Tornadoes in Oklahoma

Tornadoes in Oklahoma
	Clockwise from top: An EF5 tornado in Moore on May 20, 2013; A wedge tornado near Binger; A rope tornado near Cordell; Radar scan of a powerful EF1 tornado near Hollister in April 2024; An F4 tornado that hit Union City; An EF2 tornado being observed by a Doppler On Wheels truck near Duke;
Tornadoes statewide	>4,100
Location of max. windspeeds	321 mph (517 km/h) Bridge Creek, Oklahoma F5 tornado on May 3, 1999
Fatalities	>1,707
Injuries	>14,000
Deadliest single tornado	116 deaths Woodward, Oklahoma F5 tornado on April 9,1947
Worst year	2024 (152 tornadoes)

Several destructive tornadoes have hit the state of Oklahoma since 1882, the year with the first recorded tornado within state boundaries. Oklahoma, located in Tornado Alley, experiences around 68 tornadoes annually, with each EF3+ tornado killing an average of 2.9 people. 497 tornadoes have been classified as "intense" in Oklahoma, being rated F3+ on the Fujita Scale^{[note 1]} or EF3+ on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. Oklahoma has seen thirteen F5 or EF5 tornadoes since 1905, the most recent hitting Moore in May 2013. The deadliest sliced through the Oklahoma panhandle in April 1947, hitting Woodward and killing at least 182 people.

Oklahoma was struck by several significant tornadoes prior to 1950, including an F5 tornado that hit Snyder and a large tornado that passed over Woodward and surrounding communities. The first tornado warning ever issued in the United States was sent out for the Tinker Air Force Base area on March 25, 1948, shortly before an F3 tornado hit the base. The 1950s were particularly devastating for Oklahoma, with 546 tornadoes killing a total of 154 people.^[6] A large F5-rated tornado hit Blackwell in the early hours of May 26, 1955, and an F4 tornado killed seven people west of Stonewall in May 1959. Tornadoes in the 1960s were less damaging, with a total of 581 tornadoes touching down within state boundaries, killing 57 people. An F5 tornado moved through Prague and Sapulpa in May 1960, killing five people along a 71.8 mi (115.6 km) track. An F3 tornado hit downtown Oklahoma City five days earlier, inflicting $2.5 million (1960 USD)^[7] in damages to the city and injuring 57 people.^[6]

The 1970s, like the 1950s, was a particularly deadly decade for tornadoes in Oklahoma, with 433 tornadoes killing a combined total of 110 people.^[6] The deadliest, rated F4, hit Wichita Falls, Texas before moving into Jefferson County on April 10, 1979. 42 people were killed by the tornado and a further 1,740 were injured. The majority of casualties took place along the tornado's track through Texas. Only 25 people were killed by tornadoes through the 1980s, eight of which were the result of an F3 tornado that moved through Morris on April 26, 1984. The strongest tornado was an F5 that moved through rural Choctaw and McCurtain counties, injuring 29.^[6]

The 1990s were a significant decade for severe weather in Oklahoma, with over 55 people being killed by a total of 688 tornadoes.^[6] The deadliest and most powerful devastated Bridge Creek, Moore and surrounding suburbs of Oklahoma City on May 3, 1999, where 41 people were killed. The tornado, which received an F5 rating, had the highest measured windspeeds ever recorded on Earth, at 321 miles per hour (517 km/h). The tornado inflicted a total of $1 billion (1999 USD)^[8] in damage to the Oklahoma City metropolitan area, making it the second-costliest in Oklahoma history.^[9] A large F4 tornado killed two people in Cimarron City and Mulhall on the same day; it was the largest tornado ever measured quantitatively.^[10]

The 2000s were less significant, with 483 tornadoes killing a total of 32 people.^[6] A large F4 tornado moved through southwestern Oklahoma City in May 2003, injuring 134 people. The first violent tornado to be rated on the Enhanced Fujita scale in Oklahoma hit the town of Picher on May 10, 2008, killing 21 people and inflicting an estimated $15,000,000 (2008 USD)^[11] in damages to structures and farms along a 75.5 mi (121.5 km) spanning from Craig County in Oklahoma to Barry County in Missouri. The 2010s would mark a broad increase in the number of tornadoes that touched down annually, jumping from 103 in 2010 to 149 in 2019; the latter was the second-worst year for tornadoes in Oklahoma history, only behind 2024, which saw 152 tornadoes. The deadliest tornado of the decade would again hit Moore on May 20, 2013, killing 24 people and receiving a rating of EF5, making it the most recent tornado worldwide to top the Enhanced Fujita Scale as of February 2025. The tornado was the costliest in Oklahoma history and the third costliest in US history, leaving an estimated $2 billion (2013 USD) worth of damages in its wake.^[12]

Tornadoes in Oklahoma have broken numerous national and worldwide records. Both the widest and most powerful tornadoes ever recorded occurred in Oklahoma. Two of the top ten costliest tornadoes in history have happened in Oklahoma and the state also has the most violent tornadoes out of any other state.^[13] Tornadoes in Oklahoma have also been extensively featured in media; both 1996's Twister and 2024's Twisters take place primarily in Oklahoma.^[14]^[15] Into the Storm and 13 Minutes, released in 2014 and 2021 respectively, are both set in fictional Oklahoman towns that were hit by tornadoes.^[16]

Climatology

Oklahoma is located in Tornado Alley, an expanse of land stretching from South Dakota to Texas. Tornadoes are more frequent in Tornado Alley than anywhere else in the world, and Oklahoma sees the second-highest number of tornadoes out of any state.^[17] In the alley, warm and humid air from the equator meets cold, dry air from Canada and produced by the Rocky Mountains. This creates an ideal environment for tornadoes to form within supercellular thunderstorms.^[18]

Worst tornado years for Oklahoma^[6]
Year	Max F/EF#	Tornadoes	Deaths
2024	EF4	152	8^[19]
2019	EF3	149	4^[20]
1999	F5	145	42^[21]
2011	EF5	119	14^[22]
2015	EF3	111	2^[23]
1957	F4	107	22^[24]

Deadliest tornadoes

Ten deadliest Oklahoma tornadoes^[25]
Date	F/EF#	Deaths	Injuries	Hardest-hit community
April 9, 1947	F5	116	782	Woodward
The deadliest tornado to strike within the borders of the state of Oklahoma occurred on April 9, 1947 in the city of Woodward. The Woodward tornadic supercell thunderstorm began in the Texas Panhandle during the afternoon of April 9, 1947, and produced at least six tornadoes along a 220 mi (350 km) path that stretched from White Deer, Texas to St. Leo, Kansas. At least 116 lives were lost in Oklahoma and another 68 deaths were recorded in Texas as a direct result of the tornado.^[25]
May 10, 1905	F5	97	58	Snyder
This tornado developed about 2 mi (3.2 km) southeast of the Frances school house in Greer County (now Jackson County). Homes were swept away about 14 mi (23 km) southeast of Altus. From its inception, this tornado moved east-northeast crossing the North Fork of the Red River near the mouth of Otter Creek. The tornado followed very close to Otter Creek curving to the northeast through what is now northern Tillman County (but was still part of Kiowa County at the time). Three people were killed about 6 mi (9.7 km) southwest of Snyder. As the tornado continued northeast it struck the city of Snyder at around 8:45 pm CST.^[25] The tornado struck Snyder beginning in the southwest corner of town and destroyed or damaged homes and other buildings west of Main Street and from 6th Street northward through the city. No buildings north of the railroad were left standing. After moving through Snyder, the tornado continued to the northeast, destroying a couple of small residences within two miles of the town site, then lifted about 3 mi (4.8 km) northeast of Snyder.^[25]
May 2, 1920	F4	71	100	Peggs
This violent tornado began 2 miles southwest of Peggs, moved northeast, and cut a 3 mi (4.8 km)-long, 0.5 mi (0.80 km)-wide swath of devastation that included the entire town of 250 people. Around 8:30 pm CST, a loud roar was heard by residents just before the tornado hit Peggs at 8:35 pm CST. The town was almost completely destroyed with only 7 buildings remaining partially intact. Only a small, wood house, used as the city jail and located next to a smashed concrete store, was still standing. A cement block schoolhouse that was located west of Peggs had only partly standing walls after the tornado hit it. The tornado traveled at least as far as the Illinois River to the east of Peggs where a house was demolished. Wheat fields were scoured and trees were carried away by the storm, and scores of livestock were killed or injured. Eleven members of one family were killed by the tornado, and in one smashed house a total of 20 mud-covered bodies were recovered. A total of 71 persons were killed and another 100 were injured by the storm. Nearly 30% of the town's population was killed and another 40% were injured.^[25]
April 12, 1945	F5	69	353	Antlers
This violent tornado was part of an outbreak of devastating severe weather and flooding that occurred in Oklahoma on April 12-15, 1945, and was one of the 5 violent twisters that hit the state on April 12. The tornado touched down at 5:30 pm CST in about 5 miles southwest of Antlers near the Hall Community in Pushmataha County. The tornado moved to the northeast and struck Antlers, passing from the southwest corner of the town through the northeast portion. It produced a damage swath a half mile wide through both business and residential areas, and devastated about a third of the town. Some areas were swept completely clean of all debris. The tornado then continued for another 20 mi (32 km)+, striking the One Creek area before dissipating near Nashoba, Oklahoma.^[25] The tornado killed 69 persons and injured 353 more people. A total of 379 homes and 254 buildings were destroyed, and 200 more homes and buildings were damaged. Approximately 1500 people were made homeless by the tornado. Damage estimates were at $1.5 million (1945 USD).^[25]
April 27, 1942	F4	52	350	Pryor Creek
This tornado touched down 5 mi (8.0 km) south of Claremore at about 3:15 pm CST, and moved storm east-northeast through rural parts of Rogers and Mayes Counties before taking aim on the town of Pryor Creek. At 3:45 pm CST, the tornado entered Pryor Creek and traveled directly through the main portion of the town, including the principal business section. Its violent winds demolished dozens of frame buildings and several brick buildings, including the First Baptist Church. After leaving Pryor Creek, the tornado caused damage to the northeast of the town, completely wrecking everything in its path before it lifted about 3 mi (4.8 km) northeast of Pryor Creek. The damage swath was a quarter of a mile in width, and about a third of Pryor Creek was destroyed by the tornado.^[25] A total of 49 people were killed in Pryor, with another 3 persons killed to the west-southwest of the town. A total of 350 people were injured with 192 of those being hospitalized. Damages totaled $2.3 million (1942 USD) and 500 buildings were damaged or destroyed.^[25]
May 3, 1999	F5	36	583	Bridge Creek, Newcastle, Moore, Del City, Midwest City
This violent, long-lived tornado was the most infamous of nearly 60 tornadoes that struck central Oklahoma during an unprecedented outbreak on the afternoon and evening of May 3, 1999. The tornado was the ninth of fourteen tornadoes produced by a supercell thunderstorm during the tornado outbreak. It formed around 5:26 pm CST about 2 mi (3.2 km) south-southwest of Amber, and grew rapidly as it headed northeast, paralleling Interstate 44. It moved across Bridge Creek and rural parts of northwest Newcastle, causing continuous F4 and sporadic F5 damage. The tornado was estimated to be a mile in diameter in this area.^[25] Total losses from this tornado include 36 direct fatalities (12 in Bridge Creek, 1 in Newcastle, 9 in southern/southeastern Oklahoma City, 5 in Moore, 6 in Del City, and 3 in Midwest City), 5 indirect fatalities during or shortly after the tornado, 583 direct injuries, numerous indirect injuries, 1,800 homes destroyed, and 2,500 homes damaged. The tornado was also the 118th tornado to strike the Oklahoma City area since 1890. Total damage was estimated at $1 billion (1999 USD).^[25]
June 12, 1942	F4	35	100	Oklahoma City metropolitan area
This was the deadliest tornado to strike the Oklahoma City area until the May 3, 1999 F5 tornado. The funnel cut a twisting, erratic path through the southwest part of Oklahoma City. Movement was generally to the northeast, but it often "cut to the east or west". Thirty-five people were killed and 100 persons injured, with 29 people being hospitalized; an estimated total of 110 families were affected by the tornado. A total of 73 homes were destroyed and another 31 damaged, and many outbuildings were destroyed. Numerous automobiles and other vehicles were destroyed or damaged. Most of the damage occurred in the 27-29th Street areas between Portland and Goff Avenues. Damage estimates for this tornado were $500,000 (1942 USD).^[25]
April 25, 1893	F4	31	100	Moore
This massive tornado, reportedly over 1.25 mi (2.01 km) miles in width at one point, moved northeast along a 15 mi (24 km) path from northwest of Newcastle through rural areas between Norman and Moore (through what is now extreme northern Norman and extreme southern Moore), and swept away at least 30 homes. Thirty-three people were killed with 11 people dying in one home, 6 in a second home and 4 in a third home. This tornado was one of at least 5 strong to violent tornadoes in central Oklahoma on this day. This was the second tornado to affect areas near Norman this day with the first one passing just south and east of Norman.^[25]
May 20, 2013	EF5	24	212	Moore
This violent tornado was first observed developing at 1:56 pm CST in McClain County around 1.5 mi (2.4 km) south of State Highway 37 in northwest Newcastle to the east of Rockwell Avenue. EF4 damage was observed soon after the tornado crossed State Highway 37. The tornado continued to expand in size as it approached the Canadian River and moved into Cleveland County.^[25] The center of the large tornado path passed near SW 149th Street and Western Avenue. After crossing Western Avenue, numerous buildings were destroyed and horses killed at Orr Family Farm. Two storage tanks estimated to weigh approximately 10 tons were lifted from Orr Family Farm and landed about 1.5 mi (2.4 km) mile east. Moving east, the tornado destroyed much of Briarwood Elementary School, where the National Weather Service storm survey team rated damage as EF5. Despite the destruction of this elementary school during school hours, no fatalities occurred at the school. After crossing Santa Fe Avenue, the tornado moved through more suburban neighborhoods and toward Plaza Towers Elementary School. Damage to the school was extensive and seven children were killed when a wall collapsed at the school. Nine other people were killed in eight different neighborhood homes within one-quarter mile of Plaza Towers Elementary School, most occurring just south of the school.^[25] Overall, over 300 homes experienced EF to EF5 damage along the tornado path. Damages with this storm were estimated at $2 billion (2013 USD), and the tornado killed a total of 24 people.^[25]
November 19, 1930	F4	23	150	Bethany
This rare tornado is one of only three violent tornadoes to have been documented to have occurred during the month of November in Oklahoma since 1900. Between 9:30 am and 9:58 am CST, it moved north-northeast from 3 mi (4.8 km) west of the Oklahoma City limits and hit the eastern part of Bethany. About 110 homes and 700 other buildings, or about a fourth of the town, were damaged or destroyed. Near the end of the damage path, 3.5 mi (5.6 km) northeast of Wiley Post Airfield, the tornado hit the Camel Creek school. Buildings blew apart just as the students were falling to the floor and looking for shelter, and 5 students and a teacher were killed. A total of 23 people were killed and another 150 injured, with 77 being seriously injured. Damage estimates were listed at $500,000 (1930 USD).^[25]

