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Tulsa County, OK Tornadoes Prior to 1950 | |||||||||
# | 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 | ||
05/13/1933 | 1700 | 14 | 220 | 5 | 11 | Tulsa | 7 SW - 8 E Tulsa | ||
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 | ||
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*) | |||||||||
# | Date | Time (CST) |
Path Length (miles) |
Path Width (yards) |
F-Scale | Killed | Injured | County | Path |
1 | 04/03/1950 | 1615 | 1 | 33 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | Harvey Young Airport |
2 | 08/07/1955 | 1500 | 6 | 400 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | near Tulsa |
3 | 04/02/1956 | 1030 | 0.3 | 33 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | near Owasso |
4 | 04/19/1957 | 0140 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | N edge of Tulsa |
5 | 04/22/1957 | 2330 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | near Bixby |
6 | 05/20/1957 | 1930 | 4 | 500 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | Broken Arrow |
7 | 07/01/1957 | 0200 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | near Sand Springs |
8 | 07/01/1957 | 0220 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | S edge of Tulsa |
9 | 08/20/1958 | 1520 | 0.1 | 33 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | Tulsa |
10 | 04/18/1959 | 1902 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | 8 S Tulsa |
11 | 05/09/1959 | 1740 | 19 | 300 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa/ Rogers/ Nowata | 5 N Collinsville - 1 E Watovia |
12 | 04/16/1960 | 1640 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | Near Sperry |
13 | 05/05/1960 | 1500 | 102 | 400 | F3 | 0 | 0 | Cleveland/ Pottawatomie/ Lincoln/ Creek/ Tulsa | SW of Corbett - Tribbey- Macomb -2 W Tecumseh; near Bellmont - Depew - 4 W Sand Springs [tornado family] |
14 | 05/19/1960 | 1835 | 0.1 | 10 | F? | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | Tulsa |
15 | 05/19/1960 | 2320 | 0.1 | 10 | F? | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | S of Broken Arrow |
16 | 05/19/1960 | 2320 | 0.1 | 10 | F? | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | S of Broken Arrow |
17 | 07/21/1960 | 1455 | 0.1 | 10 | F? | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | 5 SW Tulsa |
18 | 07/09/1964 | 1755 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Osage/ Tulsa | 5 SW- 1 NE Skiatook |
19 | 05/11/1966 | 1830 | 2 | 100 | F2 | 0 | 1 | Tulsa | NE Tulsa |
20 | 12/18/1968 | 1300 | 4 | 100 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | Skiatook - 3 NE Skiatook |
21 | 05/31/1971 | 1615 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 1 | Tulsa | North part of county |
22 | 06/27/1972 | 2040 | 1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | Tulsa (15th Street - Fairgrounds - 21st St/Yale) |
23 | 05/26/1973 | 1500 | 2 | 33 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | E of Broken Arrow |
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 | 06/08/1974 | 1740 | 5 | 60 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | ~3 W- 3 N Collinsville |
26 | 06/08/1974 | 1750 | 64 | 100 | F3 | 2 | 80 | Tulsa/ Rogers/ Mayes/ Craig | W of Tulsa - Tulsa - near Big Cabin |
27 | 06/08/1974 | 1750 | 49 | 100 | F3 | 0 | 42 | Creek/ Tulsa/ Wagoner/ Rogers/ Mayes | Sapulpa - Tulsa - ORU - near Chouteau |
28 | 06/08/1974 | 1930 | 14 | 100 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Creek/ Tulsa | near Kiefer - 6 ENE Bixby |
29 | 12/05/1975 | 1645 | 2 | 100 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | Near Bixby |
30 | 12/05/1975 | 1654 | 1.5 | 700 | F3 | 0 | 38 | Tulsa | NE Tulsa |
31 | 03/04/1976 | 1210 | 14 | 30 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa/ Rogers | 1 N Skiatook - 5 SW Oologah |
32 | 05/30/1976 | 2010 | 3 | 880 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa/ Wagoner | Near Broken Arrow |
33 | 03/18/1979 | 1310 | 3 | 33 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa/ Rogers | Tulsa - Catoosa (southwest) |
34 | 04/19/1981 | 2010 | 5 | 200 | F3 | 0 | 7 | Tulsa | Tulsa (moved ENE from Yale and 66th St) |
35 | 04/19/1981 | 2035 | 0.5 | 10 | F3 | 0 | 1 | Tulsa | Broken Arrow |
36 | 04/19/1981 | 2045 | 10 | 880 | F3 | 5 | 49 | Tulsa | 1.5 S Glenpool - S of Bixby |
37 | 07/20/1981 | 1930 | 0.5 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 5 | Tulsa | Near Broken Arrow |
38 | 12/24/1982 | 0807 | 3 | 100 | F2 | 0 | 7 | Tulsa | Near Tulsa |
39 | 06/27/1983 | 2215 | 5 | 100 | F2 | 1 | 0 | Tulsa/ Rogers | N of Collinsville |
40 | 10/03/1983 | 2125 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 1 | Tulsa | Near Broken Arrow |
41 | 04/26/1984 | 2255 | 5 | 880 | F1 | 0 | 5 | Osage/ Tulsa | 3 SW- just E of Skiatook |
42 | 04/26/1984 | 2328 | 3 | 500 | F2 | 0 | 1 | Tulsa | Broken Arrow |
43 | 06/14/1985 | 2255 | 0.2 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | N part of Owasso |
