Rogers County, home to Claremore, has 81 tornadoes in NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center (SPC) record from 1950 through 2025. Nine of them were rated F3/EF3 or stronger. The most recent strong one was an EF3 on May 25, 2024. The deadliest was an F4 on April 24, 1993.
May 25, 2024
The SPC file lists an EF3 on May 25, 2024. It killed 2 people and injured 23 on a 23.9-mile path through Rogers County and one other county. It is the only tornado rated EF3 or stronger among the 19 that touched the county in 2016–2025.
The City of Claremore’s recovery page reported two steps after the tornado and severe storms that evening. The city, Rogers County and the State of Oklahoma made a disaster emergency proclamation. FEMA ran a disaster recovery center at the Rogers County Health Department.
Two F4 tornadoes, 1991 and 1993
April 24, 1993. An F4 on a 5.5-mile path through Rogers and Tulsa County killed 7 people and injured 100. No tornado in the county’s record killed more.
April 26, 1991. An F4 on a 4-mile path, recorded only in Rogers County, injured 22. No deaths are listed.
Twelve deaths in 76 years
Two more tornadoes caused deaths. An F3 on June 8, 1974 killed 2 and injured 80. Its 63.6-mile path crossed three counties, Tulsa among them. An F2 on June 27, 1983 killed 1 on a 5-mile path through Rogers and Tulsa counties. Add the 1993 and 2024 tornadoes, and that makes 12 deaths. Ratings and deaths describe each full track, even where it extends outside Rogers County.
Most tornadoes here were weaker: 51 of the 81 were F0/EF0 or F1/EF1, 19 were F2/EF2, and 2 have no known rating. Early decades undercount weak tornadoes. That makes strong-tornado counts the better way to compare years.
Clay soils, some in the very high class
The soil survey rates 39.9% of Rogers County’s mapped land high or very high for shrink-swell: clay that swells when wet and shrinks as it dries. The very high class covers 7.4%. In the top layer alone, 4.0% is rated high or very high. The largest high-rated unit is Dennis silt loam on 1–3% slopes, at 45,628 acres. Osage clay on 0–1% slopes, labeled occasionally flooded, covers 15,874 acres. These are mapping estimates for the county, not a reading of your property. If you are seeing cracks or sticking doors, foundation repair in Claremore covers the local side.
Before you request a shelter quote
For Claremore’s local shelter information, see storm shelters in Claremore. The form sends your shelter request to a local installer. The installer can look at your house and yard and say whether a garage-floor, in-ground or above-ground shelter fits. Then it can price that shelter. Ask the installer to confirm whether a permit is needed and who will get it. Get any permit fee in the itemized written price. Published price ranges are on storm shelter costs in Oklahoma.
Frequently asked questions
Does Rogers County keep a storm shelter registry?
Ask Rogers County Emergency Management. That office can tell you whether it keeps a registry and how to add your shelter once it is installed.
Is the Rogers County Emergency Alert System a shelter registry?
No. It sends warnings. The City of Claremore links to its sign-up on the city emergency page.
Is the May 25, 2024 tornado in the counts on this page?
Yes. The NOAA Storm Prediction Center file runs through 2025 and lists an EF3 on that date that touched Rogers County.
Can I get a SoonerSafe rebate in Rogers County now?
Not as of October 29, 2026. On that date Oklahoma Emergency Management said the 2026 SoonerSafe program is not open.