Extreme heat will continue across the Pacific Northwest into midweek before finally waning. Hot temperatures, low relative humidity, gusty winds, and isolated dry thunderstorms will bring critical fire weather into Tuesday. A refreshingly cool air mass has settled into much of the eastern two-thirds of the Rockies through the week. Read More >
December Tornadoes by Intensity | |||||||
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F?/EF? | F0/EF0 | F1/EF1 | F2/EF2 | F3/EF3 | F4/EF4 | F5/EF5 | Total |
2 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
Unrated | Weak | Strong | Violent | Total | |||
2 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 38 |
Tornado Number |
Date | Time (CST) |
Length of Path (miles) |
width of Path (yards) |
F-Scale | Killed | Injured | County | Location |
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1 | 12/02/1953 | 1930 | 31 | 880 | F1 | 0 | 2 | Carter/ Murray | 3.5 W Ardmore - 3.5 NE Sulphur [not continuous] |
2 | 12/02/1953 | 2130 | 1.5 | 880 | F1 | 0 | 1 | Pottawatomie | Shawnee |
3 | 12/18/1968 | 0830 | 1.8 | 300 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Caddo | 2 NNE Apache |
4 | 12/18/1968 | 1300 | 4 | 100 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | Skiatook - 3 NE Skiatook |
5 | 12/18/1968 | 1305 | 0.5 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Pittsburg | 4 SW Indianola |
6 | 12/14/1971 | 1800 | 7 | 150 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Love | 6 N Marietta |
7 | 12/14/1971 | 2030 | 10 | 200 | F2 | 0 | 0 | McCurtain | 2 S Valliant - near Wright City |
8 | 12/14/1971 | 2040 | 0.1 | 77 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Pittsburg | 7 SE Lake Eufaula |
9 | 12/14/1971 | 2130 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Le Flore | Near Kerr Dam |
10 | 12/29/1972 | 2015 | 15 | 40 | F2 | 0 | 0 | McClain/ Cleveland | 10 SW Purcell - 4 ESE Lexington |
11 | 12/29/1972 | 2315 | 31 | 30 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Mayes/ Craig/ Delaware/ Ottawa | 2 S Ketchum - 9 E Miami [not continuous] |
12 | 12/05/1975 | 1625 | 27 | 50 | F3 | 0 | 0 | Okmulgee/ Muskogee/ Wagoner | 3 N Okmulgee - .5 E Coweta |
13 | 12/05/1975 | 1645 | 2 | 100 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | Near Bixby |
14 | 12/05/1975 | 1654 | 1.5 | 700 | F3 | 0 | 38 | Tulsa | NE Tulsa |
15 | 12/05/1975 | 1840 | 2 | 350 | F2 | 0 | 3 | Latimer | Eastern Oklahoma State College |
16 | 12/23/1982 | 2200 | 0.5 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Le Flore | Near Monroe |
17 | 12/23/1982 | 2345 | 3 | 100 | F2 | 0 | 1 | McCurtain | Near Wright City |
18 | 12/24/1982 | 0807 | 3 | 100 | F2 | 0 | 7 | Tulsa | Near Tulsa |
19 | 12/24/1982 | 0940 | 0.5 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 10 | Craig | Near Ketchum |
20 | 12/02/1999 | 1836-1840 | 4 | 30 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Logan | 5 SW - 1 SW Seward |
21 | 12/02/1999 | 1843-1901 | 12 | 100 | F2 | 0 | 1 | Logan | 6 SW - 7 N Guthrie |
22 | 12/02/1999 | 1930-1945 | 11 | 300 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Noble | 5 SSE - 8 NE Perry |
23 | 12/08/2008 | 2336 | 0.6 | 50 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | Wagoner | NE Broken Arrow |
24 | 12/31/2010 | 0605-0627 | 21 | 500 | EF3 | 4 | 10 | Adair OK/ Washington AR/ Benton AR | 0.5 N Westville OK - Cincinnati AR - 3 NW Tontitown AR [EF2 with no fatalities or injuries in Oklahoma] |
25 | 12/14/2014 | 1709 | 0.2 | 50 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | Oklahoma | 4 SW Arcadia |
26 | 12/12/2015 | 1803-1806 | 3 | 250 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | Choctaw | 2.5 SSE - 1.5 NE Fort Towson |
27 | 12/12/2015 | 1917-1937 | 7 | 600 | EF2 | 0 | 3 | McCurtain | 3 W Valliant - 4 ESE Rufe |
28 | 12/26/2015 | 1357 | 0.1 | 20 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | McClain | 7 NE Byars |
29 | 12/28/2019 | 1528 | 0.2 | 20 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | Coal | 1.5 W Lehigh |
30 | 12/28/2019 | 1530-1532 | 1.2 | 160 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa/ Wagoner | 3.1 SSE - 3.1 SE Broken Arrow |
31 | 12/12/2022 | 2121-2123 | 1.2 | 50 | EF? | 0 | 0 | Beaver | 1 SE - 2 E Balko |
32 | 12/12/2022 | 2138-2139 | 0.7 | 50 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | Beaver | 4 N Elmwood |
33 | 12/13/2022 | 0013 | 0.2 | 40 | EF? | 0 | 0 | Beckham | 4 SSW Erick |
34 | 12/13/2022 | 0424-0426 | 0.3 | 50 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | Stephens | 2 NNW Duncan |
35 | 12/13/2022 | 0451-0452 | 0.6 | 50 | EF2 | 0 | 0 | Grady | 1 NNW Cox City |
36 | 12/13/2022 | 0527-0533 | 5 | 300 | EF2 | 0 | 0 | McClain/ Cleveland | Wayne - 5 SE Lexington |
37 | 12/13/2022 | 0546-0547 | 0.6 | 30 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | Pottawatomie | 5 WSW Wanette |
38 | 12/13/2022 | 0555-0600 | 4 | 100 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | Garvin | 0.5 ENE - 4.5 NE Hennepin |