
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 | 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 |