Costliest tornadoes

Ten costliest Oklahoma tornadoes^[26]
Date	F/EF#	Damages (in United States dollars)	Hardest-hit community
May 20, 2013	EF5	$2 billion (2013 USD)	Moore
May 3, 1999	F5	$1 billion (1999 USD)	Moore
May 8, 2003	F4	$370 million (2003 USD)	Moore
May 11, 1982	F3	$200 million (1982 USD)	Altus
May 7, 1995	F3	$100+ million (1995 USD)	Ardmore
October 9, 2001	F3	$100 million (2001 USD)	Cordell
April 19, 1981	F3	$75+ million (1981 USD)	Tulsa
May 3, 1999	F3	$60 million (1999 USD)	Stroud
April 24, 1993	F4	$50+ million (1993 USD)	Catoosa
March 15, 1982	F2	$30-40 million (1982 USD)	Bartlesville

Intense tornadoes

Pre–1925

FU	F0	F1	F2	F3	F4	F5	Total
1	0	3	128	66	40	1	239
Deaths: 583				Injuries: >2,475

107 intense tornadoes hit Oklahoma prior to the year 1925. The majority of these tornadoes were deadly, with each tornado killing an average of 3.6 people. Tornadoes in this time-frame hit several populated places including Moore,^[27] Stillwater and Sulphur.^[28]^[29] The strongest tornado touched down on May 10, 1905, striking the community of Snyder and killing 97 people.^[30] The tornado was the first to receive a rating of F5 on the Fujita Scale in Oklahoma's history.^[30]

† Deadliest in Oklahoma history at time of event

‡ Tornado crossed state lines in or out of Oklahoma

Intense (F3+) tornadoes in Oklahoma, pre–1925^[31]^[32]
F#	Date	Deaths	Injuries	Location	County	Path length	Max width
F3	May 8, 1882	3	13	Near Cherokee	Alfalfa	Unknown
F3	May 8, 1882	21†	42	McAlester	Pittsburg	6.1 mi (9.8 km)	400 yd (370 m)
F3	December 16, 1887	6	50	N of Durant	Johnston, Bryan	25.7 mi (41.4 km)	Unknown
F3	June 8, 1889	0	3	E of Elgin	Osage	12.8 mi (20.6 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F4	May 12, 1892	5	25	NE of Olustee	Jackson	15.4 mi (24.8 km)	1000 yd (910 m)
F3	May 12, 1892	2	3	NE of Kingfisher	Kingfisher	12.3 mi (19.8 km)	500 yd (460 m)
F4	April 25, 1893	4	25	S of Stillwater	Logan, Payne	23.2 mi (37.3 km)	400 yd (370 m)
F4		31†	100	Moore	Cleveland	14.7 mi (23.7 km)	100 yd (91 m)
F4		1	11	SW of Marietta	Love	15 mi (24 km)‡	150 yd (140 m)
F4	April 28, 1893	6	20	S of Ponca City	Kay	15.4 mi (24.8 km)	400 yd (370 m)
F4	April 26, 1894	3	37	E of Oilton	Creek, Pawnee	22 mi (35 km)	880 yd (800 m)
F3	April 26, 1894	8	95	Morris	Okmulgee	22 mi (35 km)	1760 yd (1610 m)
F4	April 29, 1894	1	60	N of Westport	Creek, Pawnee	27 mi (43 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F3	October 31, 1894	0	0	Rural Woodward County	Woodward	20 mi (32 km)	250 yd (230 m)
F3	April 8, 1896	0	3	E of Norman	Cleveland	Unknown	100 yd (91 m)
F3	May 12, 1896	0	5	S of Stillwater	Logan, Payne	18.4 mi (29.6 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F3	May 20, 1896	0	0	E of Newkirk	Kay	15.6 mi (25.1 km)‡	100 yd (91 m)
F3	May 27, 1896	0	1	Marshall	Kingfisher, Logan, Garfield	10.5 mi (16.9 km)	Unknown
F3	October 28, 1896	3	0	W of Carney	Lincoln	8.3 mi (13.4 km)	70 yd (64 m)
F3	October 28, 1896	2	2	E of McAlester	Pittsburg	9.7 mi (15.6 km)	50 yd (46 m)
F4	March 30, 1897	14	40	Chandler	Lincoln	17.7 mi (28.5 km)	800 yd (730 m)
F3	June 2, 1897	2	8	S of Chelsea	Rogers	10 mi (16 km)	400 yd (370 m)
F3	May 15, 1903	0	10	Carnegie	Kiowa, Caddo	10.6 mi (17.1 km)	Unknown
F3	May 18, 1903	0	10	W of Oklahoma City	Canadian, Oklahoma, Logan	47.2 mi (76.0 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F4	May 23, 1903	3	10	NW of Burns Flat	Washita	15.5 mi (24.9 km)	400 yd (370 m)
F4		2	40	Camargo	Roger Mills, Dewey, Woodward, Major	65.3 mi (105.1 km)	600 yd (550 m)
F3		2	20	Carmen	Woods, Alfalfa	10 mi (16 km)	300 yd (270 m)
F3	April 24, 1904	3	20	E of Tulsa to W of Grove	Tulsa, Wagoner, Rogers, Mayes, Delaware	67.4 mi (108.5 km)	400 yd (370 m)
F4	April 24, 1904	5	35	Fairland	Delaware, Ottawa	14.9 mi (24.0 km)	400 yd (370 m)
F3	March 17, 1905	0	16	E of Carter	Beckham	Unknown	800 yd (730 m)
F5	May 10, 1905	97†	150	Snyder	Jackson, Tillman, Kiowa	40 mi (64 km)	800 yd (730 m)
F3	November 4, 1905	8	16	Mountain View	Kiowa	3.1 mi (5.0 km)	100 yd (91 m)
F3	June 4, 1906	2	5	N of Verden	Grady	6.2 mi (10.0 km)	Unknown
F3	June 4, 1906	0	1	W of Bridgeport	Caddo, Blaine	6.2 mi (10.0 km)	800 yd (730 m)
F3	June 22, 1907	1	7	NE of Owasso	Rogers	Unknown
F4	May 10, 1908	5	40	SW of Arnett to W of Fairview	Ellis, Dewey, Woodward, Major	79.9 mi (128.6 km)‡	800 yd (730 m)
F4	May 26, 1908	7	8	N of Mooreland to S of Burlington	Woodward, Woods, Alfalfa	49.9 mi (80.3 km)	400 yd (370 m)
F3	May 28, 1908	0	3	SW of Cimarron City	Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma	10 mi (16 km)	250 yd (230 m)
F3	May 28, 1908	0	0	W of Lawton	Comanche, Stephens	8.4 mi (13.5 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F3	May 29, 1909	1	20	SE of Stroud	Lincoln, Creek	13.6 mi (21.9 km)	400 yd (370 m)
F4		6	20	N of Prague	Lincoln, Okfuskee, Creek	14.9 mi (24.0 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F3		0	8	E of Wetumka	Hughes	17.1 mi (27.5 km)	800 yd (730 m)
F3	May 6, 1910	1	4	SE of Coweta	Wagoner	4.8 mi (7.7 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F4	May 20, 1910	3	20	E of Elmore City	Garvin	12.2 mi (19.6 km)	400 yd (370 m)
F3	April 10, 1911	1	4	SE of Frederick	Tillman	Unknown
F3	April 12, 1911	0	2	S of Chandler	Lincoln	8.9 mi (14.3 km)	Unknown
F3		1	3	NW of Okmulgee	Okmulgee	4.8 mi (7.7 km)	Unknown
F4		5	50	Barnsdall	Osage	12.2 mi (19.6 km)	300 yd (270 m)
F3		2	25	S of Checotah	McIntosh	14.9 mi (24.0 km)	400 yd (370 m)
F3	April 20, 1912	0	0	W of Addington	Jefferson	6.1 mi (9.8 km)	100 yd (91 m)
F3		0	0	S of Anadarko	Caddo	1 mi (1.6 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F3		0	3	SW to E of Oklahoma City	Grady, Canadian, Cleveland, Oklahoma, Lincoln	63.6 mi (102.4 km)	100 yd (91 m)
F3		0	0	NE of Edmond	Oklahoma, Logan, Lincoln	14.3 mi (23.0 km)	300 yd (270 m)
F3		0	14	Perry	Noble	10.9 mi (17.5 km)	Unknown
F4		1	1	E of El Reno	Canadian, Oklahoma	15.3 mi (24.6 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F4		2	6	S of Hennessey	Kingfisher	11.3 mi (18.2 km)	800 yd (730 m)
F4		3	12	N of Morrison	Noble, Osage	30.4 mi (48.9 km)	800 yd (730 m)
F4	May 27, 1912	7	30	SW of Skiatook	Pawnee, Tulsa	7.4 mi (11.9 km)	300 yd (270 m)
F3	June 15, 1912	1	15	Barnsdall	Osage	19.5 mi (31.4 km)	Unknown
F3	April 17, 1914	1	15	Chickasha	Grady	10.2 mi (16.4 km)	Unknown
F4	April 17, 1914	0	12	W of Braman	Grant, Kay	25.2 mi (40.6 km)	600 yd (550 m)
F4	October 9, 1914	6	14	S of Picher	Ottawa	16.4 mi (26.4 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F3	March 24, 1916	2	28	W of Ada		17.7 mi (28.5 km)	400 yd (370 m)
F4	March 24, 1916	8	5	W of Sulphur	Murray	16.6 mi (26.7 km)	400 yd (370 m)
F4	May 20, 1916	9	52	Kemp	Bryan	11.9 mi (19.2 km)	1200 yd (1100 m)
F3	January 4, 1917	16	20	SE of Crowder	Pittsburg	15.1 mi (24.3 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F3	April 18, 1917	0	15	Snyder	Kiowa	5.3 mi (8.5 km)	50 yd (46 m)
F4	May 31, 1917	3	20	NW of Marietta	Love	7.9 mi (12.7 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F3	June 1, 1917	5	5	E of Dougherty	Murray	3.2 mi (5.1 km)	50 yd (46 m)
F4		14	100	Coalgate	Coal	12.1 mi (19.5 km)	150 yd (140 m)
F3		0	12	N of Seminole	Seminole	7 mi (11 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F3	March 15, 1919	1	8	N of Colony	Washita, Custer	14.1 mi (22.7 km)	400 yd (370 m)
F3		2	25	S of Porter	Wagoner	7 mi (11 km)	75 yd (69 m)
F4		2	8	W of Bridgeport	Washita, Caddo, Blaine	18.2 mi (29.3 km)	1000 yd (910 m)
F4		4	18	N of Kingfisher	Canadian, Kingfisher	30.1 mi (48.4 km)	800 yd (730 m)
F3	April 8, 1919	9	35	E of Durant	Bryan	10.1 mi (16.3 km)	Unknown
F3		1	4	Stonewall	Coal, Pontotoc	20 mi (32 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F4		8	50	E of Kemp	Bryan	25.2 mi (40.6 km)‡	300 yd (270 m)
F3	October 8, 1919	3	15	W of Fort Towson	Choctaw	23.5 mi (37.8 km)	400 yd (370 m)
F3	April 17, 1920	0	8	SE of Bristow	Creek	6.1 mi (9.8 km)	1500 yd (1400 m)
F3	May 2, 1920	4	8	NE of Chelsea	Rogers	5.2 mi (8.4 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F4		71	100	Peggs	Cherokee	3.1 mi (5.0 km)	800 yd (730 m)
F4		0	4	S of Pryor Creek	Mayes	3.6 mi (5.8 km)	800 yd (730 m)
F3	April 14, 1921	0	0	W of Carnegie	Caddo, Washita	10.4 mi (16.7 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F3	March 13, 1922	3	40	Sulphur	Murray	4 mi (6.4 km)	150 yd (140 m)
F3	April 8, 1922	3	40	W of Lawton	Comanche	5.1 mi (8.2 km)	300 yd (270 m)
F3	May 7, 1922	1	10	Gould	Harmon, Jackson, Greer	26.3 mi (42.3 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F4	November 4, 1922	11	40	W of Tulsa	Creek, Tulsa	23.9 mi (38.5 km)	300 yd (270 m)
F3	May 21, 1923	0	8	W of Eagle City	Blaine	2.4 mi (3.9 km)	100 yd (91 m)
F4	May 22, 1923	2	9	W of Freedom	Harper, Woods	10.3 mi (16.6 km)	1500 yd (1400 m)
F3	May 22, 1923	0	4	N of Freedom	Woods	28.7 mi (46.2 km)‡	800 yd (730 m)
F4	March 28, 1924	8	80	SW of Norman to N of Prague	Cleveland, Pottawatomie, Lincoln, Okfuskee	52.6 mi (84.7 km)	300 yd (270 m)
F3	March 28, 1924	0	4	W of Davidson	Tillman	10.6 mi (17.1 km)‡	300 yd (270 m)
F4	May 28, 1924	7	30	Wetumka	Hughes, Okfuskee	25.5 mi (41.0 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F3		3	50	N of Keota	Haskell, LeFlore	22 mi (35 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F3		5	25	N of Tamaha	Muskogee, Haskell	41.9 mi (67.4 km)	150 yd (140 m)

May 10, 1905

A black-and-white image of a largely-destroyed hotel, with debris littering the floor.

