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Tulsa County, OK Tornadoes (1875-Present)

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Tulsa County, OK Tornadoes Prior to 1950
# SPC
ID #		 Date Time
(CST)		 Path
Length
(miles)		 Path
Width
(yards)		 F-Scale Killed Injured County Path
    04/25/1904   70 440   4 30 Tulsa/ Rogers/ Craig/ Mayes/ Delaware/ Ottawa Near Broken Arrow - Inola - near Ketchum - near Chouteau - near Afton - near Fairland
    05/27/1912 2030   200   4 20 Tulsa Near Skiatook
    01/04/1922 0215   440     13 Tulsa/ Ottawa Near Turley... Miami... Commerce... Picher
    05/17/1930 1440 1 n   0 0 Tulsa Unrecorded
    09/25/1930 1630 1 80   0 0 Tulsa Unrecorded
  33-3 05/13/1933 1700 14 220   5 11 Tulsa 7 SW - 8 E Tulsa
  34-1 05/04/1934 1500 4 440   3 9 Tulsa 12 SE Tulsa; Catoosa; "Alsuma" (6 SE Tulsa)
    02/26/1936 0115 5 100   0 18 Tulsa Turley
    04/19/1941 0500 13 67   0 0 Tulsa Tulsa
  42-4 05/02/1942 1515 55 880   7 many Payne/ Creek/ Osage/ Tulsa 2 S Cushing - Mannford - Fisher - Sand Springs - Turley - Sperry
    04/30/1944 1800   18   0 0 Tulsa .5 W Leonard
    11/25/1944 1613 2 200   0 5 Tulsa Collinsville
    05/24/1946 1600   500   0 0 Tulsa/ Rogers Near Collinsville
    06/21/1948 1545 10 220   0 0 Tulsa Tulsa Airport
    05/19/1949 0230   100   0   Tulsa Near Broken Arrow
Tulsa County, OK Tornadoes (1950-Present*)
# SPC
ID #		 Date Time
(CST)		 Path
Length
(miles)		 Path
Width
(yards)		 F-Scale Killed Injured County Path
1 50-4 04/03/1950 1615 1.0 33 F1 0 0 Tulsa Harvey Young Airport
2 55-77 08/07/1955 1500 6 400 F1 0 0 Tulsa Near Tulsa
3 56-4 04/02/1956 1030 0.3 33 F1 0 0 Tulsa Near Owasso
4 57-23 04/19/1957 0140 n/a n/a F1 0 0 Tulsa N edge of Tulsa
5 57-38 04/22/1957 2330 n/a n/a F0 0 0 Tulsa Near Bixby
6 57-55 05/20/1957 1930 4 500 F1 0 0 Tulsa Broken Arrow
7 57-95 07/01/1957 0200 n/a n/a F0 0 0 Tulsa Near Sand Springs
8 57-96 07/01/1957 0220 n/a n/a F2 0 0 Tulsa S edge of Tulsa
9 58-25 08/20/1958 1520 0.1 33 F2 0 0 Tulsa Tulsa
10 59-21 04/18/1959 1902 n/a n/a F0 0 0 Tulsa 8 S Tulsa
11 59-37 05/09/1959 1740 19 300 F2 0 0 Tulsa/ Rogers/ Nowata 5 N Collinsville - 1 E Watovia
12 60-12 04/16/1960 1640 n/a n/a F1 0 0 Tulsa Near Sperry
13 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
14 60-72 05/19/1960 1835 n/a n/a F? 0 0 Tulsa Tulsa
15 60-78 05/19/1960 2320 n/a n/a F? 0 0 Tulsa S of Broken Arrow
16 60-79 05/19/1960 2320 n/a n/a F? 0 0 Tulsa S of Broken Arrow
17 60-92 07/21/1960 1455 n/a n/a F? 0 0 Tulsa 5 SW Tulsa
18 64-43 07/09/1964 1755 n/a n/a F2 0 0 Osage/ Tulsa 5 SW- 1 NE Skiatook
19 66-10 05/11/1966 1830 2 100 F2 0 1 Tulsa NE Tulsa
20 68-54 12/18/1968 1300 4 100 F2 0 0 Tulsa Skiatook - 3 NE Skiatook
21 71-25 05/31/1971 1615 n/a n/a F1 0 1 Tulsa North part of county
22 72-22 06/27/1972 2040 1.0 5 F0 0 0 Tulsa Tulsa
23 73-29 05/26/1973 1500 2 33 F2 0 0 Tulsa E of Broken Arrow
