Tornadoes in Oklahoma


Several destructive tornadoes have hit the U.S. 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 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. 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 track. An F3 tornado hit downtown Oklahoma City five days earlier, inflicting $2.5 million in damages to the city and injuring 57 people.
The 1970s, like the 1950s, was a particularly deadly decade for tornadoes in Oklahoma, with 433 tornadoes killing a combined total of 110 people. 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.
The 1990s were a significant decade for severe weather in Oklahoma, with over 55 people being killed by a total of 688 tornadoes. The deadliest and most powerful devastated [Bridge Creek County, Oklahoma|Creek, Oklahoma|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. The tornado inflicted a total of $1 billion in damage to the Oklahoma City metropolitan area, making it the second-costliest in Oklahoma history. A large F4 tornado killed two people in Cimarron City and Mulhall on the same day; it was the largest tornado ever measured quantitatively.
The 2000s were less significant, with 483 tornadoes killing a total of 32 people. 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 in damages to structures and farms along a 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 last tornado worldwide to top the Enhanced Fujita Scale until 2025. The tornado was the costliest in Oklahoma history and the third costliest in US history, leaving an estimated $2 billion worth of damages in its wake.
Tornadoes in Oklahoma have broken numerous national and worldwide records. Both the [2013 El Reno, Oklahoma|El Reno tornado|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. Tornadoes in Oklahoma have also been extensively featured in media; both 1996's Twister and 2024's Twisters take place primarily in Oklahoma. Into the Storm and 13 Minutes, released in 2014 and 2021 respectively, are both set in fictional Oklahoman towns that were hit by tornadoes.

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. In the alley, warm and humid air from the Gulf of Mexico meets cold, dry air from Canada and produced by the Rocky Mountains. This creates an ideal environment for tornadoes to form within supercellular thunderstorms.
YearMax F/EF#TornadoesDeaths
2024EF41528
2019EF31494
1999F514542
2011EF511914
2015EF31112
1957F410722

Intense tornadoes

Pre–1925

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, Stillwater and Sulphur. The strongest tornado touched down on May 10, 1905, striking the community of Snyder and killing 97 people. The tornado was the first to receive a rating of F5 on the Fujita scale in Oklahoma's history.

1925–1949

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. 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.

