Oklahoma Strong and Violent Tornadoes
1970 - 2006
Oklahoma Strong and Violent
Tornadoes
1970 - 2006
| Date | Time | Oklahoma
Counties Damage Path Location |
PL (total) |
PW (yards) |
Injuries Fatalities |
Reference |
| 3/12/06 | 909pm | Cherokee/Delaware
F3 1 N Peggs - 4 SW Bentonville AR Moved into Benton Co. AR |
21 (48) |
500y | 8/0 | E49 |
| 5/29/04 | 1018pm | Creek
F3 6 W-NW Depew - 5 N-NE Depew |
8 | 700y | 0/0 | E48 |
| 5/9/03 | 929pm | Oklahoma
F3 (NE Oklahoma City) NE Oklahoma City - 3 SW Luther |
18 | 1000y | 2/0 | C61 |
| 5/8/03 | 546pm | Osage
F3 1 NW Fairfax - 1 W-NW Bowring |
45 | 800y | 0/0 | E47 |
| 5/8/03 | 410pm | Cleveland/Oklahoma
F4 (Moore/S.Oklahoma City/Del City) 2 W Moore - Choctaw |
18 | 600y | 134/0 | C60 |
| 4/17/02 | 1033pm | Dewey/Woodward
F3 3 SE Cestos - 6 E-SE Mutual |
8 | 600y | 0/0 | W34 |
| 10/9/01 | 436pm | Kiowa/Washita
F3 1 N Gotebo - 5 S-SE Cowden |
13 | 500y | 1/0 | W33 |
| 10/9/01 | 408pm | Washita
F3 (Cordell) 2 S-SW Cordell - 4 N-NE Cordell |
6 | 500y | 9/0 | W32 |
| 10/9/01 | 330pm | Beckham/Washita/Custer
F3 1 NE Elk City - 6 NW Foss |
11 | 600y | 0/0 | W31 |
| 6/1/99 | 550pm | McIntosh
F3 (Checotah) SE Checotah - 5 SE Checotah |
5 | 300y | 0/0 | E46 |
| 6/1/99 | 435pm | Cherokee
F3 7 W-NW Hulbert - 7 W-SW Hulbert |
2 | 300y | 5/2 | E45 |
| 5/4/99 | 1256pm | Sequoyah/Adair
F3 4 W Short - 7 SW Fayetteville AR Moved into Crawford Co. AR |
9 (36) |
400y | 0/0 | E44 |
| 5/3/99 | 1050pm | Logan
F3 3 W Crescent - 4 SW Mulhall |
13 | 400y | 0/0 | C59 |
| 5/3/99 | 1010pm | Lincoln/Creek
F3 (Stroud) 3 N-NE Sparks - 4 NE Stroud |
15 | 700y | 7/0 | C58E43 |
| 5/3/99 | 1003pm | Canadian/Kingfisher
F3 1 N-NE El Reno - 8 SE Kingfisher |
22 | 300y | 0/0 | C57 |
| 5/3/99 | 925pm | Logan
F4 (Mulhall) 3 SW Cimarron City - 1 NE Mulhall |
20 | 1800y | 14/1 | C56 |
| 5/3/99 | 910pm | Kingfisher
F4 (Dover) 4 S-SW Dover - 7 E-SE Hennessey |
14 | 800y | 6/1 | C55 |
| 5/3/99 | 841pm | Kingfisher
F3 7 S Omega - 7 NW Kingfisher |
12 | 500y | 2/0 | C54 |
| 5/3/99 | 623pm | Grady/McClain/Cleveland/ Oklahoma F5 (Bridge Creek/Moore/ S.Oklahoma City/Del City/ Tinker AFB/W. Midwest City) 2 S-SW Amber - W. Midwest City Costliest tornado disaster in US History |
38 | 1500y | 583/36 | C53 |
| 5/3/99 | 612pm | Grady
F3 3 NW Chickasha - 4 N-NE Chickasha |
4 | 500y | 0/0 | C52 |
| 5/3/99 | 546pm | Caddo/Grady
F3 2 W-SW Laverty - 3 W-NW Chickasha |
4 | 500y | 9/0 | W30C51 |
| 5/3/99 | 546pm | Caddo
F3 3 E Apache - 2 NE Stecker |
6 | 100y | 3/0 | W29 |
| 10/4/98 | 937pm | Okfuskee/Okmulgee
F3 (Haydenville) 2 SE Boley - 3 SW Nuyaka |
