A couple of frontal boundaries will move east and south from the Plains to the Gulf and Atlantic coastlines. These boundaries will focus showers and thunderstorms through the weekend, with scattered severe thunderstorms from the Southern Plains and across the Gulf Coast states. Locally heavy rainfall may also occur, which may be welcome news across drought areas. Meanwhile, heat spreads westward. Read More >
| Tornadoes by Month | ||||||||||||
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 55 |
| Tornadoes by Intensity | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F? | F0 | F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | Total |
| 0 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 55 |
| Tornado Number |
Date | Time (CST) |
Length of Path (miles) |
Width of Path (yards) |
F-Scale | Killed | Injured | County | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 04/18/1970 | 1610 | 5 | 50 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Pontotoc | 3 SW Ada |
| 2 | 04/18/1970 | 1815 | 0.5 | 100 | F0 | 0 | 0 | McIntosh | 3 SW Checotah |
| 3 | 04/26/1970 | 1830 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Major | 5 W Fairview |
| 4 | 04/26/1970 | 2030 | 1 | 10 | F3 | 0 | 0 | Major | 2 E Ames |
| 5 | 04/26/1970 | 2030 | 4 | 50 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Garfield | 5 SSW Drummond - Near Waukomis |
| 6 | 04/29/1970 | 2225 | 6 | 50 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Jackson | 7 SW - 1 SW Olustee |
| 7 | 04/29/1970 | 2315 | 1 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Kiowa | 4 SE Roosevelt |
| 8 | 04/29/1970 | 2355 | 12 | 200 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Caddo | 1 S Carnegie - Fort Cobb Lake |
| 9 | 04/30/1970 | 0045 | 32 | 440 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Grady/ Canadian/ Oklahoma | 6 WNW Minco - Northwest Oklahoma City - 5 NW The Village |
| 10 | 04/30/1970 | 0100 | 47 | 500 | F2 | 0 | 6 | Grady/ Canadian/ Oklahoma | 4 NW Pocasset - Mustang - Oklahoma City - 2 W Arcadia |
| 11 | 04/30/1970 | 0130 | 30 | 440 | F2 | 0 | 2 | Logan/ Payne | 8 S Guthrie - 5 S Stillwater |
| 12 | 04/30/1970 | 0131 | 3 | 250 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Oklahoma | Northwest Oklahoma City (Lake Hefner - SW of NW 122nd and Western) |
| 13 | 04/30/1970 | 0245 | 0.2 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 2 | Payne | 8 E Cushing |
| 14 | 05/09/1970 | 2015 | 2 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Mayes | Near Spavinaw |
| 15 | 05/28/1970 | 1745 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Jackson | W of El Dorado |
| 16 | 05/28/1970 | 1805 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Jackson | W of El Dorado |
| 17 | 05/28/1970 | 1830 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Jackson | S of El Dorado |
| 18 | 05/29/1970 | 1750 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Okfuskee | 4 W Okemah |
| 19 | 06/11/1970 | 1200 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Washita | Near Colony |
| 20 | 06/11/1970 | 1400 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 2 | Kingfisher | Hennessey |
| 21 | 06/11/1970 | 1410 | 13 | 100 | F3 | 0 | 1 | Canadian/ Oklahoma | S of Yukon - Oklahoma City (near NW 150th/MacArthur) |
| 22 | 06/11/1970 | 1445 | 10 | 167 | F1 | 0 | 2 | Stephens | S edge of Duncan |
| 23 | 06/11/1970 | 1545 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Lincoln | 2 S Perkins |
| 24 | 06/11/1970 | 1705 | 2 | 100 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Murray | 3 W Davis |
| 25 | 06/11/1970 | 1711 | 2 | 50 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Okmulgee | 6 S Mounds |
| 26 | 06/11/1970 | 1730 | 0.1 | 100 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Okfuskee | Okemah Airport |
| 27 | 06/11/1970 | 1800 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 1 | Johnston | Pontotoc |
| 28 | 06/11/1970 | 1812 | 3 | 440 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Pontotoc | Near Harden City - 3 S Stonewall |
| 29 | 06/11/1970 | 1900 | 15 | 150 | F2 | 1 | 1 | Craig | Vinita - Welch |
| 30 | 06/11/1970 | 2000 | 5 | 440 | F2 | 1 | 14 | Pittsburg | Near Lake Eufaula |
| 31 | 06/11/1970 | 2015 | 52 | 10 | F3 | 1 | 45 | Adair OK/ Washington AR/ Benton AR | Near Bunch OK - Stilwell OK - Springdale AR - Near Beaver Lake AR [One injury and no fatalities in Oklahoma] |
| 32 | 06/11/1970 | 2300 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Pushmataha | Near Clayton |
| 33 | 06/19/1970 | 1745 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Canadian | Near Piedmont |
| 34 | 06/20/1970 | 1653 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Grady | NW of Tuttle |
| 35 | 06/20/1970 | 1930 | 0.5 | 100 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Kay | 2 N Tonkawa |
| 36 | 07/16/1970 | 1800 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Woodward | unknown specific location |
| 37 | 07/28/1970 | 1643 | 0.8 | 440 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Woods | 23 S Alva |
| 38 | 08/17/1970 | 1700 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Wagoner | 2 NE Wagoner |
| 39 | 09/03/1970 | 1830 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Blaine | SW of Greenfield |
| 40 | 09/03/1970 | 2030 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Craig | 3 N Welch |
| 41 | 09/03/1970 | 2215 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Rogers | 20 E Tulsa |
| 42 | 09/06/1970 | 1925 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Beaver | 9 SE Beaver |
| 43 | 09/06/1970 | 2130 | 9 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Harper | NW of Buffalo |
| 44 | 09/07/1970 | 2030 | 0.2 | 200 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Stephens | Duncan |
| 45 | 09/22/1970 | 1100 | 0.5 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Okmulgee | Morris |
| 46 | 09/25/1970 | 1840 | 0.3 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | McIntosh | Just N of Checotah |
| 47 | 09/25/1970 | 1851 | 0.3 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | McIntosh | Just SE of Checotah |
| 48 | 10/05/1970 | 1540 | 24 | 200 | F2 | 0 | 1 | Cleveland/ Pottawatomie | 5 NE Lexington - 8 SE Tecumseh |
| 49 | 10/05/1970 | 1542 | 25 | 150 | F4 | 4 | 84 | Pottawatomie/ Lincoln/ Okfuskee | Shawnee- Prague- 2 N Paden |
| 50 | 10/06/1970 | 1630 | 0.3 | 100 | F0 | 0 | 0 | McCurtain | 6 N Idabel |
| 51 | 10/07/1970 | 2330 | 2 | 200 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Pontotoc | Near Roff |
| 52 | 10/07/1970 | 2330 | 0.5 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Pontotoc | 5 S Ada |
| 53 | 10/08/1970 | 0830 | 1 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 1 | Bryan | W edge of Durant |
| 54 | 10/08/1970 | 1215 | 0.5 | 33 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Le Flore | 1 N Panama |
| 55 | 10/26/1970 | 1715 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Pittsburg | 4 N McAlester |
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