1950–1974

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.
F#DateDeathsInjuriesLocationCountyPath lengthMax width
F3April 30, 195100Downtown Oklahoma CityOklahoma
F3June 8, 195100Corn to ColonyWashita, Caddo
F3March 13, 1953211NW of MariettaLove, Carter, Marshall, Johnston
F3March 13, 195318E of BradleyGrady
F3June 5, 195300SW of SulphurGarvin, Murray
F3April 30, 1954012HugoChoctaw
F3May 1, 195433E of GrandfieldTillman, Cotton
F3May 1, 195400W of WaurikaCotton, Jefferson
F3May 1, 195400MarlowStephens
F4May 1, 195402W of FrederickTillman, Kiowa
F4May 1, 1954065NE of MooreOklahoma, Pottawatomie, Lincoln, Creek
F3April 18, 195500SW of CheyenneRoger Mills
F3May 25, 195501Deer CreekGrant
F4May 25, 1955218SW of CheyenneRoger Mills
F5May 25, 195520280BlackwellKay
F5May 25, 195580273NW of NewkirkKay
F3April 2, 1956568StroudLincoln, Creek
F3April 2, 195602SW of AlvaWoods, Alfalfa
F3April 2, 195603SE of SobolChoctaw
F4April 2, 1956229NW of Kaw CityKay
F4April 2, 1956059MiamiOttawa
F3April 8, 195604SE of EnidGarfield
F3April 8, 195600S of CovingtonGarfield
F4January 22, 19571020NW of GansSequoyah
F4April 2, 195726E of KingstonMarshall, Bryan
F4April 2, 195733DurantBryan
F3April 22, 195701CarnegieCaddo
F3May 20, 195701SallisawHaskell, Sequoyah
F4May 24, 195745S of LawtonCotton, Comanche
F4September 14, 195726Asher to WetumkaCleveland, Pottawatomie, Seminole, Hughes
F3June 20, 195800S of GageEllis
F3November 17, 195804S of FrederickTillman, Cotton
F3November 17, 1958015S to NE of SeminoleSeminole, Okfuskee
F3November 17, 195800Fairmont to BlackwellGarfield, Noble, Kay
F3March 31, 195903NE of OiltonCreek, Pawnee
F3March 31, 1959010S of KingstonMarshall
F4May 9, 1959712W of StonewallPontotoc
F3May 9, 195900SW to NE of TalalaWashington, Rogers, Nowata
F3May 9, 195903KetchumMayes, Craig, Delaware
F3May 26, 195908GrahamCarter
F3August 30, 195901DevolCotton
F4September 27, 195911NW of WelchCraig
F3April 28, 196000S of BingerCaddo
F3April 28, 196002NW of AmberGrady
F3April 28, 196001NW of TuttleGrady
F3April 28, 1960057Downtown Oklahoma CityOklahoma
F4May 4, 196003E of AntlersPushmataha
F3May 4, 196000NE of MarlowStephens
F3May 4, 196006NW of AdaPontotoc, Seminole
F3May 4, 196004Bethany to The VillageOklahoma
F4May 4, 196000E of AsherPottawatomie, Seminole
F3May 5, 196000NE of Wayne to W of Sand SpringsCleveland, Pottawatomie, Lincoln, Creek, Tulsa
F4May 5, 196016106Wilburton to KeotaPushmataha, Haskell, Sequoyah
F5May 5, 1960581Tecumseh to SapulpaPottawatomie, Lincoln, Creek, Tulsa
F4May 5, 1960513RolandSequoyah
F3May 5, 196010W of GansLeFlore, Sequoyah
F3May 5, 196010E of RolandSequoyah
F3May 5, 196000MaysvilleGarvin
F3May 5, 1960215SW of HoffmanOkmulgee
F3June 7, 196000S of OlusteeJackson
F3August 7, 196000QuapawOttawa
F3February 17, 196107Spencer to LutherOklahoma
