
Dry and windy conditions, and some dry thunderstorms and lightning, may support hazardous fire activity in the northern Plains, high southern Plains and the Southwest this weekend. An active severe weather pattern is forecast for portions of the central and southern High Plains into the Upper Midwest through early the part of next week. Damaging winds, large hail, and tornadoes are possible. Read More >
| Tornadoes by Month | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
| 1 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 61 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 98 |
| Tornadoes by Intensity | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F? | F0 | F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | Total |
| 20 | 3 | 26 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 98 |
| Tornado Number |
Date | Time (CST) |
Length of Path (miles) |
Width of Path (yards) |
F-Scale | Killed | Injured | County | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 01/14/1960 | 0600 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Pontotoc | 2 SE Fitzhugh |
| 2 | 02/09/1960 | 1445 | 8 | 200 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Ottawa | Near Miami - 3 E Quapaw |
| 3 | 02/09/1960 | 1545 | 0.3 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Craig | 7 NW Welch |
| 4 | 02/20/1960 | 1530 | 9 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Blaine | Near Greenfield - 6 S Omega |
| 5 | 03/28/1960 | 1830 | 24 | 200 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Ellis | 3 NW Shattuck - extreme NE Ellis County |
| 6 | 03/31/1960 | 1800 | 0.2 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Kay | 2 SW Blackwell |
| 7 | 03/31/1960 | 1820 | 2 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Garfield | 4 SE Garber |
| 8 | 03/31/1960 | 1915 | 1.5 | 17 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Garfield | 2 E Covington |
| 9 | 03/31/1960 | 1920 | 2 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Noble | 5 E Perry |
| 10 | 04/12/1960 | 1200 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 3 | Harper | Near Laverne |
| 11 | 04/12/1960 | 1830 | 0.2 | 300 | F? | 0 | 0 | Cimarron | 7 SW Boise City |
| 12 | 04/16/1960 | 1640 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | Near Sperry |
| 13 | 04/16/1960 | 2005 | 0.1 | 50 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Garfield | 4 W Waukomis |
| 14 | 04/16/1960 | 2130 | 1 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Craig | Near Banzet |
| 15 | 04/16/1960 | 2215 | 4 | 200 | F2 | 0 | 2 | Craig | 3 NW Big Cabin |
| 16 | 04/28/1960 | 1900 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Blaine | SE of Watonga |
| 17 | 04/28/1960 | 1900 | 3 | 100 | F3 | 0 | 0 | Caddo | 1.5 SW of Oney (which is now Albert) |
| 18 | 04/28/1960 | 1945 | 4 | 200 | F2 | 0 | 1 | Grady | 2 S Pocassett |
| 19 | 04/28/1960 | 1945 | 3 | 200 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Grady | 2 NE Amber |
| 20 | 04/28/1960 | 1945 | 4 | 200 | F3 | 0 | 2 | Grady | 1.5 N- 3 ENE Pocassett |
| 21 | 04/28/1960 | 1945 | 2 | 300 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Grady | Pocassett |
| 22 | 04/28/1960 | 2050 | 1.5 | 200 | F3 | 0 | 1 | Grady | Tuttle |
| 23 | 04/28/1960 | 2055 | 12 | 333 | F3 | 0 | 57 | Oklahoma | South part of Oklahoma City |
| 24 | 04/28/1960 | 2058 | 8 | 500 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Cleveland | W and N of Moore |
