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| Tornadoes by Month | ||||||||||||
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Tornadoes by Intensity | |||||||
| F? | F0 | F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | Total |
| 0 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Tornado Number |
Date | Time (CST) |
Length of Path (miles) |
Width of Path (yards) |
F-Scale | Killed | Injured | County | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 04/11/2002 | 2152-2159 | 2 | 25 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Grant/ Garfield/ Noble | 8 SE Lamont - 2 NNE Billings |
| 2 | 04/16/2002 | 1918-1928 | 3 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Atoka | 2 W - 1 N Atoka (north side of Atoka; airport) |
| 3 | 04/16/2002 | 2015 | 0.3 | 25 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Pushmataha | 1 N Jumbo |
| 4 | 04/17/2002 | 2115-2116 | 0.3 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Beckham | 7 NNE Elk City |
| 5 | 04/17/2002 | 2233-2147 | 8 | 600 | F3 | 0 | 0 | Dewey/ Woodward | 10 WSW Seiling (near Cestos) - 6 ESE Mutual |
| 6 | 04/17/2002 | 2327-18/0028 | 34 | 1500 | F2 | 0 | 1 | Major/ Woods/ Alfalfa | 15 WNW Orienta - 2 SW Ingersoll |
| 7 | 04/18/2002 | 0039-0040 | 0.8 | 75 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Alfalfa | 3 S - 2 SSE Cherokee |
| 8 | 05/05/2002 | 1858-1900 | 1.5 | 25 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Hemphill TX/ Ellis OK | 16 ESE Glazier TX - 15 SW Arnett OK |
| 9 | 05/05/2002 | 2110-2114 | 1 | 75 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Dewey | 5.5 ESE - 4 E Seiling |
| 10 | 05/08/2002 | 1949-1957 | 6 | 75 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Grant | 6 S - 5 E Lamont |
| 11 | 05/16/2002 | 1800-1802 | 0.1 | 25 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Texas | 5 N Goodwell |
| 12 | 05/16/2002 | 1840-1843 | 0.1 | 25 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Texas | 9 N Texhoma |
| 13 | 05/16/2002 | 2305-2307 | 0.5 | 100 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Beckham | 4 N Texola |
| 14 | 05/24/2002 | 1727-1729 | 0.2 | 25 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Washita | 3 SE Burns Flat |
| 15 | 06/12/2002 | 1830-1835 | 1 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Ellis | 7 ENE - 6 ENE Catesby |
| 16 | 06/15/2002 | 1703-1709 | 0.2 | 25 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Beaver | 7 WSW Turpin |
| 17 | 09/18/2002 | 1716-1719 | 1 | 200 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Grant | 0.5 W - 1 N Nash |
| 18 | 09/18/2002 | 1829-1830 | 0.3 | 25 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Kay | 5 NW Blackwell |