F3February 17, 1961011Stratford to HenryettaGarvin, Pontotoc, Seminole, Hughes, Okfuskee, Okmulgee
F3March 26, 196100E of Kaw CityKay, Osage
F3March 26, 196101W to NE of EufaulaMcIntosh
F3April 30, 196102N of MincoGrady
F3May 4, 196110NW of CalumetBlaine, Canadian
F4May 5, 19611658E of TalihinaLeFlore
F3May 5, 196100NE of HugoChoctaw
F3May 7, 196101BluejacketCraig, Ottawa
F3May 21, 196100S of CushingPayne
F3May 21, 196100SE of CushingPayne
F3April 26, 196200N of SayreBeckham
F3May 25, 196204WeatherfordCuster
F4May 25, 196209Dill CityWashita
F4May 26, 196201E of RandlettCotton
F3May 26, 196305SE of Midwest CityOklahoma
F3May 26, 196314Arcadia to N of MeekerOklahoma, Lincoln
F3May 26, 196302BowlegsSeminole
F3July 15, 196300SW of BeaverBeaver
F3April 3, 196401E of KingstonMarshall, Bryan
F3May 10, 196400S of TahlequahCherokee
F4March 16, 196507S of Nash to N of BramanGrant, Kay
F3April 11, 196606W of CowetaWagoner, Tulsa
F3April 27, 196600N of HaywoodPittsburg
F4April 27, 196602S of WapanuckaJohnston, Atoka
F3April 20, 196700S of AnadarkoCaddo
F4June 10, 196741W of ButlerRoger Mills, Custer
F4June 10, 196700E of WatongaBlaine
F3June 10, 196701W of KingfisherKingfisher
F3April 19, 196800SW of LittleSeminole
F3May 13, 196800W to N of KonawaPontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole
F3April 26, 197000E of AmesMajor
F3June 11, 197001Northwestern Oklahoma CityCanadian, Oklahoma
F3June 11, 1970145StilwellAdair
F4October 5, 1970484Shawnee to PraguePottawatomie, Lincoln, Okfuskee
F3October 8, 197004E of ColcordDelaware
F3March 12, 197104ColbertMarshall, Bryan
F3May 5, 197100Haskell to SE of HulbertMuskogee, Wagoner, Cherokee
F3June 7, 197100SW of ThomasCuster
F4April 19, 197256SE of Ratliff CityCarter, Murray, Garvin
F3May 22, 197200SW of WillowGreer
F3October 21, 197201IdabelMcCurtain
F3April 19, 1973021AdaPontotoc
F4May 24, 197324Union CityCanadian, Grady
F4May 26, 1973525N of WarnerMuskogee
F3May 26, 197306NE of Webbers FallsSequoyah
F3May 26, 197303N of CopanWashington
F3June 18, 1973029FrederickTillman
F3June 18, 197300N of CarnegieCaddo, Washita
F3June 18, 197300E of HominyOsage
F3September 24, 1973014N of AftonCraig, Ottawa
F3November 19, 1973536MooreMcClain, Cleveland, Oklahoma
F3April 20, 197403N of MooreGrady, Canadian, Cleveland, Oklahoma, Lincoln
F3April 20, 197400N of WaurikaJefferson
F3June 8, 1974014Downtown Oklahoma CityOklahoma
F3June 8, 197400ChoctawOklahoma
F3June 8, 197400N of JonesOklahoma
F3June 8, 197408DavenportLincoln
F3June 8, 197400E of SparksLincoln
F3June 8, 197400E of PragueSeminole, Pottawatomie, Okfuskee, Creek
F3June 8, 1974042Jenks to ChouteauCreek, Tulsa, Wagoner, Rogers, Mayes
F3June 8, 1974280Jenks to VinitaTulsa, Rogers, Mayes, Craig
F3June 8, 197400SW of JayDelaware
F4June 8, 197414150Drumright to WestportPayne, Creek, Pawnee, Osage