A damaged hotel in Snyder

This deadly F5 tornado was caused by a strong low pressure system that developed across the Rocky Mountains, near Denver, Colorado. Another storm was also located across Wyoming on May 9. Tornadoes formed on that day across several Plains states including Missouri, Oklahoma, and Kansas. The Colorado storm system then moved toward the Central and Southern Plains on the next day and affected areas slightly to the east of the area affected on May 9. A new trough of low pressure developed in the vicinity of the southern storm. It later moved across the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles.^[33]

The tornado touched down just after 8:00 PM CST near the Kiowa/Greer County line and merged with the remnants of the first cyclone. It also proceeded northeast across the Red River Valley and Otter Creek region. At around 8:45 PM CST (after dark), it struck the town of Snyder, killing 97 people. Structures in the western and northern part of the town were completely demolished, with some homes being swept away. One hundred homes were leveled and 150 were badly damaged.^[33] The tornado lifted northeast of Snyder shortly after 9:00 PM CST. Another tornado from a different supercell, which previously killed two in Elk City in Beckham County, killed three more in Quinlan, Oklahoma, which is about two hours northeast of Snyder.^[33]

1925–1949

FU	F0	F1	F2	F3	F4	F5	Total
2	0	2	188	76	37	4	309
Deaths: 612				Injuries: >4,543

1925 through 1949 was a particularly devastating period in Oklahoma's tornado history, with 309 confirmed tornadoes killing over 600 people. The deadliest, a long-track F5 tornado, killed 181 people through Northwestern Oklahoma, where it directly impacted Woodward. 117 intense tornadoes hit Oklahoma in this time-frame, hitting several cities, including Moore, Norman, Leedey, Antlers and Pryor Creek. Caney would be hit by two F4 tornadoes in 1926 and 1948, respectively.^[34] The first tornado warning in United States history was issued for Tinker Air Force Base on March 25, 1948, shortly before an F3 tornado hit the base.^[35]

† Deadliest in Oklahoma history at time of event

‡ Tornado crossed state lines in or out of Oklahoma

Intense (F3+) tornadoes in Oklahoma, 1925–1949^[31]^[32]
F#	Date	Deaths	Injuries	Location	County	Path length	Max width
F3	February 21, 1925	1	5	Loco	Stephens	Unknown
F3	April 26, 1925	2	4	S of Madill	Marshall	1.1 mi (1.8 km)	400 yd (370 m)
F4	April 23, 1926	4	15	S of Caney	Johnston, Atoka	19.9 mi (32.0 km)	600 yd (550 m)
F3	May 7, 1926	4	25	N of Panama	LeFlore	9.7 mi (15.6 km)	800 yd (730 m)
F4	May 7, 1926	2	23	NW of Okmulgee	Okfuskee, Okmulgee	30 mi (48 km)	500 yd (460 m)
F3	March 8, 1927	0	3	S of Tonkawa	Garfield, Grant, Kay	37.2 mi (59.9 km)	500 yd (460 m)
F3	April 11, 1927	1	6	NE of Carnegie to SW of Oklahoma City	Washita, Caddo, Grady, Canadian	55.3 mi (89.0 km)	300 yd (270 m)
F3	April 11, 1927	0	5	NE of Carnegie to S of Duncan	Washita, Comanche, Stephens	68.7 mi (110.6 km)	400 yd (370 m)
F3	April 12, 1927	2	18	W of Bokoshe	Haskell, LeFlore	10.5 mi (16.9 km)	300 yd (270 m)
F3	April 12, 1927	2	13	Fort Smith	LeFlore	3.9 mi (6.3 km)‡	150 yd (140 m)
F4	April 17, 1927	4	4	Bokoshe	LeFlore	6.6 mi (10.6 km)	800 yd (730 m)
F4	April 18, 1927	11	72	Fort Towson	Choctaw	19.9 mi (32.0 km)‡	800 yd (730 m)
F3	May 16, 1928	0	1	W of Mangum	Greer	Unknown	800 yd (730 m)
F4	June 8, 1928	2	6	NE of Boise City	Cimarron, Texas	45.2 mi (72.7 km)‡	600 yd (550 m)
F4	June 16, 1928	7	52	Blair to NW of Snyder	Greer, Jackson, Kiowa	29.8 mi (48.0 km)	1500 yd (1400 m)
F3	November 15, 1928	2	7	Orlando	Logan, Payne	1.8 mi (2.9 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F3	April 18, 1929	0	2	N of Gate	Beaver, Harper	8.3 mi (13.4 km)	1000 yd (910 m)
F4	April 19, 1929	3	35	S of Carnegie	Kiowa, Caddo	30.1 mi (48.4 km)	1000 yd (910 m)
F4	April 23, 1929	0	1	N of Buffalo	Harper	12.4 mi (20.0 km)‡	300 yd (270 m)
F4	May 5, 1930	1	16	SE of Hulen	Cotton	7.2 mi (11.6 km)	1000 yd (910 m)
F3		0	7	Empire City	Stephens	10.3 mi (16.6 km)	300 yd (270 m)
F4		2	9	SW of Alex	Grady	4 mi (6.4 km)	400 yd (370 m)
F3		3	18	E of Greenfield	Blaine	10.1 mi (16.3 km)	600 yd (550 m)
F3	November 19, 1930	0	4	S of Carrier	Garfield	5.2 mi (8.4 km)	250 yd (230 m)
F4	November 19, 1930	23	125	Western Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	7.1 mi (11.4 km)	150 yd (140 m)
F3	March 19, 1931	2	20	Clinton	Custer	1.5 mi (2.4 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F3	April 19, 1933	0	4	W of Faxon	Tillman	4 mi (6.4 km)	600 yd (550 m)
F4	April 19, 1933	3	25	W of Alex	Grady	15.4 mi (24.8 km)	1500 yd (1400 m)
F3	May 11, 1933	1	1	S of Snyder	Tillman, Comanche	14.6 mi (23.5 km)	1000 yd (910 m)
F3	May 12, 1933	5	11	Skiatook to Collinsville	Washington, Tulsa, Rogers	19.8 mi (31.9 km)	100 yd (91 m)
F4	May 22, 1933	4	150	E of Tyrone	Texas	9.4 mi (15.1 km)‡	600 yd (550 m)
F3	October 14, 1933	3	1	SE of Sayre	Beckham	0.9 mi (1.4 km)	100 yd (91 m)
F3	May 3, 1934	0	20	Wynnewood	Murray, Garvin	7.1 mi (11.4 km)	100 yd (91 m)
F4	May 4, 1934	3	11	Jenks to Catoosa	Tulsa, Wagoner	14.4 mi (23.2 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F3		0	5	E of Bartlesville	Washington	3.4 mi (5.5 km)	400 yd (370 m)
F4		1	17	S to NE of South Coffeyville	Nowata	15 mi (24 km)‡	800 yd (730 m)
F3	April 24, 1935	0	0	E of Blackwell	Kay	12.3 mi (19.8 km)	800 yd (730 m)
F3	May 8, 1935	0	4	SW of Medford	Grant	4.8 mi (7.7 km)	400 yd (370 m)
F3	June 2, 1935	0	0	W of Fairfax	Osage	Unknown	200 yd (180 m)
F4	June 2, 1935	0	12	Dilworth	Kay	35 mi (56 km)‡	800 yd (730 m)
F3	June 20, 1935	0	0	W of Shidler	Osage	2.2 mi (3.5 km)	800 yd (730 m)
F3	February 25, 1936	0	18	N of Tulsa	Washington, Tulsa	4.8 mi (7.7 km)	100 yd (91 m)
F3	May 1, 1936	3	13	Albert	Caddo	2.1 mi (3.4 km)	400 yd (370 m)
F4	May 8, 1936	2	38	Webbers Falls to Gore	Muskogee, Sequoyah	14.1 mi (22.7 km)	100 yd (91 m)
F3	May 8, 1936	1	30	Hanna	McIntosh	0.9 mi (1.4 km)	150 yd (140 m)
F3	June 5, 1936	1	5	W of Snyder	Tillman, Kiowa	5.5 mi (8.9 km)	75 yd (69 m)
F3	June 9, 1937	4	7	W of Moore	Canadian, Cleveland	19.1 mi (30.7 km)	300 yd (270 m)
F3	June 9, 1937	0	4	Maud	Pottawatomie, Seminole	9.6 mi (15.4 km)	400 yd (370 m)
F3	March 30, 1938	0	7	S to W of Bartlesville	Osage, Washington, Nowata	29.9 mi (48.1 km)	300 yd (270 m)
F4	March 30, 1938	10	200	NW of Welch	Craig	44.9 mi (72.3 km)‡	300 yd (270 m)
F3	May 1, 1938	0	1	NE of Buffalo	Harper	22.3 mi (35.9 km)‡	800 yd (730 m)
F5	April 13, 1939	7	33	S of Vici to NE of Alva	Dewey, Woodward, Major, Woods, Alfalfa	81.2 mi (130.7 km)‡	1000 yd (910 m)
F3	May 21, 1940	0	7	SW of Pocasset	Grady	4.8 mi (7.7 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F3	May 4, 1941	1	3	W of Brooksville	Pottawatomie	9.7 mi (15.6 km)	300 yd (270 m)
F3	March 15, 1942	0	0	Okarche	Canadian, Kingfisher	12.8 mi (20.6 km)	500 yd (460 m)
F4	April 27, 1942	4	12	Talala	Rogers	15.2 mi (24.5 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F4	April 27, 1942	52	350	Tiawah to Pryor Creek	Rogers, Mayes	19.8 mi (31.9 km)	400 yd (370 m)
F4	May 2, 1942	3	28	Pawhuska	Noble, Pawnee, Osage, Washington, Nowata	80.4 mi (129.4 km)	600 yd (550 m)
F4		7	20	Cushing to N of Tulsa	Payne, Creek, Tulsa, Osage	55.5 mi (89.3 km)	400 yd (370 m)
F4		16	80	W of Shawnee to Prague to W of Okmulgee	Pottawatomie, Lincoln, Okfuskee, Creek, Okmulgee	57.4 mi (92.4 km)	800 yd (730 m)
F3	May 31, 1942	0	0	Guymon	Texas	4.8 mi (7.7 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F4	June 12, 1942	35	100	W of Moore	Oklahoma	2.4 mi (3.9 km)	500 yd (460 m)
F3	April 11, 1943	1	12	NE of Poteau	LeFlore	1.3 mi (2.1 km)	80 yd (73 m)
F3	June 3, 1943	2	5	SW of Temple	Cotton	7.7 mi (12.4 km)	50 yd (46 m)
F3	January 26, 1944	0	2	NE of Fairmont	Garfield	Unknown
F3	March 3, 1944	0	35	Hugo	Choctaw	14.9 mi (24.0 km)	100 yd (91 m)
F4	April 9, 1944	1	10	SE of Corn	Washita	14.5 mi (23.3 km)	400 yd (370 m)
F3	November 25, 1944	0	5	Collinsville	Tulsa	1.8 mi (2.9 km)	70 yd (64 m)
F3	March 16, 1945	1	6	W of Kemp	Bryan	7.6 mi (12.2 km)	Unknown
F3	April 12, 1945	3	15	Red Oak	Latimer	12.7 mi (20.4 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F4		13	200	E of Muskogee	Muskogee	3.1 mi (5.0 km)	400 yd (370 m)
F5		69	353	Antlers to S of Clayton	Pushmataha	27.9 mi (44.9 km)	880 yd (800 m)
F4		8	200	Moore to Nicoma Park	Oklahoma	20 mi (32 km)	400 yd (370 m)
F3	April 13, 1945	0	10	Farris	Atoka	3.5 mi (5.6 km)	400 yd (370 m)
F3	April 14, 1945	1	1	E of Newport	Carter	Unknown	100 yd (91 m)
F3	June 5, 1945	0	3	SW of Alva	Woods	13.1 mi (21.1 km)	400 yd (370 m)
F3	February 12, 1946	1	15	Ardmore	Carter	4.3 mi (6.9 km)	Unknown
F4	March 22, 1946	0	0	SE of Wynona	Osage	3 mi (4.8 km)	800 yd (730 m)
F3	May 10, 1946	1	5	NW to E of Eufaula	McIntosh, Pittsburg	10 mi (16 km)	Unknown
F3	October 17, 1946	0	0	SE of Hugo	Choctaw	7.5 mi (12.1 km)‡	200 yd (180 m)
F5	April 9, 1947	181†^{[note 2]}	970	S of Shattuck to Woodward to NW of Capron	Ellis, Woodward, Woods	207.8 mi (334.4 km)‡	1500 yd (1400 m)
F3	May 11, 1947	0	5	Hitchcock	Blaine	15.9 mi (25.6 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F5	May 31, 1947	7	15	Leedey	Roger Mills, Dewey	18.1 mi (29.1 km)	800 yd (730 m)
F3	March 8, 1948	0	3	S of Sayre	Beckham	16 mi (26 km)	Unknown
F3	March 8, 1948	0	0	N of Purcell	McClain	6.2 mi (10.0 km)	Unknown
F3	May 1, 1948	4	175	NW of Grove	Rogers, Craig, Delaware	35.8 mi (57.6 km)	100 yd (91 m)
F3	May 1, 1948	0	15	Grove	Craig, Delaware	15.2 mi (24.5 km)	100 yd (91 m)
F4	May 3, 1948	0	3	NW of Dougherty to Caney	Murray, Johnston, Atoka	55.5 mi (89.3 km)	600 yd (550 m)
F3	March 25, 1949	2	25	NW of McAlester	Pittsburg	35.3 mi (56.8 km)	800 yd (730 m)
F4	March 29, 1949	4	31	Canton	Dewey, Blaine	19.6 mi (31.5 km)	Unknown
F3	March 29, 1949	0	7	N of Enid to Blackwell	Garfield, Grant, Kay	42.4 mi (68.2 km)	Unknown
F3	April 30, 1949	0	0	NE of Frederick	Tillman	6.2 mi (10.0 km)	Unknown
F3		0	0	S of Frederick	Tillman	Unknown
F3		0	4	E of Lawton	Comanche, Grady	34.8 mi (56.0 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F3		0	1	W of Paoli	Garvin, McClain	17.1 mi (27.5 km)	150 yd (140 m)
F3		0	7	Bennington	Bryan	35.2 mi (56.6 km)	600 yd (550 m)
F3		1	8	W of Soper	Bryan, Choctaw, Pushmataha	29.6 mi (47.6 km)	400 yd (370 m)
F4		0	48	Norman	McClain, Cleveland	22.3 mi (35.9 km)	400 yd (370 m)
F3		3	8	SE of McLoud	Cleveland, Pottawatomie, Lincoln	23.8 mi (38.3 km)	250 yd (230 m)
F4	May 15, 1949	1	3	Texhoma to Goodwell	Texas	59.9 mi (96.4 km)‡	400 yd (370 m)
F3	May 17, 1949	0	0	E of Binger	Caddo	9 mi (14 km)	300 yd (270 m)
F4	May 20, 1949	1	7	S of Watonga	Blaine	15.3 mi (24.6 km)	400 yd (370 m)
F3		0	0	N of Waynoka	Woodward, Woods	30.4 mi (48.9 km)	100 yd (91 m)
F3		1	1	N of Shattuck	Ellis	Unknown	100 yd (91 m)
F3		0	1	Cleveland	Pawnee, Osage	4.8 mi (7.7 km)	Unknown
F3	October 9, 1949	0	3	SW to N of Laverne	Beaver, Harper	34.7 mi (55.8 km)	200 yd (180 m)

