | 1964-04-23 | 2 | 33°39'N / 95°37'W | 2.00 Miles | 23 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Lamar | |
| 41.5 | 1982-04-02 | 3 | 33°39'N / 94°32'W | 33°38'N / 94°29'W | 3.00 Miles | 233 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Mccurtain |
| 42.3 | 1982-05-28 | 2 | 34°31'N / 94°42'W | 34°33'N / 94°36'W | 5.00 Miles | 450 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Le Flore |
| 42.5 | 1970-06-11 | 2 | 34°36'N / 95°20'W | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Pushmataha | |||
| 42.5 | 1961-03-05 | 2 | 34°00'N / 95°50'W | 34°02'N / 95°47'W | 3.80 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Choctaw |
| 43.5 | 1982-04-02 | 3 | 34°04'N / 95°57'W | 34°04'N / 95°42'W | 8.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Choctaw |
| 43.8 | 1973-11-20 | 2 | 34°02'N / 94°21'W | 34°03'N / 94°15'W | 5.70 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 6 | 250K | 0 | Sevier |
| 44.3 | 1983-11-22 | 3 | 34°39'N / 95°07'W | 34°41'N / 95°05'W | 3.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 3 | 2.5M | 0 | Pushmataha |
| 44.3 | 1999-03-05 | 2 | 34°12'N / 94°22'W | 34°11'N / 94°16'W | 8.00 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Polk |
| Brief Description: A strong tornado was spawned in southern Polk County. The tornado hit the town of Grannis and caused some property damage. Damage was most extensive at a chicken farm. Two chicken houses were completely destroyed at the farm, with one chicken house thrown into the other house. Roughly 8,000 chickens were lost. Several trees and a few power lines were downed as well. The tornado tracked about 8 miles before moving into Howard County (Shreveport County Warning Area). | |||||||||||
| 44.3 | 1999-05-04 | 3 | 33°24'N / 94°44'W | 33°37'N / 94°29'W | 19.50 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 22 | 125.0M | 0 | Bowie |
| Brief Description: This tornado moved directly through the downtown district of De Kalb and across a high school. Numerous homes and businesses were severely damaged or destroyed. The high school suffered severe damage. Sirens sounded 15 minutes prior to arrival of the storm. The damage resulted in a Presidential Disaster Declaration. This tornado moved from Red River county, TX across Bowie county, TX into Little River county, AR. | |||||||||||
| 44.5 | 1975-04-29 | 2 | 33°30'N / 94°37'W | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Bowie | |||
| 44.7 | 1999-05-04 | 3 | 33°23'N / 94°52'W | 33°27'N / 94°44'W | 7.50 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 5K | 0 | Red River |
| Brief Description: Numerous trees were blown over or broken. A few out buildings were severely damaged. This tornado moved from Titus county, TX into Red River county, TX and exited into Bowie county TX. | |||||||||||
| 44.9 | 2009-04-09 | 3 | 34°00'N / 94°28'W | 34°08'N / 94°06'W | 24.00 Miles | 850 Yards | 0 | 7 | 3.5M | 0K | Sevier |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: Tornado destroyed at least 10 to 12 mobile homes along US-71 just north of De Queen, AR. Numerous trees and powerlines were also uprooted or snapped. There were 7 reported injuries, all in the mobile home park north of Dequeen, Arkansas but none were life threatening. The Arkansas governor declared Sevier County a disaster area because of the tornado damage in the county. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A strong upper level storm system along with a surface dry line/front over northeast Texas moved east during the evening hours of April 9th into the early morning hours of April 10th causing long lived supercell thunderstorms. These thunderstorms caused long track tornadoes to occur across southeast Oklahoma, southwest Arkansas, northeast Texas, and north Louisiana. | |||||||||||
| 45.3 | 1956-04-28 | 2 | 34°08'N / 96°04'W | 34°15'N / 95°36'W | 27.90 Miles | 300 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Bryan |
| 45.6 | 1973-06-03 | 2 | 33°22'N / 95°07'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Titus | |||
| 45.9 | 1983-03-04 | 2 | 33°30'N / 94°37'W | 33°30'N / 94°32'W | 5.00 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Bowie |
| 46.8 | 1999-05-04 | 3 | 33°36'N / 94°28'W | 33°48'N / 94°14'W | 19.10 Miles | 75 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Little River |
| Brief Description: Damage path consisted of numerous snapped and fallen small trees. The damage path was in a wooded region away from any population. This tornado moved into Little River county from Bowie county, TX then continued into Sevier county, AR. | |||||||||||
| 47.1 | 1962-05-28 | 2 | 34°39'N / 95°06'W | 34°46'N / 95°01'W | 9.30 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Pushmataha |
| 47.6 | 1950-01-13 | 3 | 34°24'N / 94°22'W | 0.60 Mile | 17 Yards | 1 | 1 | 3K | 0 | Polk | |
| 48.8 | 1982-04-02 | 3 | 33°38'N / 94°28'W | 33°42'N / 94°12'W | 13.00 Miles | 233 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Little River |
| 48.8 | 1954-04-30 | 3 | 33°24'N / 94°38'W | 33°35'N / 94°23'W | 19.20 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Bowie |
| 48.9 | 1955-04-06 | 2 | 33°20'N / 95°22'W | 33°21'N / 95°12'W | 9.80 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Hopkins |
| 48.9 | 1982-04-02 | 3 | 33°38'N / 95°51'W | 33°38'N / 95°42'W | 10.00 Miles | 150 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Lamar |
| 49.2 | 1992-05-11 | 2 | 34°32'N / 95°38'W | 34°34'N / 95°40'W | 11.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Pushmataha |
| 49.7 | 1992-05-11 | 2 | 34°32'N / 95°44'W | 34°32'N / 95°38'W | 5.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Atoka |
* 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.