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Tornadoes by Month | ||||||||||||
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 76 |
Tornadoes by Intensity | |||||||
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F? | F0 | F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | Total |
0 | 8 | 39 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 76 |
Tornado Number |
Date | Time (CST) |
Length of Path (miles) |
Width of Path (yards) |
F-Scale | Killed | Injured | County | Location |
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1 | 01/18/1973 | 0220 | 5 | 30 | F2 | 0 | 4 | Seminole | Near Seminole |
2 | 03/13/1973 | 1153 | 5 | 100 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Greer | Granite |
3 | 03/13/1973 | 1227 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 5 | Comanche | Near Geronimo |
4 | 03/13/1973 | 1235 | 7 | 33 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Cotton | 1 N- 6 E Temple |
5 | 03/13/1973 | 1250 | 0.5 | 33 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Jefferson | S of Waurika |
6 | 03/13/1973 | 1508 | 52 | 250 | F2 | 0 | 1 | Kay OK/ Cowley KS | Newkirk OK - 6 ENE Atlanta KS [not continuous path in Kansas] |
7 | 03/24/1973 | 1340 | 0.5 | 17 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Jefferson | Near Terrell |
8 | 03/28/1973 | 1640 | 28 | 33 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Craig/ Ottawa | 15 W Welch - near Miami |
9 | 04/15/1973 | 1745 | 0.2 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Lincoln | Near Carney |
10 | 04/19/1973 | 2300 | 2 | 83 | F2 | 0 | 4 | Stephens | Near Velma |
11 | 04/19/1973 | 2345 | 17 | 250 | F2 | 0 | 2 | Garvin | S of- just E of- N of Pauls Valley |
12 | 04/20/1973 | 0015 | 8 | 100 | F3 | 0 | 21 | Pontotoc | W part of Ada |
13 | 04/21/1973 | 2000 | 0.1 | 120 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Craig | Near Ketchum |
14 | 04/21/1973 | 2040 | 5 | 40 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Craig/ Ottawa | 5 E Vinita - 1 SW Afton |
15 | 04/30/1973 | 2020 | 13 | 100 | F2 | 0 | 6 | Alfalfa/ Grant | NE side of Great Salt Plains Reservoir - W of Medford |
16 | 04/30/1973 | 2035 | 1 | 33 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Garfield | Near Drummond |
17 | 04/30/1973 | 2125 | 0.4 | 67 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Kay | Near Chilocco |
18 | 05/01/1973 | 0900 | 1 | 150 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Texas | 4 SW Hooker |
19 | 05/01/1973 | 1345 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Cherokee | near Moodys |
20 | 05/06/1973 | 1400 | 9 | 70 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Seminole | SW of Seminole - N of Seminole |
21 | 05/06/1973 | 1800 | 5 | 40 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Pittsburg | near Featherston |
22 | 05/06/1973 | 1910 | 1 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Grant | ~5 W Deer Creek |
23 | 05/18/1973 | 1800 | 9 | 33 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Kay | 5 NW- 5 NE Braman |
24 | 05/22/1973 | 2130 | 4 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Tillman | 2 W Frederick - Frederick |
25 | 05/23/1973 | 0015 | 1 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Pontotoc | 4 SW Konawa |
26 | 05/23/1973 | 0030 | 0.5 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Seminole | 1 NE Konawa |
27 | 05/24/1973 | 1600 | 0.4 | 33 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Comanche | Near Lawton |
28 | 05/24/1973 | 1600 | 13 | 300 | F4 | 2 | 4 | Canadian | WNW of Union City- Union City- SE of Union City |
29 | 05/26/1973 | 1500 | 0.3 | 100 | F3 | 0 | 3 | Washington | 6 N Copan |
30 | 05/26/1973 | 1500 | 2 | 33 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | E of Broken Arrow |
31 | 05/26/1973 | 1530 | 11 | 60 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Mayes | S of Chouteau - near Locust Grove |
32 | 05/26/1973 | 1600 | 4 | 500 | F4 | 5 | 25 | Muskogee | .25 WSW Keefeton- Keefeton- 3 ENE Keefeton |
33 | 05/26/1973 | 1640 | 19 | 250 | F3 | 0 | 6 | Sequoyah | N of Gore - Box - near Marble City |
34 | 05/26/1973 | 2000 | 6 | 200 | F2 | 0 | 0 | McIntosh | Near Checotah |
35 | 05/26/1973 | 2010 | 16 | 80 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Pittsburg | 3 S Ashland - 4 SE Savanna |