April 9, 1947

Moving at an average forward speed of 42 to 50 mph (68 to 80 km/h), this large and violent tornado was first confirmed near Canadian, Texas. When it struck the town of Glazier, it may have been as much as two miles (3.2 km) in width. Most structures in town were swept completely away and scattered. Vehicles in the area were thrown hundreds of yards and mangled, shrubbery was debarked, and ground scouring occurred. Glazier was considered completely destroyed, with 17 dead, a major percentage of the populace. Press reports told of two people who were known to be together in Glazier before the tornado struck were found three miles (4.8 km) apart afterward. The tornado maintained its intensity as it slammed into Higgins, on the Texas–Oklahoma border, which was also devastated. The accepted death toll here was 51; again, a large portion of the residents of the town were killed or injured. Much of downtown Higgins was completely demolished, and entire rows of homes were swept away. At one residence, a 4¹⁄₂-tonne (4,500 kg) lathe was reportedly ripped from its anchors and broken in half.^[36]

After killing at least one other person, the tornado crossed the state line and entered Oklahoma. There the tornado was at its worst—the deadliest storm in that state's tornado-troubled history. Six more people were killed when the tornado swept away about 60 ranches and farms south of Shattuck, Gage, and Fargo. During its trek, the funnel was so wide and low to the ground that it did not resemble a prototypical tornado. The tornado then moved into Woodward, where it devastated the town and killed an estimated 107 people. The damage that occurred in Woodward was catastrophic. There, the tornado was 1.8 mi (2.9 km) wide and destroyed 100 city blocks. Many homes and businesses were leveled or swept away, and as the tornado struck the town's power plant, a 20-tonne (20,000 kg) steel boiler tank was lofted and thrown a block and a half. Large trees sustained severe debarking as well. The tornado finally dissipated in Woods County, west of Alva, where it wrecked 36 homes and injured 30 people.^[36]

Cleanup in the region was made more difficult because of cold and snow that followed the tornado. Four-year-old Joan Gay Croft and her sister Jerri were among refugees taking shelter in a basement hallway of the Woodward hospital. As officials sent the injured to different hospitals in the area, two men took Joan away, saying they were taking her to Oklahoma City. She was never seen again. Over the years, several women have come forth saying they suspect they might be Joan, although none of the claims have been verified. She is likely deceased. The Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornado was the sixth deadliest in U.S. history, killing 184 and injuring 980; of these figures, 116 deaths and 782 injuries occurred in Oklahoma. An undetermined number of additional fatalities may have occurred in both states affected. In all, the tornado destroyed 626 homes and damaged 920 others, becoming the costliest on record in Oklahoma history.^[36]

March 20, 1948

Two tornadoes which struck Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City on March 20 and 25, 1948. Both are estimated to have been equivalent to F3 in intensity on the modern Fujita scale of tornado intensity, which was not devised until 1971. The March 20 tornado was the costliest tornado in Oklahoma history at the time.^[37] On March 25, meteorologists at the base noticed the extreme similarity between the weather conditions of that day and March 20, and later in the day issued a "tornado forecast", which was verified when a tornado struck the base that evening. This was the first official tornado forecast, as well as the first successful tornado forecast, in recorded history.^[37]

Weather forecasting was still crude and prone to large errors in the era before weather satellites and computer modeling. Thunderstorms were not even in the forecast for the evening of March 20. However, around 9:30 pm storms were reported about 20 miles (32 km) to the southwest, and at 9:52 a tornado was sighted near Will Rogers Airport 7 miles (11 km) away, along with a 92-mile-per-hour (148 km/h) wind gust, moving northeast towards the base.^[38]

At 10:00, the tornado reached the southwest corner of the base. Illuminated by nearly constant lightning, the tornado was highly visible as it bisected the base, tossing around planes which were parked in the open. The control tower reported a 78-mile-per-hour (126 km/h) wind gust before the windows shattered, injuring several personnel with flying glass. The tornado dissipated at the northeast corner of the base.^[38] The tornado missed most structures on the base, but the damage to expensive military aircraft was substantial. The total damage cost came to around $10 million, or $127 million in 2023 United States dollars. This was the most damaging tornado in Oklahoma up to that date.^[39]

1950–1974

FU	F0	F1	F2	F3	F4	F5	Total
0	381	495	365	96	29	3	1369
Deaths: 251				Injuries: 2,315

1950 through 1974 saw 128 intense tornadoes in Oklahoma, resulting in the deaths of 240 people. The deadliest touched down in Kay County before crossing state lines into Kansas, striking the town of Udall, Kansas and killing eighty. The tornado was one of two to receive an F5 rating on May 25, 1955; the other killed twenty people in Blackwell. The Oklahoma City metropolitan area was hit particularly hard, with intense tornadoes moving through the area in 1951, 1960, 1973 and 1974. The largest tornado outbreak took place on June 8, 1974, with 22 tornadoes killing a combined total of 22 people. Two F3-rated tornadoes moved through metropolitan Tulsa on June 8, crossing paths over Jenks.