44 | 11/13/1985 | 1515 | 0.2 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 5 | Tulsa | Broken Arrow |
45 | 04/13/1986 | 2320 | 4 | 300 | F2 | 0 | 2 | Tulsa | Broken Arrow |
46 | 09/26/1986 | 1618 | 0.1 | 50 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | near Bixby (near 181st/ S Memorial) |
47 | 06/02/1989 | 1602 | 0.1 | 20 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | W Tulsa |
48 | 05/15/1990 | 2110 | 0.1 | 20 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | 4 SW Bixby |
49 | 05/16/1991 | 1718 | 0.3 | 30 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | 3 E Kiefer |
50 | 05/16/1991 | 1908 | 0.3 | 30 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | Tulsa near 51st St/ Highway 51 |
51 | 10/24/1991 | 1512 | 0.2 | 40 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | Collinsville |
52 | 05/11/1992 | 0130-0150 | 4 | 50 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa/ Wagoner | Broken Arrow |
53 | 07/02/1992 | 1720-1747 | 4 | 100 | F3 | 0 | 1 | Tulsa/ Rogers | 2 N Collinsville- 6 SW Oologah |
54 | 04/24/1993 | 1750-1803 | 6 | 250 | F4 | 7 | 100 | Tulsa/ Rogers | E Tulsa- Catoosa- 1 N Catoosa |
55 | 06/09/1993 | 1558 | 0.1 | 30 | F0 | 0 | 1 | Tulsa | Glenpool |
56 | 06/09/1993 | 1600-1606 | 3 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Creek/ Tulsa | 4 NNE Sapulpa- 3 NNW Jenks |
57 | 06/09/1993 | 1615 | 0.1 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | Broken Arrow |
58 | 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 (near 116th St N and Memorial) |
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 | 1757-1758 | 0.7 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | 1.5 W - 0.8 W Broken Arrow |
63 | 05/03/1999 | 2308-2321 | 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 |
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 | 1828-1829 | 0.3 | 50 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | 2 WNW Broken Arrow |
71 | 05/13/2010 | 0343-0404 | 23 | 500 | EF2 | 0 | 0 | Creek/ Tulsa | 1 W Sapulpa - 0.2 SSE Lynn Lane |
72 | 05/13/2010 | 0345-0359 | 14 | 500 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | Creek/ Tulsa | Kiefer - 3 SW Broken Arrow |
73 | 04/17/2013 | 2250-2251 | 0.5 | 50 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | 5.5 S - 5 S Glenpool |
74 | 04/17/2013 | 2301-2303 | 1.3 | 250 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | 3 NE - 3 NNE Bixby |
75 | 04/17/2013 | 2303-2305 | 2 | 400 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | 2 NE Bixby - 4 SSE Broken Arrow airpark |
76 | 05/30/2013 | 1940-1954 | 6 | 450 | EF2 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa/ Wagoner | 2 SSE Broken Arrow - 2.5 ENE Oneta |
77 | 03/25/2015 | 1621-1638 | 11 | 800 | EF2 | 1 | 30 | Pawnee/ Osage/ Tulsa | 4 SE Westport - 0.5 SW Sand Springs |
78 | 03/25/2015 | 1701-1705 | 2 | 600 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | 2 S - 3.5 SE Tulsa airport |
79 | 03/30/2016 | 1813-1855 | 20 | 800 | EF2 | 0 | 7 | Osage/ Tulsa/ Rogers | 10.5 S Skiatook - 2 N Verdigris |
80 | 04/26/2016 | 2118-2125 | 4 | 600 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | 4 SSW - 4.5 SE Downtown Tulsa |
81 | 04/26/2016 | 2126-2130 | 3 | 350 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | 0.5 SW - 2 ENE Bixby |
82 | 04/26/2016 | 2136-2139 | 1 | 150 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa/ Wagoner | 4.5 SSE - 4.5 SE Broken Arrow |
83 | 08/06/2017 | 0019-0025 | 7 | 550 | EF2 | 0 | 30 | Tulsa | 4 SE Tulsa - 3 N Broken Arrow |
84 | 08/06/2017 | 0027-0031 | 3 | 400 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa/ Wagoner | 3 N - 3 ENE Broken Arrow |
85 | 05/18/2019 | 1003-1008 | 3.7 | 350 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | 3.6 WSW - 1.2 NNW Bixby |
86 | 05/20/2019 | 2005-2006 | 0.5 | 100 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | 3 SE Tulsa International Airport |
87 | 05/21/2019 | 0529-0530 | 0.4 | 75 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | Tulsa (SE of Peoria Ave/Highway 75) |
88 | 05/21/2019 | 0531-0535 | 2.3 | 550 | EF1 | 0 | 1 | Tulsa | Tulsa (just S of Pine St./Rockford Ave - just N of Pine St./Oswego Ave.) |
89 | 05/21/2019 | 0537-0539 | 0.7 | 75 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | 6.7 N - 6.9 NNE Tulsa |
90 | 05/21/2019 | 0548-0549 | 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 | 2321-2338 | 12.5 | 1400 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | Creek/ Tulsa | 5.6 W Sapulpa - 2.4 SE Jenks |
93 | 05/25/2019 | 2327-2339 | 12.3 | 2200 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | Creek/ Tulsa | 1.3 SW Sapulpa - 3.6 SE Jenks |
94 | 05/25/2019 | 2351-2354 | 1.8 | 350 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa /Wagoner | 1.5 NE - 2.9 NE Broken Arrow |
95 | 12/28/2019 | 1530-1532 | 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.