1975–1999

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. The tornado inflicted an estimated total of $1 billion in damage to the Oklahoma City metropolitan area, making it the second-costliest in Oklahoma history. 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. 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.
F#DateDeathsInjuriesLocationCountyPath lengthMax width
F3May 2, 197500E of Dill CityWashita
F3June 13, 197508StillwaterPayne
F3December 5, 1975038Downtown TulsaTulsa
F3December 5, 197500W of HaskellOkmulgee, Muskogee, Wagoner
F4March 26, 197614N of TalihinaLatimer, LeFlore
F5March 26, 1976264S of SpiroLeFlore
F4April 16, 197606E of Fort CobbCaddo
F3April 19, 197602W of LeonJefferson
F3March 2, 197701E of DuncanStephens
F3May 15, 197712E of DuncanStephens
F3May 16, 197700NW of SayreBeckham, Roger Mills
F3May 16, 197700N of ErickBeckham
F4May 18, 197700KeyesCimarron
F3May 20, 197703E of AltusJackson, Kiowa
F3May 20, 197700SE of TiptonTillman
F3May 20, 197700NE of ArcadiaOklahoma, Logan
F3April 30, 197800SE of SlapoutBeaver
F4April 30, 197800S to W of PiedmontCanadian, Oklahoma
F3March 18, 197900Copan to WannWashington, Nowata
F3April 10, 19793100LawtonComanche
F3April 10, 197900SE of Ratliff CityJefferson, Stephens, Carter, Garvin
F4April 10, 19791168S of DavidsonTillman
F4April 10, 1979421,740WaurikaJefferson
F3May 2, 197900SW of CovingtonGarfield
F4May 2, 1979125N of RingwoodMajor, Garfield
F3October 30, 197932NW of ArdmoreCarter
F3April 7, 198004S of AftonMayes, Craig, Delaware
F3April 7, 198009W of CameronLe Flore
F3April 19, 198100W of TahlequahCherokee
F3April 19, 198107Tulsa metropolitan areaTulsa
F3April 19, 198101Tulsa metropolitan areaTulsa
F3April 19, 1981549S of BixbyTulsa
F3May 17, 198106TecumsehPottawatomie
F3May 17, 198100Cromwell to OkemahSeminole, Okfuskee
F4May 17, 198102W of Cromwell to SW of OkmulgeeSeminole, Okfuskee, Okmulgee
F3May 22, 1981012ClintonCuster
F4May 22, 198100N of BingerCaddo, Canadian
F3May 23, 198100DurantBryan
F3March 15, 1982136AdaPontotoc
F4March 18, 1982012E of Hardesty to BeaverTexas, Beaver
F5April 2, 1982029Broken BowChoctaw, McCurtain
F3April 2, 198200N of MariettaLove
F3April 2, 198200NE of BoswellChoctaw
F3April 2, 198214S of TomMcCurtain
F3May 11, 1982041AltusJackson
F3May 11, 1982218NE of BlairJackson, Greer
F3May 11, 198200E of Lone WolfKiowa
F3May 13, 198300KingfisherKingfisher
F3November 22, 198303AlbionPushmataha
F3November 22, 198300NW of WestvilleAdair
F3April 26, 1984895SE of Okmulgee to MorrisOkmulgee
F4April 26, 1984337E of JenningsCreek, Pawnee
F4April 29, 1984160E of JenningsCreek, Pawnee, Osage
F3October 31, 198400N of SeilingWoodward, Major
F3May 8, 1986015Downtown Oklahoma CityOklahoma
F3March 22, 198700NW of ShattuckEllis
F3March 13, 199001SE of DuncanStephens
F3March 13, 199000E of WakitaGrant
F3March 13, 199000E of WakitaGrant
F3May 15, 1990112NW of StillwaterPayne
F3May 26, 199000SE of HintonCaddo
F3March 21, 199102AdaPontotoc
F3March 26, 199100SE of WakitaGrant, Kay
F3April 12, 199100SW of Pond CreekGarfield, Grant
F3April 12, 199100Pond CreekGrant
F4April 26, 199106NW of FairfaxGarfield, Noble, Osage
F4April 26, 1991124SE of WestportPawnee, Osage, Tulsa
F4April 26, 1991022OologahRogers
F3April 26, 199100E of EnidGarfield
F3May 15, 199103LaverneHarper
F3May 26, 199100MoorelandWoodward
F4May 11, 199203N of KiowaPittsburg
F3May 11, 199201NE of TupeloCoal
F3July 2, 199201W of OologahTulsa, Rogers
F4April 24, 19837100W of CatoosaTulsa, Rogers
F3April 24, 1983030S of CatoosaTulsa, Wagoner, Rogers
F3May 5, 199300SE of GuymonTexas
F3May 5, 199300NW of HookerTexas
F3June 8, 199300N of KildareKay
F3May 7, 199536NW of MariettaLove, Carter
F3May 26, 199701W of IndianolaMcIntosh, Pittsburg
F3May 24, 199800W of LamontGrant
F3October 4, 199801PragueSeminole, Pottawatomie, Lincoln
F3May 3, 199903NE of ApacheCaddo
F3May 3, 199904W of ChickashaCaddo, Grady
F3May 3, 199900N of El RenoCanadian, Kingfisher
F3May 3, 199904W of KingfisherKingfisherUnknown
F3May 3, 1999013E of CrescentLogan
F4May 3, 1999111DoverKingfisher
F5May 3, 199936583S of Amber to Bridge Creek to Moore to Midwest CityGrady, Cleveland, Oklahoma
F4May 3, 1999226Cimarron City to MulhallLogan, Payne, Noble
F3May 3, 1999013Davenport to StroudLincoln, Creek
F3May 4, 199900SE of StilwellSequoyah, AdairUnknown
F3June 1, 199900S of ChecotahMcIntosh
F3June 1, 199925W of HulbertCherokee