‡ Tornado crossed state lines in or out of Oklahoma

Intense (F3+) tornadoes in Oklahoma, 1950–1974^[31]^[32]
F#	Date	Deaths	Injuries	Location	County	Path length	Max width
F3	April 30, 1951	0	0	Downtown Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	7.4 mi (11.9 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F3	June 8, 1951	0	0	Corn to Colony	Washita, Caddo	10.9 mi (17.5 km)	173 yd (158 m)
F3	March 13, 1953	2	11	NW of Marietta	Love, Carter, Marshall, Johnston	45.3 mi (72.9 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F3	March 13, 1953	1	8	E of Bradley	Grady	1 mi (1.6 km)	100 yd (91 m)
F3	June 5, 1953	0	0	SW of Sulphur	Garvin, Murray	16.9 mi (27.2 km)	10 yd (9.1 m)
F3	April 30, 1954	0	12	Hugo	Choctaw	1 mi (1.6 km)	150 yd (140 m)
F3	May 1, 1954	3	3	E of Grandfield	Tillman, Cotton	12.3 mi (19.8 km)	10 yd (9.1 m)
F3		0	0	W of Waurika	Cotton, Jefferson	8 mi (13 km)	300 yd (270 m)
F3		0	0	Marlow	Stephens	6.2 mi (10.0 km)	100 yd (91 m)
F4		0	2	W of Frederick	Tillman, Kiowa	68.6 mi (110.4 km)‡	440 yd (400 m)
F4		0	65	NE of Moore	Oklahoma, Pottawatomie, Lincoln, Creek	59.2 mi (95.3 km)	10 yd (9.1 m)
F3	April 18, 1955	0	0	SW of Cheyenne	Roger Mills	8.9 mi (14.3 km)‡	100 yd (91 m)
F3	May 25, 1955	0	1	Deer Creek	Grant	13.3 mi (21.4 km)	440 yd (400 m)
F4		2	18	SW of Cheyenne	Roger Mills	45.1 mi (72.6 km)‡	1100 yd (1000 m)
F5		20	280	Blackwell	Kay	28.4 mi (45.7 km)‡	500 yd (460 m)
F5		80^{[note 3]}	273	NW of Newkirk	Kay	56.4 mi (90.8 km)‡	1320 yd (1210 m)
F3	April 2, 1956	5	68	Stroud	Lincoln, Creek	42.6 mi (68.6 km)	300 yd (270 m)
F3		0	2	SW of Alva	Woods, Alfalfa	20 mi (32 km)	400 yd (370 m)
F3		0	3	SE of Sobol	Choctaw	2 mi (3.2 km)	100 yd (91 m)
F4		2	29	NW of Kaw City	Kay	108.3 mi (174.3 km)‡	880 yd (800 m)
F4		0	59	Miami	Ottawa	41.8 mi (67.3 km)‡	400 yd (370 m)
F3	April 8, 1956	0	4	SE of Enid	Garfield	7.3 mi (11.7 km)	400 yd (370 m)
F3	April 8, 1956	0	0	S of Covington	Garfield	7.7 mi (12.4 km)	400 yd (370 m)
F4	January 22, 1957	10	20	NW of Gans	Sequoyah	0.1 mi (0.16 km)	880 yd (800 m)
F4	April 2, 1957	2	6	E of Kingston	Marshall, Bryan	5.2 mi (8.4 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F4	April 2, 1957	3	3	Durant	Bryan	7.9 mi (12.7 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F3	April 22, 1957	0	1	Carnegie	Caddo	1 mi (1.6 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F3	May 20, 1957	0	1	Sallisaw	Haskell, Sequoyah	20.4 mi (32.8 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F4	May 24, 1957	4	5	S of Lawton	Cotton, Comanche	21.6 mi (34.8 km)	880 yd (800 m)
F4	September 14, 1957	2	6	Asher to Wetumka	Cleveland, Pottawatomie, Seminole, Hughes	67.5 mi (108.6 km)	440 yd (400 m)
F3	June 20, 1958	0	0	S of Gage	Ellis	0.5 mi (0.80 km)	67 yd (61 m)
F3	November 17, 1958	0	4	S of Frederick	Tillman, Cotton	65.8 mi (105.9 km)‡	50 yd (46 m)
F3		0	15	S to NE of Seminole	Seminole, Okfuskee	18.3 mi (29.5 km)	300 yd (270 m)
F3		0	0	Fairmont to Blackwell	Garfield, Noble, Kay	39.2 mi (63.1 km)	10 yd (9.1 m)
F3	March 31, 1959	0	3	NE of Oilton	Creek, Pawnee	3.8 mi (6.1 km)	100 yd (91 m)
F3	March 31, 1959	0	10	S of Kingston	Marshall	13.2 mi (21.2 km)	600 yd (550 m)
F4	May 9, 1959	7	12	W of Stonewall	Pontotoc	6.2 mi (10.0 km)	900 yd (820 m)
F3		0	0	SW to NE of Talala	Washington, Rogers, Nowata	23.4 mi (37.7 km)	50 yd (46 m)
F3		0	3	Ketchum	Mayes, Craig, Delaware	23.2 mi (37.3 km)	880 yd (800 m)
F3	May 26, 1959	0	8	Graham	Carter	3.3 mi (5.3 km)	60 yd (55 m)
F3	August 30, 1959	0	1	Devol	Cotton	2 mi (3.2 km)	100 yd (91 m)
F4	September 27, 1959	1	1	NW of Welch	Craig	8.2 mi (13.2 km)‡	440 yd (400 m)
F3	April 28, 1960	0	0	S of Binger	Caddo	3.3 mi (5.3 km)	100 yd (91 m)
F3		0	2	NW of Amber	Grady	3.6 mi (5.8 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F3		0	1	NW of Tuttle	Grady	1.5 mi (2.4 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F3		0	57	Downtown Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	11.7 mi (18.8 km)	333 yd (304 m)
F4	May 4, 1960	0	3	E of Antlers	Pushmataha	30.8 mi (49.6 km)	150 yd (140 m)
F3		0	0	NE of Marlow	Stephens	0.1 mi (0.16 km)	10 yd (9.1 m)
F3		0	6	NW of Ada	Pontotoc, Seminole	18.3 mi (29.5 km)	10 yd (9.1 m)
F3		0	4	Bethany to The Village	Oklahoma	5.1 mi (8.2 km)	400 yd (370 m)
F4		0	0	E of Asher	Pottawatomie, Seminole	8 mi (13 km)	10 yd (9.1 m)
F3	May 5, 1960	0	0	NE of Wayne to W of Sand Springs	Cleveland, Pottawatomie, Lincoln, Creek, Tulsa	101.9 mi (164.0 km)	400 yd (370 m)
F4		16	106	Wilburton to Keota	Pushmataha, Haskell, Sequoyah	62.4 mi (100.4 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F5		5	81	Tecumseh to Sapulpa	Pottawatomie, Lincoln, Creek, Tulsa	71.8 mi (115.6 km)	800 yd (730 m)
F4		5	13	Roland	Sequoyah	5.4 mi (8.7 km)	10 yd (9.1 m)
F3		1	0	W of Gans	LeFlore, Sequoyah	23.7 mi (38.1 km)	10 yd (9.1 m)
F3		1	0	E of Roland	Sequoyah	4.5 mi (7.2 km)‡	10 yd (9.1 m)
F3		0	0	Maysville	Garvin	7.3 mi (11.7 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F3		2	15	SW of Hoffman	Okmulgee	0.8 mi (1.3 km)	150 yd (140 m)
F3	June 7, 1960	0	0	S of Olustee	Jackson	0.8 mi (1.3 km)	100 yd (91 m)
F3	August 7, 1960	0	0	Quapaw	Ottawa	4.7 mi (7.6 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F3	February 17, 1961	0	7	Spencer to Luther	Oklahoma	16.8 mi (27.0 km)	300 yd (270 m)
F3	February 17, 1961	0	11	Stratford to Henryetta	Garvin, Pontotoc, Seminole, Hughes, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	73 mi (117 km)	300 yd (270 m)
F3	March 26, 1961	0	0	E of Kaw City	Kay, Osage	8 mi (13 km)	100 yd (91 m)
F3	March 26, 1961	0	1	W to NE of Eufaula	McIntosh	21.4 mi (34.4 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F3	April 30, 1961	0	2	N of Minco	Grady	2 mi (3.2 km)	77 yd (70 m)
F3	May 4, 1961	1	0	NW of Calumet	Blaine, Canadian	9.5 mi (15.3 km)	10 yd (9.1 m)
F4	May 5, 1961	16	58	E of Talihina	LeFlore	26.4 mi (42.5 km)	400 yd (370 m)
F3	May 5, 1961	0	0	NE of Hugo	Choctaw	0.1 mi (0.16 km)	10 yd (9.1 m)
F3	May 7, 1961	0	1	Bluejacket	Craig, Ottawa	8.9 mi (14.3 km)	400 yd (370 m)
F3	May 21, 1961	0	0	S of Cushing	Payne	0.1 mi (0.16 km)	10 yd (9.1 m)
F3	May 21, 1961	0	0	SE of Cushing	Payne	0.1 mi (0.16 km)	10 yd (9.1 m)
F3	April 26, 1962	0	0	N of Sayre	Beckham	3.6 mi (5.8 km)	300 yd (270 m)
F3	May 25, 1962	0	4	Weatherford	Custer	1.5 mi (2.4 km)	10 yd (9.1 m)
F4	May 25, 1962	0	9	Dill City	Washita	7.2 mi (11.6 km)	250 yd (230 m)
F4	May 26, 1962	0	1	E of Randlett	Cotton	10.1 mi (16.3 km)	400 yd (370 m)
F3	May 26, 1963	0	5	SE of Midwest City	Oklahoma	0.1 mi (0.16 km)	10 yd (9.1 m)
F3		1	4	Arcadia to N of Meeker	Oklahoma, Lincoln	34.3 mi (55.2 km)	10 yd (9.1 m)
F3		0	2	Bowlegs	Seminole	0.1 mi (0.16 km)	10 yd (9.1 m)
F3	July 15, 1963	0	0	SW of Beaver	Beaver	0.1 mi (0.16 km)	10 yd (9.1 m)
F3	April 3, 1964	0	1	E of Kingston	Marshall, Bryan	16.7 mi (26.9 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F3	May 10, 1964	0	0	S of Tahlequah	Cherokee	2 mi (3.2 km)	440 yd (400 m)
F4	March 16, 1965	0	7	S of Nash to N of Braman	Grant, Kay	82.7 mi (133.1 km)‡	300 yd (270 m)
F3	April 11, 1966	0	6	W of Coweta	Wagoner, Tulsa	7.3 mi (11.7 km)	100 yd (91 m)
F3	April 27, 1966	0	0	N of Haywood	Pittsburg	8 mi (13 km)	400 yd (370 m)
F4	April 27, 1966	0	2	S of Wapanucka	Johnston, Atoka	10.2 mi (16.4 km)	300 yd (270 m)
F3	April 20, 1967	0	0	S of Anadarko	Caddo	1 mi (1.6 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F4	June 10, 1967	4	1	W of Butler	Roger Mills, Custer	8.7 mi (14.0 km)	300 yd (270 m)
F4		0	0	E of Watonga	Blaine	0.1 mi (0.16 km)	10 yd (9.1 m)
F3		0	1	W of Kingfisher	Kingfisher	16.7 mi (26.9 km)	10 yd (9.1 m)
F3	April 19, 1968	0	0	SW of Little	Seminole	6.6 mi (10.6 km)	150 yd (140 m)
F3	May 13, 1968	0	0	W to N of Konawa	Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole	11.6 mi (18.7 km)	100 yd (91 m)
F3	April 26, 1970	0	0	E of Ames	Major	1 mi (1.6 km)	10 yd (9.1 m)
F3	June 11, 1970	0	1	Northwestern Oklahoma City	Canadian, Oklahoma	13.2 mi (21.2 km)	100 yd (91 m)
F3	June 11, 1970	1	45	Stilwell	Adair	51.8 mi (83.4 km)‡	250 yd (230 m)
F4	October 5, 1970	4	84	Shawnee to Prague	Pottawatomie, Lincoln, Okfuskee	25 mi (40 km)	150 yd (140 m)
F3	October 8, 1970	0	4	E of Colcord	Delaware	6.9 mi (11.1 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F3	March 12, 1971	0	4	Colbert	Marshall, Bryan	41.6 mi (66.9 km)	250 yd (230 m)
F3	May 5, 1971	0	0	Haskell to SE of Hulbert	Muskogee, Wagoner, Cherokee	37 mi (60 km)	600 yd (550 m)
F3	June 7, 1971	0	0	SW of Thomas	Custer	1.5 mi (2.4 km)	50 yd (46 m)
F4	April 19, 1972	5	6	SE of Ratliff City	Carter, Murray, Garvin	28.2 mi (45.4 km)	10 yd (9.1 m)
F3	May 22, 1972	0	0	SW of Willow	Greer	9.5 mi (15.3 km)	100 yd (91 m)
F3	October 21, 1972	0	1	Idabel	McCurtain	1.5 mi (2.4 km)	33 yd (30 m)
F3	April 19, 1973	0	21	Ada	Pontotoc	7.9 mi (12.7 km)	100 yd (91 m)
F4	May 24, 1973	2	4	Union City	Canadian, Grady	13.3 mi (21.4 km)	300 yd (270 m)
F4	May 26, 1973	5	25	N of Warner	Muskogee	3.6 mi (5.8 km)	500 yd (460 m)
F3		0	6	NE of Webbers Falls	Sequoyah	18.7 mi (30.1 km)	250 yd (230 m)
F3		0	3	N of Copan	Washington	0.3 mi (0.48 km)	100 yd (91 m)
F3	June 18, 1973	0	29	Frederick	Tillman	3.3 mi (5.3 km)	50 yd (46 m)
F3		0	0	N of Carnegie	Caddo, Washita	16.8 mi (27.0 km)	133 yd (122 m)
F3		0	0	E of Hominy	Osage	2.5 mi (4.0 km)	40 yd (37 m)
F3	September 24, 1973	0	14	N of Afton	Craig, Ottawa	20.8 mi (33.5 km)	100 yd (91 m)
F3	November 19, 1973	5	36	Moore	McClain, Cleveland, Oklahoma	24.2 mi (38.9 km)	500 yd (460 m)
F3	April 20, 1974	0	3	N of Moore	Grady, Canadian, Cleveland, Oklahoma, Lincoln	63.6 mi (102.4 km)	100 yd (91 m)
F3	April 20, 1974	0	0	N of Waurika	Jefferson	6.1 mi (9.8 km)	100 yd (91 m)
F3	June 8, 1974	0	14	Downtown Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	8.9 mi (14.3 km)	250 yd (230 m)
F3		0	0	Choctaw	Oklahoma	9 mi (14 km)	127 yd (116 m)
F3		0	0	N of Jones	Oklahoma	10.2 mi (16.4 km)	600 yd (550 m)
F3		0	8	Davenport	Lincoln	6.8 mi (10.9 km)	1300 yd (1200 m)
F3		0	0	E of Sparks	Lincoln	2.5 mi (4.0 km)	350 yd (320 m)
F3		0	0	E of Prague	Seminole, Pottawatomie, Okfuskee, Creek	29.9 mi (48.1 km)	1300 yd (1200 m)
F3		0	42	Jenks to Chouteau	Creek, Tulsa, Wagoner, Rogers, Mayes	48.9 mi (78.7 km)	100 yd (91 m)
F3		2	80	Jenks to Vinita	Tulsa, Rogers, Mayes, Craig	63.6 mi (102.4 km)	100 yd (91 m)
F3		0	0	SW of Jay	Delaware	2.7 mi (4.3 km)	150 yd (140 m)
F4		14	150	Drumright to Westport	Payne, Creek, Pawnee, Osage	29 mi (47 km)	400 yd (370 m)

May 25, 1955

The tornado formed in extreme northern Noble County at around 9:00 p.m. CDT, just west of Marland, before crossing the county line, passing east of Tonkawa, and through the eastern portions of the Kay County town of Blackwell as an F5 tornado up to 400 yards (370 m) wide. It claimed the lives of 20 people in Blackwell and injured over 200 before crossing into and dissipating over Sumner County, Kansas. Along with destroying nearly 200 homes,^[40] the tornado also demolished the town's main employers including the Acme Foundry and the Hazel Atlas Glass plant. 400 homes were destroyed or swept away, and 500 other homes were damaged.^[40] 60 businesses were also destroyed and the local hospital also sustained major damage. Most of the western half of the town was spared the worst of the damage.^[40] Multiple eyewitnesses reported seeing a prominent blue light in the funnel.^[41]

About 30 minutes after producing the Blackwell tornado, the same supercell produced another large and violent and long-tracked tornado just east of the first tornado track near the Kansas/Oklahoma border. It proceeded northward across Sumner and Cowley Counties. The town of Udall, Kansas was especially hard hit with F5 damage that included the disintegration of numerous structures and homes all across the town. Even the town's water tower was toppled. The funnel, about 1,300 yards (1,200 m) wide, hit Udall at around 10:30 p.m. CDT. Half of the town's population was killed or injured. Numerous homes and businesses were destroyed, many of which were swept away, including a 30-by-40 foot concrete block building that was obliterated, with the foundation left mostly bare of any debris. Vehicles were thrown hundreds of yards and mangled beyond recognition, including a pickup truck that was wrapped around a tree and stripped of everything but its frame and tires.^[42] The Udall public school building sustained major damage, with beams snapped and blown away.^[43]^[44]^[45]

Almost immediately, volunteers and rescue workers descended into the darkness to aid the survivors. Ambulances and automobiles of all kinds rushed the growing numbers of injured to hospitals in three neighboring towns. The closest hospitals were William Newton and St Mary's Hospitals, 17 miles southeast in Winfield, the former of which took in 129 patients that night. Several were taken to St Luke's Hospital in Wellington, 23 miles to the southwest, while the remainder were taken to three hospitals in Wichita to the northwest.^[46] This tornado was the deadliest in Kansas history with 80 fatalities and 273 injuries.^[47]

1975–1999

FU	F0	F1	F2	F3	F4	F5	Total
0	650	396	234	73	19	3	239
Deaths: 150				Injuries: >3,821

1975 through 1999 saw 293 tornadoes, which collectively resulted in the deaths of over 150 people. The deadliest in Oklahoma moved through Bridge Creek, Newcastle, Moore and Del City on May 3, 1999; the tornado, which received an F5 rating, had the highest measured windspeeds ever recorded on Earth, at 321 miles per hour (517 km/h). The tornado inflicted an estimated total of $1 billion (1999 USD)^[8] in damage to the Oklahoma City metropolitan area, making it the second-costliest in Oklahoma history.^[9] Another F4 tornado that had killed 42 people in Wichita Falls, Texas moved into Jefferson County, but caused no deaths along the Oklahoma portion of its path.^[48] Three F5 tornadoes hit Oklahoma during this time period, striking in 1976, 1982 and 1999. One of these tornadoes moved south of Spiro, killing two people. Another, which crossed Choctaw and McCurtain counties, injured 29 people near Broken Bow.