| 25 | 04/28/1960 | 2100 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Cleveland | 13 NE Lexington |
| 26 | 04/28/1960 | 2105 | 4 | 400 | F2 | 0 | 6 | Cleveland | Moore |
| 27 | 04/28/1960 | 2345 | 6 | 800 | F2 | 3 | 1 | Seminole | 4 W- 4 NW Cromwell |
| 28 | 04/29/1960 | 1415 | 0.1 | 10 | F? | 0 | 0 | Kay | 1.5 N Blackwell |
| 29 | 05/03/1960 | 1930 | 0.5 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Woodward | 6 SE Woodward |
| 30 | 05/04/1960 | 1740 | 1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Tillman | 7 SW Grandfield |
| 31 | 05/04/1960 | 1740 | 1 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Tillman | 4 S Grandfield |
| 32 | 05/04/1960 | 1800 | 5 | 150 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Cotton | Walters |
| 33 | 05/04/1960 | 1830 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 3 | Comanche | 1.5 SW Richards Spur |
| 34 | 05/04/1960 | 1843 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Cotton | S of Temple |
| 35 | 05/04/1960 | 1845 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Comanche | NE of Letitia |
| 36 | 05/04/1960 | 1858 | 0.1 | 10 | F3 | 0 | 0 | Stephens | 6 SW - 3 SE Marlow |
| 37 | 05/04/1960 | 1945 | 5 | 50 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Cleveland | Noble - 5 NE Noble |
| 38 | 05/04/1960 | 1945 | 18 | 10 | F3 | 0 | 6 | Pontotoc | Oil Center |
| 39 | 05/04/1960 | 1955 | 5 | 400 | F3 | 0 | 4 | Oklahoma | Bethany |
| 40 | 05/04/1960 | 2005 | 8 | 10 | F4 | 0 | 0 | Pottawatomie/ Seminole | 2 W- 5 N Konawa |
| 41 | 05/04/1960 | 2116 | 31 | 150 | F4 | 0 | 3 | Choctaw/ Pushmataha | Soper; near Snow [not continuous] |
| 42 | 05/05/1960 | 1338 | 0.1 | 10 | F? | 0 | 0 | Tillman | S of Frederick |
| 43 | 05/05/1960 | 1445 | 7 | 200 | F3 | 0 | 0 | Garvin | Wallville |
| 44 | 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] |
| 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 |
| 46 | 05/05/1960 | 1807 | 4 | 500 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Pittsburg | McAlester |
| 47 | 05/05/1960 | 1816 | 0.8 | 150 | F3 | 2 | 15 | Okmulgee | Hoffman |
| 48 | 05/05/1960 | 1820 | 5 | 100 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Muskogee | W of Jamesville - S of Haskell |
| 49 | 05/05/1960 | 1830 | 37 | 500 | F2 | 0 | 2 | Craig/ Ottawa | E of Vinita - near I-44 at Missouri State Line |
| 50 | 05/05/1960 | 1900 | 6 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Garvin | Near Wynnewood |
| 51 | 05/05/1960 | 1910 | 62 | 200 | F4 | 16 | 106 | Latimer/ Haskell/ Sequoyah | Wilburton- Keota- SW of Sallisaw |
| 52 | 05/05/1960 | 1910 | 12 | 200 | F2 | 2 | 6 | McIntosh | Near- 12 N Eufaula Dam |
| 53 | 05/05/1960 | 1920 | 5 | 200 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Wagoner | Wagoner |
| 54 | 05/05/1960 | 1930 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 6 | Rogers | 3 SE Tiawah |
| 55 | 05/05/1960 | 1930 | 5 | 10 | F3 | 1 | 0 | Sequoyah | SW- NE of Moffett |
| 56 | 05/05/1960 | 1940 | 5 | 10 | F4 | 5 | 13 | Sequoyah | Roland |
| 57 | 05/05/1960 | 2040 | 5 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Cherokee | Near Welling |
| 58 | 05/05/1960 | 2050 | 1 | 400 | F2 | 0 | 0 | McIntosh | Eufaula |
| 59 | 05/05/1960 | 2100 | 6 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Mayes | Cedar Crest Area |
| 60 | 05/05/1960 | 2130 | 24 | 10 | F3 | 1 | 0 | Le Flore/ Sequoyah | Bokoshe - near Akins |
| 61 | 05/16/1960 | 2015 | 0.1 | 10 | F? | 0 | 0 | Creek | Near Hayburn Lake |
