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Cleveland County, OK Tornadoes (1875-Present)

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Cleveland County, OK Tornadoes Prior to 1950
# SPC
ID #		 Date Time
(CST)		 Path
Length
(miles)		 Path
Width
(yards)		 F-Scale Killed Injured County Path
    04/25/1893 1645       0 0 Cleveland 3.5 E "Case" (~15 E Moore)
    04/25/1893 1830 45     31 many Cleveland/ Pottawatomie SW of Moore - near "Case" (12 E Moore)
    04/08/1896 1500 12 100   0 3 Cleveland 4 NW "Linden" (Linden=7 S Newalla)
    05/16/1910         1 1 Cleveland 15 NE Norman
  24-1 03/28/1924 1545 50 200   8 60 Cleveland/ Pottawatomie/ Lincoln Near Noble - Shawnee - near Prague
  37-1 06/09/1937 1630 35 320   4 7 Canadian/ Cleveland W of Union City - SE of Mustang - near Moore (possibly series)
    09/26/1945 1805   67   0 0 McClain/ Cleveland/ Oklahoma Newcastle - Norman - S OKC
  49-4 04/30/1949 1455 52* 250   3 56 McClain/ Cleveland/ Pottawatomie/ Lincoln 5 S Blanchard - W of Norman; S of McLoud - E of Meeker (likely separate events)
Cleveland County, OK Tornadoes (1950-Present*)
# SPC
ID #		 Date Time
(CST)		 Path
Length
(miles)		 Path
Width
(yards)		 F-Scale Killed Injured County Path
1 51-2 02/19/1951 2200 n/a 100 F0 0 0 Cleveland 4 S Norman
2 51-3 04/05/1951 1320 6 127 F2 0 0 Cleveland NW of Norman (near Newcastle) - NW of Moore
3 53-8 03/13/1953 1930 1.3 250 F2 0 0 Cleveland 11 E Norman
4 55-39 05/26/1955 0300 12 70 F1 0 0 Cleveland Near Norman
5 56-20 04/28/1956 1420 35 n/a F1 0 0 Grady/ McClain/ Cleveland 5 S Chickasha - 3 E Norman
6 57-102 09/14/1957 1730 68 440 F4 2 6 Cleveland/ Pottawatomie/ Seminole/ Hughes Southern Cleveland County NW of Wayne - near Sacred Heart - near Konawa - near Wetumka
7 60-24 04/28/1960 2058 8 500 F2 0 0 Cleveland W and N of Moore
8 60-25 04/28/1960 2105 4 400 F2 0 6 Cleveland Moore
9 60-26 04/28/1960 2100 n/a n/a F2 0 0 Cleveland 13 NE Lexington
10 60-37 05/04/1960 1945 5 50 F2 0 0 Cleveland Noble - 5 NE Noble
11 60-44 05/05/1960 1500 102 * 400 F3 0 0 Cleveland/ Pottawatomie/ Lincoln/ Creek/ Tulsa * tornado family. SW of Corbett - Tribbey- Macomb -2 W Tecumseh; near Bellmont - Depew - 4 W Sand Springs
12 60-70 05/19/1960 1625 n/a n/a F2 0 0 Cleveland Moore
13 61-43 05/06/1961 2350 n/a n/a F? 0 0 Cleveland Between Moore and Norman
14 61-44 05/07/1961 0045 n/a n/a F? 0 0 Cleveland Near Moore
15 62-3 04/27/1962 0040 n/a n/a F? 0 0 Cleveland 1 SSW Norman
16 62-30 05/26/1962 2058 5 100 F2 0 0 McClain/ Cleveland 1 NE- ~5 E Goldsby
17 63-25 09/11/1963 1515 1.0 50 F1 0 0 Cleveland SW edge and S of Noble
18 64-6 04/03/1964 1840 n/a n/a F? 0 0 Cleveland SW Norman (3 SW NSSL)
19 65-68 08/31/1965 1415 12 50 F0 0 0 Oklahoma/ Cleveland Near SW 80th/May - NW Corner of Moore - SE Oklahoma City