36 | 05/26/1973 | 2100 | 1.5 | 33 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Le Flore | Wister |
37 | 06/02/1973 | 0015 | n/a | 100 | F2 | 0 | 2 | Comanche | Near Geronimo |
38 | 06/02/1973 | 1455 | 0.5 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Cherokee | 2 W Hulbert |
39 | 06/02/1973 | 1900 | 0.5 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Mayes | 7 SE Chouteau |
40 | 06/03/1973 | 1630 | 0.1 | 23 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Harper | 8 NW Buffalo |
41 | 06/04/1973 | 0045 | 6 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Love | S of Marietta |
42 | 06/04/1973 | 1800 | 12 | 100 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Kay/ Osage | 3 S- 11 E of Ponca City |
43 | 06/04/1973 | 1800 | 2 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Canadian | 2 NE Yukon |
44 | 06/04/1973 | 1830 | 1.5 | 33 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Creek | 3 E- 6 E Oilton |
45 | 06/04/1973 | 1900 | 1.5 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Osage | 4 E Barnsdall |
46 | 06/04/1973 | 1912 | 0.4 | 17 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Cleveland | Norman (3 W NSSL) |
47 | 06/04/1973 | 2058 | 0.5 | 17 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Lincoln | SE of Meeker |
48 | 06/04/1973 | 2148 | 0.2 | 17 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Garvin | .5 S Stratford |
49 | 06/04/1973 | 2330 | 0.5 | 17 | F1 | 0 | 1 | Carter | Near Ardmore |
50 | 06/16/1973 | 1730 | 31 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 2 | Pittsburg/ Haskell | 6 N McAlester - near Hoyt |
51 | 06/16/1973 | 1920 | 0.1 | 40 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Adair | 1 E Westville |
52 | 06/18/1973 | 1630 | 3 | 40 | F3 | 0 | 0 | Osage | 4 E- 6 ESE Hominy |
53 | 06/18/1973 | 1645 | 17 | 133 | F3 | 0 | 0 | Caddo | 5 W Binger - 4 E Carnegie |
54 | 06/18/1973 | 1700 | 0.5 | 83 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Kiowa | 10 SW Carnegie |
55 | 06/18/1973 | 1750 | 0.5 | 100 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Tillman | 9 ENE Frederick |
56 | 06/18/1973 | 1750 | 0.5 | 40 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Tillman | 2 NE Frederick |
57 | 06/18/1973 | 1800 | 0.5 | 67 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Caddo | 8 WSW Anadarko |
58 | 06/18/1973 | 1815 | 3 | 50 | F3 | 0 | 58 | Tillman | Frederick |
59 | 06/18/1973 | 1825 | 0.2 | 13 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Tillman | Frederick |
60 | 06/18/1973 | 1900 | 4 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 1 | Grady | S of Rush Springs |
61 | 07/06/1973 | 1720 | 0.5 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | McCurtain | 7 W Idabel |
62 | 08/10/1973 | 1730 | 0.4 | 17 | F1 | 0 | 0 | McIntosh | 3 N Checotah |
63 | 09/03/1973 | 1720 | 16 | 40 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Payne/ Lincoln | 2 SE Ripley - near Carney |
64 | 09/04/1973 | 1358 | 16 | 200 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Kay | 2 N Tonkawa - 3 NE Ponca City |
65 | 09/24/1973 | 1840 | 21 | 100 | F3 | 0 | 14 | Craig/ Ottawa | 2 NE Vinita - SE edge of Miami |
66 | 10/10/1973 | 0730 | 36 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Beckham/ Roger Mills | 5 W Sayre - near Angora |
67 | 10/10/1973 | 1805 | 0.1 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Garfield | 3 W Enid |
68 | 10/11/1973 | 0115 | 5 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Oklahoma | Oklahoma City (SW 89th/May - SE 22nd/Byers) |
69 | 11/19/1973 | 1715 | 4 | 40 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Ellis | S and E of Arnett |
70 | 11/19/1973 | 1930 | 24 | 500 | F3 | 5 | 36 | McClain/ Cleveland/ Oklahoma | Blanchard - Moore - Del City - SE Oklahoma City |
71 | 11/19/1973 | 1940 | 6 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 2 | Kingfisher | Near Hennessey |
72 | 11/19/1973 | 1945 | 14 | 60 | F2 | 0 | 6 | Kay | 8 SW Tonkawa - Tonkawa - 6 NE Tonkawa |
73 | 11/19/1973 | 2010 | 3 | 150 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Kay | Blackwell |
74 | 11/20/1973 | 0001 | 0.5 | 30 | F1 | 0 | 7 | Rogers | 4 SE Collinsville |
75 | 11/23/1973 | 2230 | 1 | 40 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Mayes | 6 SE Pryor |
76 | 11/24/1973 | 1635 | 12 | 40 | F1 | 0 | 0 | McCurtain | Just NW of Glover - near Broken Bow Lake |