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Norman, OK

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1959 Oklahoma Tornadoes

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Tornadoes by Month
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
0 2 16 3 35 1 3 5 2 1 1 0 70
 
Tornadoes by Intensity
F? F0 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 Total
0 12 29 21 6 2 0 70
 
Tornado
Number		 Date Time
(CST)		 Length
of Path
(miles)		 Width
of Path
(yards)		 F-Scale Killed Injured County Location
1 02/09/1959 2100 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Garvin 4 W Erin Springs
2 02/09/1959 2130 4 500 F1 0 0 Lincoln Just E of Prague
3 03/04/1959 2300 0.8 50 F2 0 0 McCurtain Near Idabel
4 03/20/1959 1345 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Kiowa 3 S Mountain View
5 03/25/1959 1230 2 50 F0 0 0 Woods Alva
6 03/25/1959 1300 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Jackson SW of Blair
7 03/25/1959 1445 0.5 200 F1 0 0 Canadian 1 N El Reno
8 03/25/1959 1448 6 40 F0 0 0 Caddo Near Anadarko
9 03/25/1959 1610 4 50 F2 0 0 Carter Near Ardmore
10 03/25/1959 1730 1 20 F1 0 0 Jefferson Terral
11 03/25/1959 1905 12 77 F2 0 0 Custer/ Blaine Just N of Weatherford - Just N of Hydro
12 03/25/1959 2130 0.1 10 F2 0 0 Muskogee 4 E Warner
13 03/31/1959 1655 3 10 F2 0 0 Noble 1 W- 2 N Morrison
14 03/31/1959 1700 0.1 10 F1 0 1 Pawnee 3 NW Pawnee
15 03/31/1959 1810 4 100 F3 0 3 Creek Silver City
16 03/31/1959 1900 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Love Enville
17 03/31/1959 2000 2 50 F1 0 0 Pittsburg 7 NW McAlester
18 03/31/1959 2050 13 600 F3 0 10 Marshall Willis
19 04/17/1959 1835 1 300 F1 0 0 Craig Near White Oak
20 04/18/1959 1635 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Payne 5 W Stillwater
21 04/18/1959 1902 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Tulsa 8 S Tulsa
22 05/02/1959 1630 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Payne 1 N Cushing
23 05/02/1959 1650 0.3 10 F1 0 0 Payne 10 NE Stillwater
24 05/03/1959 1930 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Dewey 3 N Leedey
25 05/04/1959 1600 0.1 10 F2 0 0 Custer Stafford
26 05/04/1959 1630 7 300 F1 0 0 Dewey 6 SE- 9 E Vici
27 05/04/1959 1700 0.3 100 F1 0 0 Dewey SE of Seiling
28 05/04/1959 1730 0.1 10 F2 0 0 Alfalfa Just SW of Helena
29 05/04/1959 1930 10 200 F2 0 1 Beckham 1.5 SW Carter - Carter - 8 NE Carter
30 05/04/1959 2115 6 300 F2 0 0 Kay 3 W- 4 NNE Blackwell
31 05/04/1959 2200 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Washita S of Sentinel
32 05/08/1959 2300 0.5 20 F0 0 0 Oklahoma Oklahoma City
33 05/09/1959 1535 8 10 F1 0 0 Osage 3 W- 6 N Hominy
34 05/09/1959 1600 5 10 F1 0 0 Osage W and N of Wynona
35 05/09/1959 1725 23 880 F3 0 3 Mayes/ Delaware NE of Strang - just W of Grove
36 05/09/1959 1728 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Mayes 4 E Chouteau
37 05/09/1959 1740 19 300 F2 0 0 Tulsa/ Rogers/ Nowata 5 N Collinsville - 1 E Watovia
38 05/09/1959 1800 23 50 F3 0 0 Rogers/ Nowata 4 W Talala - 3 SE Nowata
39 05/09/1959 1800 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Pittsburg SW part of McAlester
40 05/09/1959 1800 0.8 880 F2 0 0 Delaware 4 SE Grove
41 05/09/1959 1800 0.1 10 F2 0 0 Hughes Gerty
42 05/09/1959 1840 6 900 F4 7 12 Pontotoc N of Harden City- 3 N Stonewall
43 05/09/1959 2145 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Craig 5 N Vinita
44 05/10/1959 1500 2 300 F2 0 0 Seminole 5 S Konawa
45 05/10/1959 1810 1.5 50 F2 0 1 Sequoyah 1 N Sallisaw
46 05/17/1959 1830 5 10 F2 0 0 Grant W to NE of Jefferson
47 05/17/1959 1855 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Kay 8 W Braman
48 05/17/1959 2030 2 200 F2 0 0 Grant Wakita
49 05/19/1959 1900 23 880 F1 0 0 Kiowa/ Comanche E Kiowa County - NW Comanche County (11 E Mountain Park)
50 05/22/1959 0220 0.1 10 F2 0 0 Grady 5 W Minco
51 05/22/1959 0253 0.5 100 F1 0 0 Oklahoma Bethany
52 05/25/1959 2030 4 440 F2 0 0 Roger Mills 1 NW- 3 NNE Berlin
53 05/25/1959 2305 9 150 F2 0 0 Custer 6 SW Arapaho - Arapaho - 2 NE Arapaho
54 05/26/1959 1918 3 60 F3 0 8 Carter 1 S Clemscot - Graham
55 05/26/1959 2010 2 100 F1 0 0 Jefferson 14 E Waurika
56 05/26/1959 2230 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Hughes Between Calvin and Stuart
57 06/21/1959 1830 0.1 50 F0 0 0 Kiowa Near Hobart
58 07/22/1959 1830 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Kiowa Near Mountain Park
59 07/22/1959 1830 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Kiowa Near Mountain Park
60 07/22/1959 1900 0.5 440 F1 0 0 Caddo 1 W Albert
61 08/27/1959 0115 2 100 F1 0 0 Choctaw SW of Hugo - Hugo
62 08/27/1959 0120 0.1 100 F1 0 0 Pushmataha 5 E Antlers
63 08/30/1959 1820 2 100 F3 0 1 Cotton Devol
64 08/30/1959 1830 0.1 10 F2 0 0 Cotton Randlett
65 08/31/1959 1330 2 100 F1 0 0 Okfuskee Just NW of Castle
66 09/03/1959 0745 0.1 10 F0 0 0 McClain Near Purcell
67 09/27/1959 1800 20 440 F4 1 1 Craig OK/ Labette KS S of Hollow OK- SW of Chetopa KS- 3 SE Oswego KS [No fatalities or injures in Oklahoma]
68 10/02/1959 1000 2 10 F1 0 0 Nowata 8 NW Nowata
69 10/04/1959 0725 4 200 F2 0 2 Bryan 2 W Yuba
70 11/03/1959 1800 0.1 10 F1 0 0 McCurtain 5 E Idabel
 
 
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