20 65-69 08/31/1965 1420 n/a n/a F0 0 0 Cleveland Oklahoma City (near S May and the Canadian River)
21 66-19 05/17/1966 2215 0.4 15 F0 0 0 Cleveland Norman (near Berry and Dorchester)
22 66-34 07/23/1966 0534 n/a n/a F0 0 0 Cleveland Near Noble
23 70-43 10/05/1970 1540 24 200 F2 0 1 Cleveland/ Pottawatomie 5 NE Lexington - 8 SE Tecumseh
24 72-29 12/29/1972 2015 15 40 F2 0 0 McClain/ Cleveland 10 SW Purcell - 4 ESE Lexington
25 73-45 06/04/1973 1912 0.4 15 F0 0 0 Cleveland Norman (3 W NSSL)
26 73-69 11/19/1973 1930 24 500 F3 5 46 McClain/ Cleveland/ Oklahoma Blanchard - Moore - Del City - SE Oklahoma City
27 74-1 02/18/1974 1448 0.1 15 F0 0 0 Cleveland 5 SE Noble
28 74-40 08/01/1974 1540 1.0 50 F1 0 0 Cleveland Moore (near NW 2nd/Santa Fe)
29 75-12 05/13/1975 1515 2 50 F2 0 0 Cleveland OKC (southeast of SW 89th/ Western) - N Moore
30 77-10 03/10/1977 2050 5 75 F1 0 0 Cleveland Noble - 4 NE Noble
31 77-46 05/21/1977 0200 n/a 50 F0 0 0 Cleveland Near Hall Park
32 79-13 04/10/1979 1840 2 n/a F2 0 0 Cleveland 6 N Purcell
33 79-15 04/10/1979 1850 1.5 40 F2 0 0 Cleveland Near Noble
34 79-35 08/19/1979 1400 n/a n/a F0 0 0 Cleveland Far SE Oklahoma City (SE 104 and Triple X)
35 81-20 05/17/1981 1646 4 100 F1 0 0 McClain/ Cleveland 3 SSW Noble
36 81-22 05/17/1981 1724 1.0 100 F1 0 0 Cleveland Norman (SH-9 S of Lake Thunderbird)
37 81-63 06/30/1981 1520 0.3 5 F1 0 1 Cleveland Norman
38 83-45 05/13/1983 2320 0.1 50 F0 0 0 Cleveland 3 N Lexington
39 83-85 11/18/1983 2250 0.2 15 F1 0 0 Cleveland S Sections of Norman
40 84-38 05/27/1984 1745 6 100 F0 0 0 Cleveland/ McClain 3 S- 8 SSE Noble
41 88-4 03/28/1988 1720 0.1 30 F1 0 0 Cleveland SW Oklahoma City
42 88-12 09/23/1988 1700 0.5 80 F1 0 0 Cleveland 4 ENE Noble (near 72nd/ Post Oak)
43 90-1 03/13/1990 1644 28 200 F2 0 1 Grady/ McClain/ Cleveland 1 W Bradley- Washington- Noble- 5 NE Noble
44 90-3 03/13/1990 1731 18 150 F2 0 0 McClain/ Cleveland 2 W Criner- 5 SE Noble
45 90-4 03/13/1990 1753 5 50 F1 0 0 Cleveland Little River S.P.- 4 SW Stella
46 90-6 03/13/1990 1759 19 200 F2 0 1 Cleveland/ Pottawatomie/ Lincoln 1 SW Stella- Stella- 4 W Meeker
47 91-43 05/02/1991 1920 0.5 30 F1 0 0 Cleveland Moore
48   10/04/1998 1926 1.5 33 F0 0 0 McClain/ Cleveland N Newcastle - SW OKC
49   10/04/1998 1934 3 580 F2 0 0 Cleveland Moore
50   11/09/1998 2115 4.5 125 F1 0 0 McClain/ Cleveland 1.5 SW Purcell - Purcell - 1 NE Lexington
51   05/03/1999 1726 38 1760 F5 36 583 Grady/ McClain/ Cleveland/ Oklahoma 2 SSW Amber - far N Newcastle - SW Oklahoma City - N Moore - S Del City - W Midwest City
52   05/03/1999 1934 9 30 F1 0 0 Cleveland/ Pottawatomie 1 N Etowah - Pink - 2 NNE Pink
53   05/04/1999 0600 2 50 F0 0 0 Cleveland southeast Oklahoma City (7 NNE - 9 NNE Norman; near SE149/Midwest Blvd)