27 | 1000y | 4/0 | E42 |
| 10/4/98 | 908pm | Seminole/Pottawatomie
F3 (Centerview) 5 W-NW Little - 3 SE Prague |
10 | 800y | 1/0 | C50 |
| 5/24/98 | 910pm | Grant
F3 2 E Salt Fork - 3 NW Lamont |
5 | 1200y | 0/0 | C49 |
| 5/26/97 | 829pm | Pittsburg
F3 5 W Indianola - 2 SW Indianola |
5 | 400y | 1/0 | E41 |
| 5/7/95 | 440pm | Love/Carter
F3 (W.Ardmore) 1 W-NW Bulcher TX - 2 NW Ardmore Moved into OK from Cooke Co. TX |
30 (36) |
700y | 6/3 | C48 |
| 6/8/93 | 535pm | Kay
F3 3 S-SW Newkirk - 10 E Newkirk |
12 | 200y | 0/0 | C47 |
| 5/5/93 | 754pm | Texas
F3 6 N Optima - 7 SE Hugoton KS Moved into Stevens Co. KS |
14 (22) |
1500y | 0/0 | W28 |
| 5/5/93 | 638pm | Texas
F3 12 S-SE Guymon - 5 SE Guymon |
12 | 500y | 0/0 | W27 |
| 4/24/93 | 657pm | Tulsa/Rogers
F3 (Catoosa) 4 W-SW Catoosa - 4 E Catoosa |
8 | 400y | 30/0 | E40 |
| 4/24/93 | 646pm | Tulsa/Rogers
F4 (E.Tulsa/Catoosa) 4 W-SW Catoosa - 4 E Catoosa |
6 | 300y | 100/7 | E39 |
| 7/2/92 | 620pm | Tulsa/Rogers
F3 2 N Collinsville - 6 SW Oologah |
4 | 100y | 1/0 | E39 |
| 5/11/92 | 400pm | Pittsburg
F4 4 N Kiowa - 4 SE Savanna |
10 | 400y | 3/0 | E38 |
| 5/11/92 | 215pm | Coal
F3 1 SW Fittstown - 4 E-NE Fittstown |
5 | 150y | 0/0 | E37 |
| 5/26/91 | 658pm | Woodward
F3 3 E Woodward - 3 E-NE Mooreland |
10 | 800y | 0/0 | W26 |
| 5/15/91 | 835pm | Harper
F3 6 SW Laverne - 4 E Laverne |
12 | 600y | 3/0 | W25 |
| 4/26/91 | 945pm | Rogers
F4 (Oologah) 4 W Oologah - 3 NE Oologah |
7 | 1200y | 22/0 | E36 |
| 4/26/91 | 810pm | Pawnee/Osage
F4 (Westport/Skiatook) 2 W-SW Terlton - 1 N-NW Skiatook |
32 | 1200y | 32/1 | E35 |
| 4/26/91 | 630pm | Garfield/Noble/Osage
F4 3 E Garber - 9 W-NW Pawhuska |
66 | 1500y | 6/0 | C46E34 |
| 4/26/91 | 600pm | Garfield
F3 6 E Enid - 4 W Garber |
6 | 300y | 0/0 | C45 |
| 4/12/91 | 521pm | Grant
F3 1 SW Pond Creek - 4 SE Medford |
10 | 500y | 0/0 | C44 |
| 4/12/91 | 437pm | Garfield/Grant
F3 4 SE Hillsdale - 5 SW Pond Creek |
9 | 800y | 0/0 | C43 |
| 3/26/91 | 805pm | Grant/Kay
F3 3 NE Nash - 6 N Arkansas City KS Moved into Sumner Co. KS |
48 (67) |
500y | 0/0 | C42 |
| 3/21/91 | 425pm | Pontotoc
F3 (NW Ada) 7 W Ada - 6 N-NE Ada |
11 | 300y | 2/0 | C41 |
| 5/26/90 | 521pm | Caddo
F3 2 E Hinton - 6 NE Lookeba |
3 | 200y | 0/0 | W24 |
| 5/15/90 | 641pm | Payne
F3 (Stillwater) 4 W Stillwater - 3 NE Stillwater |
7 | 400y | 12/1 | C40 |
| 3/13/90 | 641pm | Jefferson/Stephens/Carter
F3 5 S-SW Loco - 2 SW Tatums |
20 | 200y | 1/0 | C39 |
| 3/13/90 | 554pm | Grant
F3 6 NE Wakita - 3 SW Mayfield KS Moved into Sumner Co. KS |
4 (22) |