2000–2006

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. One fatality was recorded when an F2 tornado moved rural Coal and Atoka counties west of Coalgate on April 10, 2001. 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.
F#DateDeathsInjuriesLocationCountyPath lengthMax width
F3October 9, 200100NW of Elk CityBeckham, Washita, Custer
F3October 9, 200109CordellWashita
F3October 9, 200101N of Mountain ViewKiowa
F3April 17, 200200W of SeilingDewey, Woodward
F4May 8, 20030134MooreCleveland, Oklahoma
F3May 8, 200300W of BartlesvilleOsage
F3May 9, 200302NE of Oklahoma CityOklahoma
F3May 29, 200400N of DepewCreek
F3March 12, 200608SW to NE of KansasCherokee, Delaware

2007–present

As of July 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. Two EF5 tornadoes have been recorded within state boundaries since 2007, both of which hit areas around Oklahoma City. The widest tornado ever recorded, which reached a peak width of, moved through rural farmland south of El Reno on May 31, 2013, killing eight people.
EF#DateDeathsInjuriesLocationCountyPath lengthMax width
EF3May 5, 200701NE of SweetwaterBeckham, Roger Mills
EF4May 10, 200821350S of PicherCraig, Ottawa
EF3May 23, 200800S of SelmanHarper
EF3May 23, 200800N of FreedomWoods
EF4February 10, 2009846W of ArdmoreJefferson, Love, Carter
EF3April 9, 200907E of EagletownMcCurtain
EF3May 10, 201000NW of ArdmoreCarter
EF3May 10, 2010028TecumsehPottawatomie, Seminole, Okfuskee
EF3May 10, 201003NW of ShawneePottawatomie
EF4May 10, 2010132E of NormanCleveland, Pottawatomie
EF4May 10, 2010249SE of MooreCleveland, Oklahoma
EF3May 10, 201003N of MedfordGrant, Kay
EF3April 14, 2011240SW to NE of AtokaAtoka
EF3May 22, 201104S of GroveDelaware
EF3May 24, 201100N of LookebaCaddo
EF4May 24, 2011148S of Chickasha to NewcastleGrady, Cleveland
EF5May 24, 20119181N of El RenoCanadian, Kingfisher, Logan
EF4May 24, 2011061W of WashingtonGrady, Cleveland
EF3May 24, 201112E of SeilingDewey, Blaine, Major
EF4November 7, 201100TiptonJackson, Tillman
EF3April 14, 2012629Arnett to WoodwardEllis, Woodward
EF3May 19, 201304S of CarneyOklahoma, Lincoln
EF4May 19, 2013210E of NormanCleveland, Pottawatomie
EF5May 20, 201324212MooreGrady, Cleveland
EF3May 31, 2013826S of El RenoCanadian
EF3May 6, 201500Bridge CreekGrady
EF3May 6, 2015012Valley BrookOklahoma
EF3May 16, 201500S of SnyderJackson, Tillman, Kiowa
EF3May 25, 201511NW of BokchitoBryan, Atoka
EF4May 9, 201610KatieGarvin
EF3May 9, 201600N of SulphurMurray, Pontotoc
EF3May 9, 201610NW of WapanuckaJohnston, Coal
EF3May 9, 201602S of BoswellBryan, Choctaw
EF3April 30, 2019216SW to N of BokchitoBryan, Atoka
EF3May 23, 201900SW of LaverneBeaver, Ellis, Harper
EF3May 25, 2019229S of El RenoCanadian
EF4November 4, 202201SawyerChoctaw
EF4November 4, 2022113IdabelMcCurtain
EF3April 29, 202320ColeCleveland
EF3April 29, 202300S of PinkPottawatomie
EF3April 27, 2024130SulphurMurray, Pontotoc
EF3April 27, 202424W of HoldenvilleHughes, Okfuskee
EF4April 27, 202416Marietta to BaumLove, Carter
EF4May 6, 2024233BarnsdallOsage, Washington
EF3November 3, 202406E of Oklahoma CityCleveland, Oklahoma
EF3November 3, 202400S of ComancheStephens
EF3November 3, 202405HarrahOklahoma, Lincoln
EF3May 18, 202500SE of ArnettEllis
EF3May 19, 202501E of PittsburgPittsburg

Tornadoes by county

CountyF0/EF0F1/EF1F2/EF2F3/EF3F4/EF4F5/EF5Total
Adair516930034
Alfalfa19141210049
Atoka12201331050
Beaver43151021074
Beckham3721550074
Blaine1921821052
Bryan7121251038
Caddo593326820131
Canadian443919531112
Carter2119973064
Cherokee920740041
Choctaw78242127
Cimarron298401053
Cleveland313924362110
Coal107720030
Comanche29221011068
Cotton1910442042
Craig12211342054
Creek24281074176
Custer30211041073
Delaware11281880066
Dewey2218920154
Ellis38231430178
Garfield33211462077
Garvin18281232063
Grady22371972196
Grant3518781071
Greer2210720046
Harmon1214400037
Harper1012430032
Haskell1712301033
Hughes1351522038
Jackson37161752179
Jefferson1812432043
Johnston1114721042
Kay462520532102
Kingfisher37211541183
Kiowa46271052195
Latimer1011801032
LeFlore17351742179
Lincoln29361792195
Logan25201241164
Love1110532033
Major1816831152
Marshall148831036
Mayes24421361089
McClain28311422281
McCurtain17252131168
McIntosh22181520058
Murray1317931045
Muskogee23221221065
Noble1619612148
Nowata1515920046
Okfuskee2124752163
Oklahoma4247231931137
Okmulgee1922841054
Osage493418350115
Ottawa726932049
Pawnee167403030
Payne18241242061
Pittsburg32361321085
Pontotoc21211571067
Pottawatomie26222386193
Pushmataha11221321049
Roger Mills19171521055
Rogers14381862080
Seminole16211993068
Sequoyah1720853055
Stephens21231480075
Texas4719730075
Tillman34281043090
Tulsa33292182098
Wagoner23211440064
Washington1017821039
Washita1521861058
Woods19221220256
Woodward4016340243
Total1,7661,637889309113284,937

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. The run was ended on March 4, 2004, when an F0 tornado touched down near Muldrow.
No. of daysStart dateEnd date
292May 17, 2003March 3, 2004
248August 8, 2013April 12, 2014
248July 16, 1990March 20, 1991
245July 4, 2016March 5, 2017
234July 4, 1976February 22, 1977
220August 24, 1977March 31, 1978
200August 8, 1955February 23, 1956
193September 6, 1978March 17, 1979
192October 22, 2017May 1, 2018
189October 11, 1969April 17, 1970