54   05/08/2003 1604 2.3 100 F0 0 0 Cleveland SW Oklahoma City (NW of SW 149th and Penn - WNW of SW 134th and Santa Fe)
55   05/08/2003 1610 17 700 F4 0 134 Cleveland/ Oklahoma Moore - OKC (SE) - Midwest City (SE) - Choctaw (~1/2 mile N of SW 134th and Santa Fe to 1/2 mile ESE of Reno and Choctaw)
56   06/09/2004 1635 0.3 20 F0 0 0 Cleveland 8 E Moore (SE edge of Lake Draper. near SE 140th between Westminster and E Stanley Draper Drive)
57   05/07/2008 1621 5 25 EF0 0 0 McClain/ Cleveland 0.5 SE Goldsby - 1.5 N Noble
58   05/13/2009 2141 0.5 80 EF0 0 0 Cleveland West edge of Stanley Draper Lake
59   06/12/2009 2123 2 200 EF1 0 0 Cleveland Norman (SE24th/Alameda - SE48th/Lindsey)
60   05/10/2010 1620 24 2000 EF4 2 49 Cleveland/ Oklahoma Far north Norman (near Santa Fe/ Indian Hill Road) - south Moore - Lake Draper - I-40/Choctaw - 1.5 SSE Harrah
61   05/10/2010 1622 4 250 EF1 0 0 Cleveland south and east Moore (near Broadway/Eastern - NE of SE 119th/Sunnylane)
62   05/10/2010 1627 0.5 50 EF1 0 0 Cleveland far southeast Moore (near SE 34th St./Sooner Road)
63   05/10/2010 1632 22 880 EF4 1 32 Cleveland/ Pottawatomie south Norman (0.5 E SH-9/Jenkins) - Lake Thunderbird - Little Axe - 4 E Pink
64   05/10/2010 1634 6 250 EF1 0 0 Cleveland south Norman (S of SH-9/Chautauqua - just NE of SH-9/SE 60th)
65   05/10/2010 1639 17 440 EF2 0 3 Cleveland/ Pottawatomie 7 ESE Noble - east Norman - 4 E Pink
66   05/10/2010 1752 2 80 EF0 0 0 Cleveland 7 E - 9 E Lexington
67   05/24/2011 1606 33 880 EF4 1 48 Grady/ McClain/ Cleveland 2 S Chickasha - SW Oklahoma City (near SW 149th and Portland)
68   04/13/2012 1459 6 600 EF1 0 20 McClain/ Cleveland 4 NNW Goldsby - Norman (just N of SW36/Lindsay - just S of NE12/Robinson)
69   05/19/2013 1700 23 1500 EF4 2 10 Cleveland/ Pottawatomie East Norman (8 E downtown) - 6.5 ESE McLoud
70   05/20/2013 1356 14 1900 EF5 24 212 McClain/ Cleveland Newcastle (3 NW US-277/SH-130) - 4.8 E Moore
71   05/29/2013 1742 0.1 10 EF1 0 0 Cleveland Norman (near Imhoff/Berry)
72   05/31/2013 1842 1 100 EF1 0 0 Cleveland SW OKC (near SW 119/Meridian)
73   03/25/2015 1734 11 50 EF2 0 7 Cleveland 4.5 WNW - 7 SE Moore
74   05/06/2015 1646 0.5 25 EF0 0 0 Cleveland Norman
75   05/06/2015 1653 3.25 1000 EF1 0 0 Cleveland Norman
76   05/19/2015 1422 0.1 20 EF0 0 0 Cleveland 4 ENE Lexington
77   05/09/2016 1616 0.1 10 EFU 0 0 Cleveland Lake Thunderbird
78   10/21/2017 1936 3.5 200 EF1 0 0 McClain/ Cleveland 3 NW Goldsby - 3 SSW Norman (near SH-9/Santa Fe in Newcastle to SW of SH-9/Chautauqua in Norman)
 

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.

Compilation © Doug Speheger. Used with permission.

 
 
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