200y | 0/0 | C38 |
| 3/13/90 | 515pm | Grant
F3 5 NE Nash - 7 NE Wakita |
19 | 200y | 0/0 | C37 |
| 5/8/86 | 612pm | Oklahoma
F3 (N.Oklahoma City/Edmond) N.Oklahoma City - Edmond |
4 | 200y | 15/0 | C36 |
| 10/31/84 | 521pm | Woodward/Major
F3 6 S Cedardale - 1 Cheyenne Valley |
20 | 300y | 15/0 | W23 |
| 4/29/84 | 920am | Creek/Pawnee/Osage
F4 (Mannford/New Prue) 3 N-NE Bellevue - 3 NE New Prue |
27 | 500y | 60/1 | E33 |
| 4/26/84 | 1133pm | Okmulgee
F4 (Morris) 2 NW Schulter - 6 NW Boynton |
22 | 1000y | 95/8 | E32 |
| 4/26/84 | 1005pm | Creek/Pawnee/Osage
F4 (Terlton/Westport) 2 N Oilton - 2 N New Prue |
22 | 800y | 37/3 | E31 |
| 11/22/83 | 540pm | LeFlore
F3 (Wister/Poteau) 3 E-SE Summerfield - Poteau |
16 | 100y | 6/0 | E30 |
| 11/22/83 | 400pm | Pushmataha
F3 (Albion) 1 SW Albion - 2 NE Albion |
3 | 100y | 3/0 | E29 |
| 5/13/83 | 705pm | Kingfisher
F3 1 NW Kingfisher - 5 SE Dover |
9 | 200y | 0/0 | C35 |
| 5/13/83 | 540pm | Harmon
F3 6 NW Hollis - 5 E McKnight |
13 | 500y | 0/0 | W22 |
| 12/24/82 | 940am | Delaware/Craig
F3 (Ketchum) Ketchum - 2 S-SW Cleora |
8 | 100y | 0/0 | E28 |
| 5/11/82 | 555pm | Kiowa
F3 3 S Lone Wolf - 4 N-NW Lone Wolf |
7 | 100y | 0/0 | W21 |
| 5/11/82 | 502pm | Greer/Jackson
F3 2 W-SW Friendship - 2 W Lugert |
10 | 700y | 18/2 | W20 |
| 5/11/82 | 450pm | Jackson
F3 (Altus/Altus AFB) E Altus -2 SW Friendship |
4 | 400y | 41/0 | W19 |
| 4/2/82 | 440pm | McCurtain
F3 4 E-NE Clarksville TX - 5 SE Ashdown AR Moved into OK from Bowie Co. TX Moved into Little River Co. AR |
4 (55) |
300y | 0/0 | E27 |
| 4/2/82 | 350pm | Choctaw/McCurtain
F5 (Golden/S.Broken Bow) 1 S Speer - 4 SE Eagletown |
53 | 800y | 29/0 | E26 |
| 4/2/82 | 310pm | Choctaw
F3 1 N Boswell - 2 W Soper |
8 | 100y | 0/0 | E25 |
| 3/19/82 | 1155pm | Texas/Beaver
F4 5 SE Sunray TX - 6 SW Beaver Moved into OK from Hansford Co. TX |
22 (70) |
800y | 7/0 | W18 |
| 3/15/82 | 702pm | Washington
F3 (Bartlesville) Bartlesville - 2 NE Bartlesville |
3 | 200y | 57/0 | E24 |
| 3/15/82 | 557pm | Pontotoc
F3 (NW Ada) NW Ada - 1 NW Oakman |
6 | 60y | 36/1 | C34 |
| 5/23/81 | 530pm | Washington/Nowata
F3 1 E Copan - 5 E Coffeyville KS Moved into Montgomery Co. KS |
16 (23) |
100y | 6/0 | E23 |
| 5/22/81 | 755pm | Custer
F3 (Clinton) Clinton - 2 NE Arapaho |
7 | 200y | 12/0 | W17 |
| 5/22/81 | 648pm | Caddo/Canadian
F4 1 W Binger - 3 W Yukon |
25 | 1200y | 0/0 | W16C33 |
| 5/22/81 | 615pm | Washita/Custer
F3 3 W-SW Clinton - 1 S Arapaho |
8 | 400y | 0/0 | W15 |
| 5/17/81 | 700pm | Seminole/Okfuskee/Okmulgee
F4 2 S-SE Little - 5 W-NW Okmulgee |
