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| SPC ID # |
Date | Time (CST) |
Path Length (miles) |
Path Width (yards) |
F-Scale | Killed | Injured | County | Path |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/04/1894 | 2030 | 15 | 440 | 1 | 3 | Pottawatomie | Shawnee | ||
| 04/30/1918 | 1500 | 17 | 400 | Pottawatomie/ Lincoln | NE of Shawnee - E of Prague | ||||
| 24-1 | 03/28/1924 | 1545 | 50 | 200 | 8 | 60 | Cleveland/ Pottawatomie/ Lincoln | Near Noble - Shawnee - near Prague | |
| 07/24/1931 | 2000 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 0 | Pottawatomie | 8 NW Shawnee | ||
| 05/26/1944 | 1900 | 150 | 0 | 2 | Pottawatomie | NW of Shawnee | |||
| 05/24/1946 | 1530 | 6 | 100 | 0 | 0 | Pottawatomie | Near Shawnee | ||
| 08/13/1949 | 1100 | 0.5 | n | 0 | 0 | Pottawatomie | 6 N Shawnee | ||
| 53-54 | 12/02/1953 | 2130 | 1.5 | 880 | F1 | 0 | 1 | Pottawatomie | Shawnee |
| 55-12 | 04/26/1955 | 1200 | n/a | n/a | F1 | 0 | 0 | Pottawatomie | Near Shawnee |
| 55-40 | 05/26/1955 | 0330 | n/a | n/a | F0 | 0 | 0 | Pottawatomie | Near Shawnee |
| 57-103 | 09/14/1957 | 1756 | 0.5 | 45 | F2 | 0 | 3 | Pottawatomie | Bethel (5 W Shawnee) |
| 60-45 | 05/05/1960 | 1700 | 72 | 800 | F5 | 5 | 81 | Pottawatomie/ Lincoln/ Okfuskee/ Creek | S of Shawnee- between Paden and Prague- Iron Post- Sapulpa- NE of Sapulpa |
| 61-4 | 02/17/1961 | 1900 | 7 | n/a | F2 | 0 | 1 | Pottawatomie | 9 W- 4 NW Shawnee |
| 62-33 | 05/28/1962 | 1720 | n/a | n/a | F1 | 0 | 0 | Pottawatomie | 3 N Shawnee |
| 65-24 | 04/14/1965 | 1845 | 0.1 | 25 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Pottawatomie | 3 SW Shawnee |
| 65-36 | 05/09/1965 | 1515 | 0.1 | 100 | F2 | 0 | 3 | Pottawatomie | 6 SW Shawnee |
| 70-44 | 10/05/1970 | 1542 | 25 | 150 | F4 | 4 | 84 | Pottawatomie/ Lincoln/ Okfuskee | Shawnee- Prague- 2 N Paden |
| 76-25 | 06/29/1976 | 1810 | 1.5 | 30 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Pottawatomie | 5 NW Shawnee |
| 77-45 | 05/21/1977 | 0030 | 9 | 100 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Pottawatomie | 3 SW - ~6 NE Shawnee |
| 81-48 | 05/23/1981 | 1725 | n/a | n/a | F1 | 0 | 0 | Pottawatomie | Near Shawnee |
| 81-49 | 05/23/1981 | 1730 | n/a | n/a | F1 | 0 | 0 | Pottawatomie | Shawnee (N of I-40 and Kickapoo) |
| 81-61 | 06/14/1981 | 2150 | n/a | n/a | F0 | 0 | 0 | Pottawatomie | Near Shawnee |
| 10/04/1998 | 2050 | 3 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Pottawatomie | NW Shawnee | |
| 10/04/1998 | 2058 | 2 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Pottawatomie | SE Shawnee | |
| 05/03/1999 | 2005 | 7 | 250 | F2 | 1 | 10 | Pottawatomie | 2 N Bethel Acres - NW Shawnee - 7 E McLoud | |
| 05/03/1999 | 2020 | 11 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Pottawatomie/ Lincoln | 6 NNW Downtown Shawnee - SE Meeker - 4 NE Meeker | |
| 05/10/2010 | 1648 | 7 | 880 | EF3 | 0 | 3 | Pottawatomie | 4.5 NNW Pink - 5 NW Shawnee | |
| 04/13/2012 | 1624 | 0.2 | 20 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | Pottawatomie | 3 E Dale/5 NW Shawnee (just E of US-177/US-270) | |
| 05/19/2013 | 1700-1750 | 23 | 1500 | EF4 | 2 | 10 | Cleveland/ Pottawatomie | East Norman (8 E downtown) - 6.5 ESE McLoud | |
| 02/26/2023 | 2142-2148 | 6 | 100 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | Cleveland/ Pottawatomie | 2 SSE Newalla - 2 NNW Dale |
Records taken from the Storm Prediction Center archive data, "Storm Data", and data from the National Weather Service office in Norman. Data modified as described in NOAA Tech Memo NWS SR-209 (Speheger, D., 2001: "Corrections to the Historic Tornado Database").
Historic data, especially before 1950, are likely incomplete.
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