24 74-24 06/08/1974 1555 29 400 F4 14 150 Payne/ Creek/ Tulsa/ Osage 3 SW Drumright- Drumright- Olive- Lake Keystone- 7 WSW Sperry- W of Skiatook
25 74-30 06/08/1974 1740 5 60 F2 0 0 Tulsa ~3 W- 3 N Collinsville
26 74-32 06/08/1974 1750 64 100 F3 2 80 Tulsa/ Rogers/ Mayes/ Craig W of Tulsa - Tulsa - near Big Cabin
27 74-33 06/08/1974 1750 49 100 F3 0 42 Creek/ Tulsa/ Wagoner/ Rogers/ Mayes Sapulpa - Tulsa - ORU - near Chouteau
28 74-36 06/08/1974 1930 14 100 F2 0 0 Creek/ Tulsa Near Kiefer - 6 ENE Bixby
29 75-32 12/05/1975 1645 2 100 F2 0 0 Tulsa Near Bixby
30 75-33 12/05/1975 1654 1.5 700 F3 0 38 Tulsa NE Tulsa
31 76-5 03/04/1976 1210 14 30 F1 0 0 Tulsa/ Rogers 1 N Skiatook - 5 SW Oologah
32 76-23 05/30/1976 2010 3 880 F2 0 0 Tulsa/ Wagoner Near Broken Arrow
33 79-3 03/18/1979 1310 3 35 F2 0 0 Tulsa/ Rogers Tulsa - Catoosa
34 81-5 04/19/1981 2010 5 200 F3 0 7 Tulsa Tulsa
35 81-8 04/19/1981 2035 0.5 5 F3 0 1 Tulsa Broken Arrow
36 81-9 04/19/1981 2045 10 880 F3 5 49 Tulsa 1.5 S Glenpool - S of Bixby
37 81-66 07/20/1981 1930 0.5 n/a F1 0 5 Tulsa Near Broken Arrow
38 82-100 12/24/1982 0807 3 100 F2 0 7 Tulsa Near Tulsa
39 83-76 06/27/1983 2215 5 100 F2 1 0 Tulsa/ Rogers N of Collinsville
40 83-83 10/03/1983 2125 0.1 10 F0 0 1 Tulsa Near Broken Arrow
41 84-18 04/26/1984 2255 5 880 F1 0 5 Osage/ Tulsa 3 SW- just E of Skiatook
42 84-20 04/26/1984 2328 3 500 F2 0 1 Tulsa Broken Arrow
43 85-28 06/14/1985 2255 0.2 5 F1 0 0 Tulsa N part of Owasso
44 85-33 11/13/1985 1515 0.2 100 F1 0 5 Tulsa Broken Arrow
45 86-4 04/13/1986 2320 4 300 F2 0 2 Tulsa Broken Arrow
46 86-35 09/26/1986 1618 0.1 50 F0 0 0 Tulsa Near Bixby (near 181st/ S Memorial)
47 89-11 06/02/1989 1602 0.1 20 F0 0 0 Tulsa W Tulsa
48 90-18 05/15/1990 2110 0.1 20 F0 0 0 Tulsa 4 SW Bixby
49 91-52 05/16/1991 1718 0.3 30 F0 0 0 Tulsa 3 E Kiefer
50 91-54 05/16/1991 1908 0.3 30 F0 0 0 Tulsa Tulsa near 51st St/ Highway 51
51 91-68 10/24/1991 1512 0.2 40 F0 0 0 Tulsa Collinsville
52 92-13 05/11/1992 0130 4 50 F0 0 0 Tulsa/ Wagoner Broken Arrow
53 92-46 07/02/1992 1720 4 100 F3 0 1 Tulsa/ Rogers 2 N Collinsville- 6 SW Oologah
54 93-7 04/24/1993 1750 6 250 F4 7 100 Tulsa/ Rogers E Tulsa- Catoosa- 1 N Catoosa
55 93-51 06/09/1993 1558 0.1 30 F0 0 1 Tulsa Glenpool
56 93-52 06/09/1993 1600 3 50 F1 0 0 Creek/ Tulsa 4 NNE Sapulpa- 3 NNW Jenks
57 93-53 06/09/1993 1615 0.1 50 F1 0 0 Tulsa Broken Arrow
58 95-70 07/04/1995 1602 0.1 30 F0 0 0 Tulsa 5 WSW Bixby
59   06/18/1996 2310 0.1 25 F0 0 0 Tulsa 3 N Owasso
60   05/26/1997 1815 0.1 40 F0 0 0 Tulsa 1 SE Glenpool
61   10/04/1998 2119 0.5 50 F0 0 0 Tulsa 3 NW Collinsville
62   03/08/1999 1757 0.7 50 F1 0 0 Tulsa 1.5 W - 0.8 W Broken Arrow
63   05/03/1999 2308 7 150 F1 0 0 Creek/ Tulsa 2 NE Sapulpa - southwest Tulsa
64   11/22/1999 1754 0.5 50 F0 0 0 Tulsa 1 E Prattville
65   11/22/1999 1825 0.5 50 F0 0 0 Tulsa 5 E Skiatook
66   02/25/2000 0737 0.2 100 F1 0 0 Tulsa Tulsa (near Pine/Garnett)
67   03/07/2000 2210 0.1 50 F0 0 0 Tulsa 1 N Sperry (same as osage event?)