35 | 600y | 2/0 | C32E22 |
| 4/19/81 | 845pm | Tulsa
F3 (Bixby) 2 S Glenpool - Bixby |
12 | 800y | 49/5 | E21 |
| 4/19/81 | 820pm | Creek
F3 3 W Kiefer - 2 E-NE Kiefer |
4 | 600y | 0/0 | E20 |
| 4/19/81 | 810pm | Tulsa
F3 (S.Tulsa) S.Tulsa - 2 N-NW Broken Arrow |
5 | 200y | 7/0 | E19 |
| 4/7/80 | 810pm | Mayes/Craig/Delaware/Ottawa
F3 (Cleora/Bernice) 4 N Pensacola - Bernice |
8 | 400y | 0/0 | E18 |
| 10/30/79 | 1005am | Carter
F3 2 SW Newport - 1 N Woodford |
9 | 500y | 10/2 | C31 |
| 8/31/79 | 315pm | Kingfisher/Logan/Oklahoma
F3 8 N-NW Cashion - 1 N Edmond |
15 | 400y | 0/0 | C30 |
| 5/2/79 | 545pm | Garfield
F3 4 E Bison - 4 NE Marshall |
8 | 150y | 0/0 | C29 |
| 5/2/79 | 415pm | Major/Garfield
F4 (Lahoma) 3 NE Cleo Springs - 3 N Drummond |
24 | 800y | 25/1 | W14C28 |
| 4/11/79 | 1115am | McCurtain
F3 1 N Eagletown - 10 SE Mena AR Moved into Sevier Co. AR |
8 (41) |
400y | 3/0 | E17 |
| 4/10/79 | 755pm | Jefferson/Stephens/Carter
F3 (Pruitt City) 8 NW Ringling - 2 NE Ratliff City |
27 | 150y | 0/0 | C27 |
| 4/10/79 | 550pm | Jefferson
F4 3 E-NE Holliday TX - 5 N-NE Waurika Moved into OK from Clay Co. TX |
15 (47) |
1500y | 0/0 | C26 |
| 4/10/79 | 505pm | Comanche
F3 (SE Lawton) 1 S Lawton - 2 E Lawton |
4 | 150y | 100/3 | W13 |
| 4/10/79 | 320pm | Tillman
F4 3 N Thalia TX - 6 NE Davidson Moved into OK from Wilbarger Co. TX |
10 (39) |
800y | 1/0 | W12 |
| 4/30/78 | 620pm | Canadian/Oklahoma
F4 (Piedmont) 2 S Piedmont - 5 E-NE Piedmont |
8 | 1500y | 0/0 | C25 |
| 4/5/78 | 822pm | Stephens
F3 5 SE Marlow - 2 S-SW Bray |
2 | 50y | 0/0 | C24 |
| 4/5/78 | 755pm | Comanche/Stephens
F3 (Pumpkin Center) 6 SW Pumpkin Center - 4 E-NE Pumpkin Center |
10 | 150y | 0/0 | W11C23 |
| 5/20/77 | 822pm | Oklahoma/Logan
F3 1 W Arcadia - 4 W-SW Meridian |
10 | 400y | 0/0 | C22 |
| 5/20/77 | 538pm | Tillman
F3 (Tipton) 1 S Tipton - 1 NE Tipton |
2 | 200y | 0/0 | W10 |
| 5/20/77 | 447pm | Caddo
F3 (Albert) 2 W Fort Cobb - Albert |
13 | 1200y | 0/0 | W9 |
| 5/20/77 | 220pm | Jackson
F3 (Altus/Altus AFB) 3 N Elmer - 3 NE Altus |
10 | 800y | 3/0 | W8 |
| 5/18/77 | 1250pm | Cimarron
F4 (Keyes) 8 SE Boise City - 3 E Stonington CO Moved into Baca Co. CO |
18 (42) |
600y | 0/0 | W7 |
| 5/16/77 | 724pm | Beckham/Roger
Mills F3 2 SW Mayfield - 1 SW Cheyenne |
22 | 1000y | 0/0 | W6 |
| 5/15/77 | 838pm | Stephens
F4 (Alma) Alma - 1 N Alma |
1 | 200y | 2/1 | C21 |
| 5/30/76 | 910pm | Tulsa/Wagoner
F3 3 S-SE Broken Arrow - 2 NE Oneta |
3 | 600y | 4/0 | E16 |
| 5/30/76 | 412am | Caddo
F4 (Washita) 2 N Boone - 3 W Gracemont |
28 | 400y |
6/0 |
W5 |