‡ Tornado crossed state lines in or out of Oklahoma

Intense (F3+) tornadoes in Oklahoma, 1975–1999^[31]^[32]^[49]
F#	Date	Deaths	Injuries	Location	County	Path length	Max width
F3	May 2, 1975	0	0	E of Dill City	Washita	4.7 mi (7.6 km)	150 yd (140 m)
F3	June 13, 1975	0	8	Stillwater	Payne	5.1 mi (8.2 km)	440 yd (400 m)
F3	December 5, 1975	0	38	Downtown Tulsa	Tulsa	1.5 mi (2.4 km)	700 yd (640 m)
F3	December 5, 1975	0	0	W of Haskell	Okmulgee, Muskogee, Wagoner	27 mi (43 km)	50 yd (46 m)
F4	March 26, 1976	1	4	N of Talihina	Latimer, LeFlore	10.7 mi (17.2 km)	440 yd (400 m)
F5	March 26, 1976	2	64	S of Spiro	LeFlore	11.9 mi (19.2 km)	440 yd (400 m)
F4	April 16, 1976	0	6	E of Fort Cobb	Caddo	32.9 mi (52.9 km)	440 yd (400 m)
F3	April 19, 1976	0	2	W of Leon	Jefferson	10.4 mi (16.7 km)	373 yd (341 m)
F3	March 2, 1977	0	1	E of Duncan	Stephens	4.3 mi (6.9 km)‡	200 yd (180 m)
F3	May 15, 1977	1	2	E of Duncan	Stephens	0.8 mi (1.3 km)	180 yd (160 m)
F3	May 16, 1977	0	0	NW of Sayre	Beckham, Roger Mills	18.2 mi (29.3 km)	1320 yd (1210 m)
F3	May 16, 1977	0	0	N of Erick	Beckham	6.5 mi (10.5 km)	800 yd (730 m)
F4	May 18, 1977	0	0	Keyes	Cimarron	38.6 mi (62.1 km)	440 yd (400 m)
F3	May 20, 1977	0	3	E of Altus	Jackson, Kiowa	10.4 mi (16.7 km)	880 yd (800 m)
F3		0	0	SE of Tipton	Tillman	1.5 mi (2.4 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F3		0	0	NE of Arcadia	Oklahoma, Logan	9.9 mi (15.9 km)	400 yd (370 m)
F3	April 30, 1978	0	0	SE of Slapout	Beaver	14.4 mi (23.2 km)	100 yd (91 m)
F4	April 30, 1978	0	0	S to W of Piedmont	Canadian, Oklahoma	9.3 mi (15.0 km)	1760 yd (1610 m)
F3	March 18, 1979	0	0	Copan to Wann	Washington, Nowata	7.9 mi (12.7 km)	30 yd (27 m)
F3	April 10, 1979	3	100	Lawton	Comanche	4.5 mi (7.2 km)	170 yd (160 m)
F3		0	0	SE of Ratliff City	Jefferson, Stephens, Carter, Garvin	12.8 mi (20.6 km)	170 yd (160 m)
F4		11	68	S of Davidson	Tillman	39.7 mi (63.9 km)‡	880 yd (800 m)
F4		42^{[note 4]}	1,740	Waurika	Jefferson	47.3 mi (76.1 km)‡	1320 yd (1210 m)
F3	May 2, 1979	0	0	SW of Covington	Garfield	8.4 mi (13.5 km)	120 yd (110 m)
F4	May 2, 1979	1	25	N of Ringwood	Major, Garfield	20.6 mi (33.2 km)	880 yd (800 m)
F3	October 30, 1979	3	2	NW of Ardmore	Carter	8.4 mi (13.5 km)	530 yd (480 m)
F3	April 7, 1980	0	4	S of Afton	Mayes, Craig, Delaware	24.8 mi (39.9 km)	440 yd (400 m)
F3	April 7, 1980	0	9	W of Cameron	Le Flore	0.5 mi (0.80 km)	127 yd (116 m)
F3	April 19, 1981	0	0	W of Tahlequah	Cherokee	3 mi (4.8 km)	100 yd (91 m)
F3		0	7	Tulsa metropolitan area	Tulsa	4.9 mi (7.9 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F3		0	1	Tulsa metropolitan area	Tulsa	0.5 mi (0.80 km)	10 yd (9.1 m)
F3		5	49	S of Bixby	Tulsa	9.9 mi (15.9 km)	880 yd (800 m)
F3	May 17, 1981	0	6	Tecumseh	Pottawatomie	10.2 mi (16.4 km)	587 yd (537 m)
F3		0	0	Cromwell to Okemah	Seminole, Okfuskee	15.4 mi (24.8 km)	350 yd (320 m)
F4		0	2	W of Cromwell to SW of Okmulgee	Seminole, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	33.6 mi (54.1 km)	600 yd (550 m)
F3	May 22, 1981	0	12	Clinton	Custer	10.3 mi (16.6 km)	267 yd (244 m)
F4	May 22, 1981	0	0	N of Binger	Caddo, Canadian	16.7 mi (26.9 km)	1333 yd (1219 m)
F3	May 23, 1981	0	0	Durant	Bryan	9.7 mi (15.6 km)	100 yd (91 m)
F3	March 15, 1982	1	36	Ada	Pontotoc	6 mi (9.7 km)	60 yd (55 m)
F4	March 18, 1982	0	12	E of Hardesty to Beaver	Texas, Beaver	88 mi (142 km)‡	800 yd (730 m)
F5	April 2, 1982	0	29	Broken Bow	Choctaw, McCurtain	53 mi (85 km)	500 yd (460 m)
F3		0	0	N of Marietta	Love	0.5 mi (0.80 km)	30 yd (27 m)
F3		0	0	NE of Boswell	Choctaw	8 mi (13 km)	100 yd (91 m)
F3		1	4	S of Tom	McCurtain	52 mi (84 km)‡	233 yd (213 m)
F3	May 11, 1982	0	41	Altus	Jackson	4 mi (6.4 km)	350 yd (320 m)
F3		2	18	NE of Blair	Jackson, Greer	10 mi (16 km)	700 yd (640 m)
F3		0	0	E of Lone Wolf	Kiowa	7 mi (11 km)	100 yd (91 m)
F3	May 13, 1983	0	0	Kingfisher	Kingfisher	8.8 mi (14.2 km)	250 yd (230 m)
F3	November 22, 1983	0	3	Albion	Pushmataha	3 mi (4.8 km)	100 yd (91 m)
F3	November 22, 1983	0	0	NW of Westville	Adair	19 mi (31 km)‡	100 yd (91 m)
F3	April 26, 1984	8	95	SE of Okmulgee to Morris	Okmulgee	22 mi (35 km)	1760 yd (1610 m)
F4	April 26, 1984	3	37	E of Jennings	Creek, Pawnee	22 mi (35 km)	880 yd (800 m)
F4	April 29, 1984	1	60	E of Jennings	Creek, Pawnee, Osage	27 mi (43 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F3	October 31, 1984	0	0	N of Seiling	Woodward, Major	20 mi (32 km)	250 yd (230 m)
F3	May 8, 1986	0	15	Downtown Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	4 mi (6.4 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F3	March 22, 1987	0	0	NW of Shattuck	Ellis	30 mi (48 km)‡	440 yd (400 m)
F3	March 13, 1990	0	1	SE of Duncan	Stephens	22 mi (35 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F3		0	0	E of Wakita	Grant	19 mi (31 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F3		0	0	E of Wakita	Grant	22 mi (35 km)‡	200 yd (180 m)
F3	May 15, 1990	1	12	NW of Stillwater	Payne	7 mi (11 km)	440 yd (400 m)
F3	May 26, 1990	0	0	SE of Hinton	Caddo	3 mi (4.8 km)	200 yd (180 m)
F3	March 21, 1991	0	2	Ada	Pontotoc	11 mi (18 km)	350 yd (320 m)
F3	March 26, 1991	0	0	SE of Wakita	Grant, Kay	67 mi (108 km)‡	500 yd (460 m)
F3	April 12, 1991	0	0	SW of Pond Creek	Garfield, Grant	9 mi (14 km)	800 yd (730 m)
F3	April 12, 1991	0	0	Pond Creek	Grant	9.5 mi (15.3 km)	500 yd (460 m)
F4	April 26, 1991	0	6	NW of Fairfax	Garfield, Noble, Osage	66 mi (106 km)	1500 yd (1400 m)
F4		1	24	SE of Westport	Pawnee, Osage, Tulsa	32 mi (51 km)	1700 yd (1600 m)
F4		0	22	Oologah	Rogers	4 mi (6.4 km)	1300 yd (1200 m)
F3		0	0	E of Enid	Garfield	6 mi (9.7 km)	350 yd (320 m)
F3	May 15, 1991	0	3	Laverne	Harper	11.5 mi (18.5 km)	900 yd (820 m)
F3	May 26, 1991	0	0	Mooreland	Woodward	12.5 mi (20.1 km)	1000 yd (910 m)
F4	May 11, 1992	0	3	N of Kiowa	Pittsburg	10 mi (16 km)	400 yd (370 m)
F3	May 11, 1992	0	1	NE of Tupelo	Coal	12 mi (19 km)	150 yd (140 m)
F3	July 2, 1992	0	1	W of Oologah	Tulsa, Rogers	4 mi (6.4 km)	100 yd (91 m)
F4	April 24, 1983	7	100	W of Catoosa	Tulsa, Rogers	5.5 mi (8.9 km)	250 yd (230 m)
F3	April 24, 1983	0	30	S of Catoosa	Tulsa, Wagoner, Rogers	8 mi (13 km)	250 yd (230 m)
F3	May 5, 1993	0	0	SE of Guymon	Texas	12 mi (19 km)	500 yd (460 m)
F3	May 5, 1993	0	0	NW of Hooker	Texas	18.5 mi (29.8 km)‡	1200 yd (1100 m)
F3	June 8, 1993	0	0	N of Kildare	Kay	11.5 mi (18.5 km)	150 yd (140 m)
F3	May 7, 1995	3	6	NW of Marietta	Love, Carter	34.1 mi (54.9 km)	880 yd (800 m)
F3	May 26, 1997	0	1	W of Indianola	McIntosh, Pittsburg	5 mi (8.0 km)	440 yd (400 m)
F3	May 24, 1998	0	0	W of Lamont	Grant	5.3 mi (8.5 km)	1300 yd (1200 m)
F3	October 4, 1998	0	1	Prague	Seminole, Pottawatomie, Lincoln	10 mi (16 km)	880 yd (800 m)
F3	May 3, 1999	0	3	NE of Apache	Caddo	6.4 mi (10.3 km)	100 yd (91 m)
F3		0	4	W of Chickasha	Caddo, Grady	9.3 mi (15.0 km)	880 yd (800 m)
F3		0	0	N of El Reno	Canadian, Kingfisher	22 mi (35 km)	350 yd (320 m)
F3		0	4	W of Kingfisher	Kingfisher	21 mi (34 km)	Unknown
F3		0	13	E of Crescent	Logan	13 mi (21 km)	880 yd (800 m)
F4		1	11	Dover	Kingfisher	15 mi (24 km)	880 yd (800 m)
F5		36	583	S of Amber to Bridge Creek to Moore to Midwest City	Grady, Cleveland, Oklahoma	37.3 mi (60.0 km)	1430 yd (1310 m)
F4		2	26	Cimarron City to Mulhall	Logan, Payne, Noble	40 mi (64 km)	1760 yd (1610 m)
F3		0	13	Davenport to Stroud	Lincoln, Creek	16 mi (26 km)	450 yd (410 m)
F3	May 4, 1999	0	0	SE of Stilwell	Sequoyah, Adair	38.2 mi (61.5 km)‡	Unknown
F3	June 1, 1999	0	0	S of Checotah	McIntosh	4.5 mi (7.2 km)	350 yd (320 m)
F3	June 1, 1999	2	5	W of Hulbert	Cherokee	2 mi (3.2 km)	350 yd (320 m)

May 3, 1999

Through the afternoon to evening hours of May 3, 1999, the largest tornado outbreak in Oklahoma history would take place across the central portions of the state. Seventy confirmed tornadoes touched down within state boundaries, killing a total of 40 people. The deadliest and most powerful struck Moore; the tornado retained the highest windspeeds ever recorded on Earth. other powerful tornadoes include an F4 that killed one person in Kingfisher County and a large F4 tornado impacted Mulhall, killing two people.