68   03/26/2000 1640 0.2 50 F0 0 0 Tulsa 2 N Leonard
69   04/01/2006 2316 0.4 80 F1 0 7 Tulsa 1 SW - 0.5 SW Tulsa airport
70   05/07/2008 1828 0.3 50 EF0 0 0 Tulsa 1.9 WNW Broken Arrow
71   05/13/2010 0343 23 500 EF2 0 0 Creek/ Tulsa 1 W Sapulpa - 0.2 SSE Lynn Lane
72   05/13/2010 0345 14 500 EF1 0 0 Creek/ Tulsa Kiefer - 3 SW Broken Arrow
73   04/17/2013 2250 0.5 50 EF0 0 0 Tulsa 5.5 S - 5 S Glenpool
74   04/17/2013 2301 1.3 250 EF0 0 0 Tulsa 3 NE - 3.1 NNE Bixby
75   04/17/2013 2303 2.1 400 EF1 0 0 Tulsa 2.2 NE Bixby - 3.9 SSE Broken Arrow airpark
76   05/30/2013 1940 5.6 450 EF2 0 0 Tulsa/ Wagoner 2.4 SSE Broken Arrow - 2.3 NE Oneta
77   03/25/2015 1621 11.1 800 EF2 1 30 Pawnee/ Osage/ Tulsa 4 SE Westport - 0.6 SW Sand Springs
78   03/25/2015 1701 2.3 600 EF0 0 0 Tulsa 1.8 S - 3.7 SE Tulsa Intl Airport
79   03/30/2016 1813 20 800 EF2 0 7 Osage/ Tulsa/ Rogers 10.5 S Skiatook - 2 N Verdigris
80   04/26/2016 2118 3.8 600 EF1 0 0 Tulsa 4.2 SSW - 4.4 SE Downtown Tulsa
81   04/26/2016 2126 2.7 350 EF1 0 0 Tulsa 0.5 SW - 2.1 ENE Bixby
82   04/26/2016 2136 1 150 EF1 0 0 Tulsa/ Wagoner 4.4 SSE - 4.5 SE Broken Arrow
83   08/06/2017 0019 6.9 550 EF2 0 30 Tulsa 4.2 SE Tulsa - 3.1 N Broken Arrow
84   08/06/2017 0027 2.9 400 EF1 0 0 Tulsa/Wagoner 2.8 N - 3.2 ENE Broken Arrow
85   05/18/2019 1003 3.7 350 EF0 0 0 Tulsa 3.6 WSW - 1.2 NNW Bixby
86   05/20/2019 2005 0.5 100 EF0 0 0 Tulsa 3 SE Tulsa International Airport
87   05/21/2019 0529 0.4 75 EF0 0 0 Tulsa Tulsa
88   05/21/2019 0531 2.3 550 EF1 0 0 Tulsa 1.9 NE - 3.8 NE Tulsa
89   05/21/2019 0537 0.7 75 EF1 0 0 Tulsa 6.7 N - 6.9 NNE Tulsa
90   05/21/2019 0548 0.6 100 EF0 0 0 Tulsa 3.8 NNE - 4.4 NNE Owasso
91   05/22/2019 1707 0.2 75 EF0 0 0 Tulsa 3 E Sperry
92   05/25/2019 2321 12.5 1400 EF1 0 0 Creek/ Tulsa 5.6 W Sapulpa - 2.4 SE Jenks
93   05/25/2019 2327 12.3 2200 EF1 0 0 Creek/ Tulsa 1.3 SW Sapulpa - 3.6 SE Jenks
94   05/25/2019 2351 1.8 350 EF0 0 0 Tulsa/Wagoner 1.5 NE - 2.9 NE Broken Arrow
95   12/28/2019 1530 1.2 160 EF0 0 0 Tulsa/ Wagoner 3.1 SSE - 3.1 SE Broken Arrow
 

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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