| 62 | 05/17/1960 | 2105 | 0.1 | 10 | F? | 0 | 0 | Kingfisher | 10 SW Hennessey |
| 63 | 05/18/1960 | 1515 | 0.5 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Garvin | 4 NW Pauls Valley |
| 64 | 05/18/1960 | 1600 | 0.3 | 100 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Marshall | Just N of Oakland |
| 65 | 05/18/1960 | 1700 | 0.5 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Rogers | 5 W Claremore |
| 66 | 05/18/1960 | 1730 | 0.1 | 10 | F? | 0 | 0 | Washington | Ramona |
| 67 | 05/18/1960 | 1843 | 0.1 | 10 | F? | 0 | 0 | Jackson | 4 SE Humphreys |
| 68 | 05/19/1960 | 1600 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Caddo | SE of Anadarko |
| 69 | 05/19/1960 | 1600 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Caddo/ Grady | N of Verden - near Dutton |
| 70 | 05/19/1960 | 1625 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Cleveland | Moore |
| 71 | 05/19/1960 | 1650 | 0.1 | 10 | F? | 0 | 0 | Stephens | 2 E Duncan |
| 72 | 05/19/1960 | 1835 | 0.1 | 10 | F? | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | Tulsa |
| 73 | 05/19/1960 | 1900 | 5 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Rogers | 3 W Foyil |
| 74 | 05/19/1960 | 1920 | 0.1 | 10 | F? | 0 | 0 | Muskogee | Boynton |
| 75 | 05/19/1960 | 1922 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Wagoner | Near Porter |
| 76 | 05/19/1960 | 1930 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Mayes | 7 W Pryor |
| 77 | 05/19/1960 | 2050 | 0.1 | 10 | F? | 0 | 0 | Sequoyah | S of Sallisaw |
| 78 | 05/19/1960 | 2320 | 0.1 | 10 | F? | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | S of Broken Arrow |
| 79 | 05/19/1960 | 2320 | 0.1 | 10 | F? | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | S of Broken Arrow |
| 80 | 05/20/1960 | 0031 | 0.1 | 10 | F? | 0 | 0 | Choctaw | Frogville |
| 81 | 05/20/1960 | 0600 | 0.8 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | McCurtain | E of Idabel |
| 82 | 05/23/1960 | 1830 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 1 | Caddo | Carnegie |
| 83 | 05/23/1960 | 1830 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Caddo | Near Carnegie |
| 84 | 05/23/1960 | 1830 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Caddo | Near Carnegie |
| 85 | 05/23/1960 | 2030 | 1.5 | 33 | F1 | 0 | 0 | McClain | 2 NW Newcastle |
| 86 | 05/23/1960 | 2100 | 0.1 | 10 | F? | 0 | 0 | Stephens | 6 W Duncan |
| 87 | 05/27/1960 | 2135 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Kingfisher | 5 NE Kingfisher |
| 88 | 05/28/1960 | 1600 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Woods | E of Dacoma |
| 89 | 05/28/1960 | 2130 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Custer | 4 W Custer City |
| 90 | 06/07/1960 | 1800 | 0.8 | 100 | F3 | 0 | 0 | Jackson | 2 SSW Olustee (Olustee airport) |
| 91 | 06/15/1960 | 0100 | 0.1 | 10 | F? | 0 | 0 | Beaver | 4.5 S Gray |
| 92 | 07/21/1960 | 1455 | 0.1 | 10 | F? | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | 5 SW Tulsa |
| 93 | 07/24/1960 | 1600 | 0.1 | 10 | F? | 0 | 0 | Wagoner | 3 N Wagoner |
| 94 | 07/29/1960 | 1830 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Garfield | Near Enid |
| 95 | 08/07/1960 | 2315 | 5 | 200 | F3 | 0 | 0 | Ottawa | 2 N Quapaw |
| 96 | 08/09/1960 | 1200 | 0.1 | 10 | F? | 0 | 0 | Cotton | Just S of Temple |
| 97 | 09/20/1960 | 1330 | 0.1 | 10 | F? | 0 | 0 | Pontotoc | N of Lula |
| 98 | 11/15/1960 | 1420 | 1 | 50 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Cherokee | 11 SE Tahlequah |