A housing complex, with a large swath of destroyed homes running through the center. Ground scouring is also visible. — Tornado damage in Moore following the 1999 F5 tornado

On the evening of May 3, a large, long-lived and exceptionally powerful F5 tornado hit Moore, Oklahoma in which the highest wind speed ever measured globally was recorded at 321 miles per hour (517 km/h) by a Doppler on Wheels (DOW) radar. Considered the strongest tornado ever recorded to have affected the Oklahoma City metropolitan area, the tornado devastated southern portions of Oklahoma City while near peak intensity, along with surrounding suburbs and towns to the south and southwest of the city during the early evening of Monday, May 3, 1999. Parts of Bridge Creek were rendered unrecognizable. The tornado covered 38 miles (61 km) during its 85-minute existence, destroying thousands of homes, killing 36 people (plus an additional five indirectly), and leaving US$1 billion (1999 USD) in damage,^[50] ranking it as the fifth-costliest on record not accounting for inflation.^[51] Its severity prompted the first-ever use of the tornado emergency statement by the National Weather Service.

The tornado first touched down at 6:23 p.m. Central Daylight Time (CDT) in Grady County, roughly two miles (3.2 km) south-southwest of the town of Amber. It quickly intensified into a violent F4, and gradually reached F5 status after traveling 6.5 miles (10.5 km), at which time it struck the town of Bridge Creek. It fluctuated in strength, ranging from F2 to F5 status before it crossed into Cleveland County where it reached F5 intensity for a third time shortly before entering the city of Moore. By 7:30 p.m., the tornado crossed into Oklahoma County and battered southeastern Oklahoma City, Del City, and Midwest City before dissipating around 7:48 p.m. just outside Midwest City. A total of 8,132 homes, 1,041 apartments, 260 businesses, eleven public buildings, and seven churches were damaged or destroyed.^[50]

2000–2006

FU	F0	F1	F2	F3	F4	F5	Total
0	200	92	21	8	1	0	322
Deaths: 1				Injuries: 203

The years 2000 through 2006 only saw nine intense tornadoes, none of which were fatal. These tornadoes caused a combined total of 154 injuries, the majority of which were sustained when an F4 tornado hit southwest Oklahoma City on May 8, 2003.^[52] One fatality was recorded when an F2 tornado moved rural Coal and Atoka counties west of Coalgate on April 10, 2001.^[53] The Fujita Scale, which had been used by the National Weather Service during tornado damage surveys to rate tornado damage, was discontinued in February 2007, being replaced by the Enhanced Fujita scale.^[54]

Intense (F3+) tornadoes in Oklahoma, 2000–2006^[31]^[49]
F#	Date	Injuries	Location	County	Path length	Max width
F3	October 9, 2001	0	NW of Elk City	Beckham, Washita, Custer	11.5 mi (18.5 km)	600 yd (550 m)
F3		9	Cordell	Washita	6 mi (9.7 km)	500 yd (460 m)
F3		1	N of Mountain View	Kiowa	13 mi (21 km)	440 yd (400 m)
F3	April 17, 2002	0	W of Seiling	Dewey, Woodward	8 mi (13 km)	600 yd (550 m)
F4	May 8, 2003	134	Moore	Cleveland, Oklahoma	17.3 mi (27.8 km)	700 yd (640 m)
F3	May 8, 2003	0	W of Bartlesville	Osage	45 mi (72 km)	880 yd (800 m)
F3	May 9, 2003	2	NE of Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	17.8 mi (28.6 km)	1320 yd (1210 m)
F3	May 29, 2004	0	N of Depew	Creek	7.5 mi (12.1 km)	700 yd (640 m)
F3	March 12, 2006	8	SW to NE of Kansas	Cherokee, Delaware	29 mi (47 km)	440 yd (400 m)

2007-2025

EFU	EF0	EF1	EF2	EF3	EF4	EF5	Total
126	507	440	106	28	13	2	1,220
Deaths: 110				Injuries: 1,515

As of February 2025, a total of 1,220 tornadoes, 41 being intense, have killed over 99 people in Oklahoma since the implementation of the Enhanced Fujita Scale in 2007. The deadliest struck Moore on May 20, 2013, killing 24 people and injuring 212 others.^[55] Two EF5 tornadoes have been recorded within state boundaries since 2007, both of which hit areas around Oklahoma City.^[56]^[57] The widest tornado ever recorded, which reached a peak width of 4576 yd (4184 m) (2.6 miles), moved through rural farmland south of El Reno on May 31, 2013, killing eight people.^[58]

‡ Tornado crossed state lines in or out of Oklahoma

Intense (EF3+) tornadoes in Oklahoma, 2007-2025^[31]^[49]
EF#	Date	Deaths	Injuries	Location	County	Path length	Max width
EF3	May 5, 2007	0	1	NE of Sweetwater	Beckham, Roger Mills	7.7 mi (12.4 km)	150 yd (140 m)
EF4	May 10, 2008	21	350	S of Picher	Craig, Ottawa	75.5 mi (121.5 km)‡	1760 yd (1610 m)
EF3	May 23, 2008	0	0	S of Selman	Harper	5 mi (8.0 km)	1100 yd (1000 m)
EF3	May 23, 2008	0	0	N of Freedom	Woods	11 mi (18 km)‡	980 yd (900 m)
EF4	February 10, 2009	8	46	W of Ardmore	Jefferson, Love, Carter	37 mi (60 km)‡	880 yd (800 m)
EF3	April 9, 2009	0	7	E of Eagletown	McCurtain	37.2 mi (59.9 km)‡	850 yd (780 m)
EF3	May 10, 2010	0	0	NW of Ardmore	Carter	4.9 mi (7.9 km)	400 yd (370 m)
EF3		0	28	Tecumseh	Pottawatomie, Seminole, Okfuskee	37.2 mi (59.9 km)	2200 yd (2000 m)
EF3		0	3	NW of Shawnee	Pottawatomie	6.5 mi (10.5 km)	880 yd (800 m)
EF4		1	32	E of Norman	Cleveland, Pottawatomie	22.2 mi (35.7 km)	880 yd (800 m)
EF4		2	49	SE of Moore	Cleveland, Oklahoma	24 mi (39 km)	2000 yd (1800 m)
EF3		0	3	N of Medford	Grant, Kay	47.7 mi (76.8 km)‡	1500 yd (1400 m)
EF3	April 14, 2011	2	40	SW to NE of Atoka	Atoka	17 mi (27 km)	1320 yd (1210 m)
EF3	May 22, 2011	0	4	S of Grove	Delaware	17.9 mi (28.8 km)	1550 yd (1420 m)
EF3	May 24, 2011	0	0	N of Lookeba	Caddo	8.6 mi (13.8 km)	800 yd (730 m)
EF4		1	48	S of Chickasha to Newcastle	Grady, Cleveland	33.3 mi (53.6 km)	880 yd (800 m)
EF5		9	181	N of El Reno	Canadian, Kingfisher, Logan	64.9 mi (104.4 km)	1760 yd (1610 m)
EF4		0	61	W of Washington	Grady, Cleveland	23.1 mi (37.2 km)	880 yd (800 m)
EF3		1	2	E of Seiling	Dewey, Blaine, Major	13.2 mi (21.2 km)	880 yd (800 m)
EF4	November 7, 2011	0	0	Tipton	Jackson, Tillman	17.4 mi (28.0 km)‡	500 yd (460 m)
EF3	April 14, 2012	6	29	Arnett to Woodward	Ellis, Woodward	34 mi (55 km)	400 yd (370 m)
EF3	May 19, 2013	0	4	S of Carney	Oklahoma, Lincoln	20.8 mi (33.5 km)	1200 yd (1100 m)
EF4	May 19, 2013	2	10	E of Norman	Cleveland, Pottawatomie	23 mi (37 km)	1500 yd (1400 m)
EF5	May 20, 2013	24	212	Moore	Grady, Cleveland	13.8 mi (22.2 km)	1900 yd (1700 m)
EF3	May 31, 2013	8	26	S of El Reno	Canadian	16.2 mi (26.1 km)	4576 yd (4184 m)
EF3	May 6, 2015	0	0	Bridge Creek	Grady	10.3 mi (16.6 km)	1500 yd (1400 m)
EF3	May 6, 2015	0	12	Valley Brook	Oklahoma	2 mi (3.2 km)	700 yd (640 m)
EF3	May 16, 2015	0	0	S of Snyder	Jackson, Tillman, Kiowa	40.4 mi (65.0 km)‡	1600 yd (1500 m)
EF3	May 25, 2015	1	1	NW of Bokchito	Bryan, Atoka	18.8 mi (30.3 km)	700 yd (640 m)
EF4	May 9, 2016	1	0	Katie	Garvin	8.9 mi (14.3 km)	400 yd (370 m)
EF3		0	0	N of Sulphur	Murray, Pontotoc	16.6 mi (26.7 km)	1500 yd (1400 m)
EF3		1	0	NW of Wapanucka	Johnston, Coal	9.1 mi (14.6 km)	700 yd (640 m)
EF3		0	2	S of Boswell	Bryan, Choctaw	13.8 mi (22.2 km)	3100 yd (2800 m)
EF3	April 30, 2019	2	16	SW to N of Bokchito	Bryan, Atoka	27.6 mi (44.4 km)	1400 yd (1300 m)
EF3	May 23, 2019	0	0	SW of Laverne	Beaver, Ellis, Harper	15.7 mi (25.3 km)‡	1500 yd (1400 m)
EF3	May 25, 2019	2	29	S of El Reno	Canadian	2.2 mi (3.5 km)	75 yd (69 m)
EF4	November 4, 2022	0	1	Sawyer	Choctaw	44.7 mi (71.9 km)‡	1700 yd (1600 m)
EF4	November 4, 2022	1	13	Idabel	McCurtain	60.9 mi (98.0 km)‡	1056 yd (966 m)
EF3	April 29, 2023	2	0	Cole	Cleveland	10.9 mi (17.5 km)	1200 yd (1100 m)
EF3	April 29, 2023	0	0	S of Pink	Pottawatomie	0.6 mi (0.97 km)	250 yd (230 m)
EF3	April 27, 2024	1	30	Sulphur	Murray, Pontotoc	9.9 mi (15.9 km)	440 yd (400 m)
EF3		2	4	W of Holdenville	Hughes, Okfuskee	27.9 mi (44.9 km)	1760 yd (1610 m)
EF4		1	6	Marietta to Baum	Love, Carter	26.8 mi (43.1 km)	900 yd (820 m)
EF4	May 6, 2024	2	33	Barnsdall	Osage, Washington	40.8 mi (65.7 km)	1700 yd (1600 m)
EF3	November 3, 2024	0	6	E of Oklahoma City	Cleveland, Oklahoma	2.4 mi (3.9 km)	300 yd (270 m)
EF3		0	0	S of Comanche	Stephens	22 mi (35 km)	500 yd (460 m)
EF3		0	5	Harrah	Oklahoma, Lincoln	25.1 mi (40.4 km)	1000 yd (910 m)

May 20, 2013

In the afternoon hours of May 20, 2013, a large and violent EF5 tornado would again strike Moore, Oklahoma. The tornado had peak winds estimated at 210 miles per hour (340 km/h), killing 24 people (plus two indirect fatalities)^[59] and injuring 212 others.^[60] The tornado was part of a larger outbreak from a slow-moving weather system that had produced several other tornadoes across the Great Plains over the previous two days, including five that had struck portions of Central Oklahoma the day prior on May 19.^[61]

The tornado touched down just northwest of Newcastle at 2:56 p.m. CDT (19:56 UTC), and quickly became violent, persisting for 39 minutes on a 13.85-mile (22.3 km) path through a heavily populated section of Moore, causing catastrophic damage of EF4 to EF5 intensity, before dissipating at 3:35 p.m. CDT (20:35 UTC) outside of Moore. The tornado was over one mile (1.6 km) across at its peak width.^[62]^: 13 The 2013 Moore tornado followed a roughly similar track to the deadlier 1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado, which was rated F5; neither of the stricken schools in the area had acquired purpose-built storm shelters in the intervening years.^[61]

The tornado caused catastrophic damage around the city of Moore, with 1,150 homes destroyed as a result. Damage estimates ranged up to $2 billion, making it the costliest tornado since the 2011 Joplin tornado. As of 2025, this tornado is the most recent to be rated EF5 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale.^[63]