| 3/26/76 | 328pm | LeFlore
F4 (Spiro/Murry Spur) 4 E Bokoshe - 1 S Braden |
12 | 400y | 64/2 | E15 |
| 3/26/76 | 250pm | Latimer/LeFlore
F3 (Talihina/Falfa) 2 W Talihina - 5 N Whitesboro |
9 | 400y | 4/1 | E14 |
| 12/5/75 | 454pm | Tulsa
F3 (E.Tulsa) E.Tulsa - 5 SW Catoosa |
2 | 300y | 38/0 | E13 |
| 12/5/75 | 425pm | Okmulgee/Muskogee/Wagoner
F3 3 N Okmulgee - 1 SW Coweta |
26 | 50y | 0/0 | E12 |
| 6/13/75 | 633pm | Payne
F4 (W.Stillwater) W.Stillwater - 5 N-NW Perkins |
6 | 400y | 8/0 | C20 |
| 6/8/74 | 605pm | Seminole/Okfuskee
F3 2 NW Little - 2 SW Tuskegee |
20 | 800y | 0/0 | C19E11 |
| 6/8/74 | 550pm | Tulsa/Rogers/Mayes/Craig
F3 (Tulsa) 5 N-NE Sapulpa - 1 SW Big Cabin |
50 | 100y | 80/1 | E10 |
| 6/8/74 | 550pm | Tulsa/Wagoner/Rogers/Mayes
F3 (S.Tulsa/Broken Arrow/Inola/Choteau) 2 NW Jenks - Chouteau |
50 | 100y | 42/0 | E9 |
| 6/8/74 | 545pm | Seminole/Pottawatomie
F3 9 NW Seminole - 3 NE Little |
12 | 400y | 0/0 | C18 |
| 6/8/74 | 520pm | Lincoln
F3 3 S Davenport - 3 S-SW Stroud |
5 | 400y | 0/0 | C17 |
| 6/8/74 | 446pm | Lincoln
F3 (Davenport/Stroud) Davenport - 1 NE Stroud |
8 | 800y | 8/0 | C16 |
| 6/8/74 | 355pm | Payne/Creek/Pawnee/Osage
F4 (Drumright/Olive) 3 SW Drumright - 2 W Skiatook |
45 | 500y | 150/14 | E8C15 |
| 6/8/74 | 218pm | Oklahoma
F3 3 W Jones - 2 S Luther |
9 | 600y | 0/0 | C14 |
| 6/8/74 | 142pm | Oklahoma
F3 (SW Oklahoma City) SW Oklahoma City (Will Rogers Airport) |
9 | 300y | 14/0 | C13 |
| 4/20/74 | 445pm | Jefferson
F3 2 NW Waurika - 3 NE Waurika |
4 | 100y | 0/0 | C12 |
| 11/19/73 | 745pm | Kay
F3 (Tonkawa) 8 SW Tonkawa - 6 NE Tonkawa |
15 | 60y | 6/0 | C11 |
| 11/19/73 | 730pm | McClain/Cleveland/Oklahoma
F3 (Blanchard/Moore/S.Oklahoma City) Blanchard - S.Oklahoma City |
25 | 500y | 53/5 | C10 |
| 9/24/73 | 640pm | Craig/Ottawa
F3 2 NE Vinita - 4 SE Miami |
20 | 100y | 14/0 | E7 |
| 6/18/73 | 715pm | Tillman
F3 (Frederick) Frederick - 2 E Frederick |
3 | 200y | 58/0 | W4 |
| 6/18/73 | 545pm | Caddo
F4 5 W Binger - 10 NE Carnegie |
15 | 100y | 0/0 | W3 |
| 6/18/73 | 530pm | Osage
F3 4 E Hominy - 8 SE Hominy |
3 | 70y | 0/0 | E6 |
| 5/26/73 | 1000pm | LeFlore
F3 (Wister) Wister - 1 NE Wister |
1 | 200y | 0/0 | E5 |
| 5/26/73 | 540pm | Sequoyah
F3 (Box) 2 N Gore - 1 N Marble City |
20 | 300y | 6/0 | E4 |
| 5/26/73 | 500pm | Muskogee
F4 (Keefeton) 2 W-SW Keefeton - 1 NE Keefeton |
3 | 500y | 25/5 | E3 |
| 5/24/73 | 500pm | Canadian
F4 (Union City) 5 W-NW Union City - 4 SE Union City |
9 | 300y | 4/2 | C9 |
| 4/20/73 | 1220am | Pontotoc
F3 (W/N Ada) W. Ada - 3 E Byng |
9 | 100y | 22/0 | C8 |