May 31, 2013

Subvortices of the El Reno tornado

This rain-wrapped and extremely large multiple-vortex tornado was the widest tornado ever recorded and was part of a larger weather system that produced dozens of tornadoes over the preceding days. The tornado initially touched down at 6:03 p.m. Central Daylight Time (2303 UTC) about 8.3 miles (13.4 km) west-southwest of El Reno, rapidly growing in size and becoming more violent as it tracked through central portions of Canadian County. Remaining over mostly open terrain, the tornado did not impact many structures; however, measurements from mobile weather radars revealed extreme winds in excess of 313 mph (504 km/h) within the vortex. These are among the highest observed wind speeds on Earth, just slightly lower than the wind speeds of the 1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado. As it crossed U.S. 81, it had grown to a record-breaking width of 2.6 miles (4.2 km), beating the previous width record set in 2004. Turning northeastward, the tornado soon weakened. Upon crossing Interstate 40, the tornado dissipated around 6:43 p.m. CDT (2343 UTC), after tracking for 16.2 miles (26.1 km), it avoided affecting the more densely populated areas near and within the Oklahoma City metropolitan area.^[64]

The tornado killed four storm chasers (three professional and one amateur), the first known deaths in the history of storm chasing.^[65] Although the tornado remained over mostly open terrain, dozens of storm chasers unaware of its immense size and erratic movement were caught off-guard. Near U.S. 81, TWISTEX scientist and engineer Tim Samaras, along with his son Paul and research partner Carl Young, died in the tornado. Paul Samaras and Young were ejected from their Chevrolet Cobalt by the storm's sub-vortex, while Tim was still buckled in the passenger's seat. Local resident Richard Henderson, who decided to follow the storm, lost his life in that same area. He snapped a picture of the tornado from his cellular phone before it struck him.^[66] Other chasers, including Mike Bettes of The Weather Channel and Reed Timmer, were either injured or had their vehicles damaged. A Doppler on Wheels-based analysis of how the tornado impacted these teams revealed that they were hit by an intense internal sub-vortex.^[67] Overall, the tornado was responsible for eight fatalities and 151 injuries.^[68] Due to the ferocity and sheer size, as well as its irregular movement and the deaths linked with this tornado, it has become one of the most studied and infamous tornadoes ever. The National Weather Service referred to the tornado as "the most dangerous tornado in storm observing history."^[64]

Alongside rush hour traffic, thousands of residents in Oklahoma City attempted to outrun the storm by taking to the roads in an attempt to drive out of the tornado's projected path. By attempting to escape the storm by vehicle, in direct contrast to the recommended plan of action, residents put themselves at great risk from the storm; had the tornado maintained itself and passed over the congested freeways, more than 500 lives could have been lost.^[69]

Other exceptional events

F#	Date	Deaths	Injuries	Location	County	Path length	Max width	Ref.
F2	March 13, 1922	10	50	Gowen	Latimer	2.2 mi (3.5 km)	300 yd (270 m)	^[70]
This tornado, rated F2, killed ten people in the Gowen area along a 2.2 mi (3.5 km) path.								^[70]
FU	April 12, 1945	7	40	Roland	Sequoyah	10.9 mi (17.5 km)	Unknown	^[71]
This strong tornado moved through Roland before crossing into Arkansas, hitting northwestern suburbs of Fort Smith. The tornado would kill a total of seven people, and injure 40 others.								^[71]
F2	April 29–30, 1970	0	2	S of Altus to NW of Perkins	Jackson, Kiowa, Caddo, Grady, Canadian, Oklahoma, Logan, Payne	140 mi (230 km)	400 yd (370 m)	^[72]
This tornado moved through eight counties spanning 140 mi (230 km) from Southern to Central Oklahoma, injuring two people. The tornado was on the ground for over three and a half hours.								^[72]
EF2	May 4, 2022	0	0	E of Earlsboro	Pottawatomie	3.4 mi (5.5 km)	150 yd (140 m)	^[73]^[74]
This tornado damaged buildings on the eastern side of Earlsboro before looping around to the north, hitting the town a second time. The tornado produced moderate damage to homes, and another EF2-rated tornado would directly impact Seminole on the same day.								^[73]^[74]

Tornadoes by county

* Includes unofficially-rated tornado or tornadoes

Tornadoes in Oklahoma, by county (1875–2024)
County	F0/EF0	F1/EF1	F2/EF2	F3/EF3	F4/EF4	F5/EF5	Total^[75]^{[note 5]}	Ref.
Adair	5	16	9	3	0	0	34	^[76]
Alfalfa	19	14	12	1	0	0	49	^[77]
Atoka	12	20	13	3	1	0	50	^[78]
Beaver	43	15	10	2	1	0	74	^[79]
Beckham	37	21	5	5	0	0	74	^[80]
Blaine	19	21	8	2	1	0	52	^[81]
Bryan	7	12	12	5	1	0	38	^[82]
Caddo	59	33	26	8	2	0	131	^[83]
Canadian	44	39	19	5	3	1	112	^[84]
Carter	21	19	9	7	3	0	64	^[85]
Cherokee	9	20	7	4	0	0	41	^[86]
Choctaw	7	8	2	4	2	1	27	^[87]
Cimarron	29	8	4	0	1	0	53	^[88]
Cleveland	31	39	24	3	6	2	110	^[89]
Coal	10	7	7	2	0	0	30	^[90]
Comanche	29	22	10	1	1	0	68	^[91]
Cotton	19	10	4	4	2	0	42	^[92]
Craig	12	21	13	4	2	0	54	^[93]
Creek	24	28	10	7	4	1	76	^[94]
Custer	30	21	10	4	1	0	73	^[95]
Delaware	11	28	18	8	0	0	66	^[96]
Dewey	22	18	9	2	0	1*	54	^[97]
Ellis	38	23	14	3	0	1*	78	^[98]
Garfield	33	21	14	6	2	0	77	^[99]
Garvin	18	28	12	3	2	0	63	^[100]
Grady	22	37	19	7	2	1	96	^[101]
Grant	35	18	7	8	1	0	71	^[102]
Greer	22	10	7	2	0	0	46	^[103]
Harmon	12	14	4	0	0	0	37	^[104]
Harper	10	12	4	3	0	0	32	^[105]
Haskell	17	12	3	0	1	0	33	^[106]
Hughes	13	5	15	2	2	0	38	^[107]
Jackson	37	16	17	5	2	1*	79	^[108]
Jefferson	18	12	4	3	2	0	43	^[109]
Johnston	11	14	7	2	1	0	42	^[110]
Kay	46	25	20	5	3	2	102	^[111]
Kingfisher	37	21	15	4	1	1	83	^[112]
Kiowa	46	27	10	5	2	1*	95	^[113]
Latimer	10	11	8	0	1	0	32	^[114]
LeFlore	17	35	17	4	2	1	79	^[115]
Lincoln	29	36	17	9	2	1	95	^[116]
Logan	25	20	12	4	1	1	64	^[117]
Love	11	10	5	3	2	0	33	^[118]
Major	18	16	8	3	1	1*	52	^[119]
Marshall	14	8	8	3	1	0	36	^[120]
Mayes	24	42	13	6	1	0	89	^[121]
McClain	28	31	14	2	2	2	81	^[122]
McCurtain	17	25	21	3	1	1	68	^[123]
McIntosh	22	18	15	2	0	0	58	^[124]
Murray	13	17	9	3	1	0	45	^[125]
Muskogee	23	22	12	2	1	0	65	^[126]
Noble	16	19	6	1	2	1	48	^[127]
Nowata	15	15	9	2	0	0	46	^[128]
Okfuskee	21	24	7	5	2	1	63	^[129]
Oklahoma	42	47	23	19	3	1	137	^[130]
Okmulgee	19	22	8	4	1	0	54	^[131]
Osage	49	34	18	3	5	0	115	^[132]
Ottawa	7	26	9	3	2	0	49	^[133]
Pawnee	16	7	4	0	3	0	30	^[134]
Payne	18	24	12	4	2	0	61	^[135]
Pittsburg	32	36	13	2	1	0	85	^[136]
Pontotoc	21	21	15	7	1	0	67	^[137]
Pottawatomie	26	22	23	8	6	1	93	^[138]
Pushmataha	11	22	13	2	1	0	49	^[139]
Roger Mills	19	17	15	2	1	0	55	^[140]
Rogers	14	38	18	6	2	0	80	^[141]
Seminole	16	21	19	9	3	0	68	^[142]
Sequoyah	17	20	8	5	3	0	55	^[143]
Stephens	21	23	14	8	0	0	75	^[144]
Texas	47	19	7	3	0	0	75	^[145]
Tillman	34	28	10	4	3	0	90	^[146]
Tulsa	33	29	21	8	2	0	98	^[147]
Wagoner	23	21	14	4	0	0	64	^[148]
Washington	10	17	8	2	1	0	39	^[149]
Washita	15	21	8	6	1	0	58	^[150]
Woods	19	22	12	2	0	2*	56	^[151]
Woodward	40	16	3	4	0	2*	43	^[152]
Total	1,766	1,637	889	309	113	28	4,937	^{[note 6]}

Tornadoes by month

Tornadoes in Oklahoma, by month (1950-2025)^[6]
	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
No. of tornadoes	30	64	287	926	1,830	539	122	97	125	197	155	38
Highest year	2023	2023	1991	2024	2019	1995	1956	1979	1992	2021	2024	2022
Max F/EF#	F4	EF4	F5	F5^{[note 7]}	EF5^{[note 8]}	F4^{[note 9]}	EF4	EF4	F4^{[note 10]}	F4^{[note 11]}	EF4^{[note 12]}	EF3

Longest span without a tornado

The longest timespan without a single tornado reported in Oklahoma was from May 17, 2003 to March 3, 2004, or 291 days.^[153] The run was ended on March 4, 2004, when an EF0 tornado touched down near Muldrow.^[154]

Longet consecutive timespan without a tornado in Oklahoma^[153]
No. of days	Start date	End date
292	May 17, 2003	March 3, 2004
248	August 8, 2013	April 12, 2014
248	July 16, 1990	March 20, 1991
245	July 4, 2016	March 5, 2017
234	July 4, 1976	February 22, 1977
220	August 24, 1977	March 31, 1978
200	August 8, 1955	February 23, 1956
193	September 6, 1978	March 17, 1979
192	October 22, 2017	May 1, 2018
189	October 11, 1969	April 17, 1970

References

Notes

^ Official ratings were assigned after 1950.^[4] Prior to that, ratings are assigned by tornado historian Thomas P. Grazulis.^[5]
^ As of February 2025, this tornado is the deadliest in Oklahoma history.
^ The majority of deaths occurred when the tornado struck Udall, Kansas.
^ The majority of deaths occurred when the tornado impacted Wichita Falls, Texas.
^ Due to the existence of unrated (F?/EF?) and unknown (FU/EFU) tornadoes, the total numbers are inconsistent with the count of rated tornadoes.
^ Due to some tornadoes crossing county lines, some tornadoes are counted more than once.
^ F5 tornadoes touched down in April of 1939, 1945, 1947 and 1982.
^ F5 tornadoes touched down in May of 1905, 1947, twice in 1955, 1960 and 1999. EF5 tornadoes touched down in May of 2011 and 2013.
^ F4 tornadoes touched down in June of 1917, twice in 1928, 1935 and 1942.
^ F4 tornadoes touched down in September of 1957 and 1959.
^ F4 tornadoes touched down in October of 1914 and 1970.
^ EF4 tornadoes touched down in November 2011 and twice in 2022.

Footnotes

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^ ^a ^b "Top Ten Costliest Oklahoma Tornadoes (1950-Present)". National Weather Service. Retrieved 2025-01-24.
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[37] As of February 2025, this tornado is the deadliest in Oklahoma history.

[42] The majority of deaths occurred when the tornado struck Udall, Kansas.

[53] The majority of deaths occurred when the tornado impacted Wichita Falls, Texas.

[80] Due to the existence of unrated (F?/EF?) and unknown (FU/EFU) tornadoes, the total numbers are inconsistent with the count of rated tornadoes.

[158] Due to some tornadoes crossing county lines, some tornadoes are counted more than once.

[159] F5 tornadoes touched down in April of 1939, 1945, 1947 and 1982.

[160] F5 tornadoes touched down in May of 1905, 1947, twice in 1955, 1960 and 1999. EF5 tornadoes touched down in May of 2011 and 2013.

[161] F4 tornadoes touched down in June of 1917, twice in 1928, 1935 and 1942.

[162] F4 tornadoes touched down in September of 1957 and 1959.

[163] F4 tornadoes touched down in October of 1914 and 1970.

[164] EF4 tornadoes touched down in November 2011 and twice in 2022.

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v t e List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
Canada	(before 2001) (after 2001)
United States	Alabama Alaska California Connecticut Hawaii Illinois Michigan New Jersey New York Ohio Oklahoma (Cleveland County) Rhode Island Texas Washington, D.C. Washington West Virginia
Other areas	Bermuda

Climatology

Deadliest tornadoes

Costliest tornadoes

Intense tornadoes

Pre–1925

May 10, 1905

1925–1949

April 9, 1947

March 20, 1948

1950–1974

May 25, 1955

1975–1999

May 3, 1999

2000–2006

2007-2025

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May 31, 2013

Other exceptional events

Tornadoes by county

Tornadoes by month

Longest span without a tornado

See also

References

Notes

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