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Scattered Severe Thunderstorms Across the Northern Plains; Fire Weather Concerns in the Western U.S.

Scattered severe thunderstorms are forecast across central and eastern North Dakota, as well as far northwest Minnesota Saturday (Slight Risk level 2 of 5). Damaging wind gusts are the primary threat. Elevated to critical fire weather conditions will persist through the weekend across the Western U.S. Isolated dry thunderstorms could lead to new fire starts over portions of the northern Rockies. Read More >

February Tornadoes by Intensity
F?/EF? F0/EF0 F1/EF1 F2/EF2 F3/EF3 F4/EF4 F5/EF5 Total
2 12 29 18 2 1 0 64
Unrated Weak Strong Violent Total
2 41 20 1 64
 
Tornado
Number
Date Time
(CST)
Length
of Path
(miles)
width
of Path
(yards)
F-Scale Killed Injured County Location
1 02/27/1950 1020 2 50 F2 0 0 Oklahoma near Lake Hefner
2 02/19/1951 1830 44 20 F2 0 5 Caddo/ Canadian/ Kingfisher Spring Creek community (8 NE Gracemont) - Ft. Reno - 6 E Okarche (southern Kingfisher County)
3 02/19/1951 2200 0.1 100 F0 0 0 Cleveland 4 S Norman
4 02/19/1953 1940 1.3 17 F1 0 0 Garvin 7 S Lindsay
5 02/19/1953 2100 0.5 10 F1 0 0 Love 8 SE Marietta (Loves Valley)
6 02/19/1953 2115 5 67 F1 0 0 Murray 3 S- 3 E Sulphur
7 02/19/1953 2145 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Marshall 1.5 SW Willis
8 02/28/1955 2130 2 10 F2 0 0 Pittsburg Near Lake McAlester
9 02/24/1956 2330 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Muskogee/ Cherokee near Fort Gibson - near 'Elm Grove'
10 02/25/1956 0001 7 400 F0 0 0 McCurtain near Wright City
11 02/26/1958 1400 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Pittsburg Near Alderson
12 02/26/1958 1530 0.1 20 F0 0 0 Sequoyah Near Moffett
13 02/09/1959 2100 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Garvin 4 W Erin Springs
14 02/09/1959 2130 4 500 F1 0 0 Lincoln Just E of Prague
15 02/09/1960 1445 8 200 F1 0 0 Ottawa Near Miami - 3 E Quapaw
16 02/09/1960 1545 0.3 10 F1 0 0 Craig 7 NW Welch
17 02/20/1960 1530 9 50 F1 0 0 Blaine Near Greenfield - 6 S Omega
18 02/17/1961 1630 0.5 17 F? 0 0 McClain 12 SW Purcell
19 02/17/1961 1645 17 300 F3 0 7 Oklahoma Near Spencer - NE of Luther
20 02/17/1961 1815 73 300 F3 0 11 Garvin/ Pontotoc/ Pottawatomie/ Seminole/ Hughes/ Okfuskee/ Okmulgee Stratford - Konawa - Wewoka - S of Schulter [tornado family.]
21 02/17/1961 1900 7 10 F2 0 1 Pottawatomie 9 W- 4 NW Shawnee
22 02/08/1966 1720 11 67 F2 0 2 Stephens Duncan - 2 SE Marlow
23 02/04/1971 1005 0.5 220 F1 0 0 McCurtain 15 E Broken Bow
24 02/18/1971 1240 0.2 100 F1 0 1 Comanche NE shore of Lake Ellsworth
25 02/18/1974 1448 0.1 17 F0 0 0 Cleveland 5 SE Noble
26 02/22/1975 0030 6 60 F1 0 4 Jackson Altus AFB - Friendship
27 02/22/1975 0030 5 100 F2 2 8 Jackson N part of Altus
28 02/22/1975 0100 5 77 F2 1 2 Kiowa W of Snyder - Mountain Park
29 02/22/1975 0215 5 70 F2 0 2 Stephens 3 SW Duncan - Duncan Airport
30 02/22/1975 0215 6 70 F2 0 4 Stephens 3 W Duncan - W part of Duncan
31 02/22/1975 0300 3 60 F2 0 14 Garvin NW part of Lindsay - just NE of Lindsay
32 02/20/1976 1655 0.5 33 F1 0 0 Osage 5 NW Pawhuska
33 02/20/1976 1720 4 20 F0 0 0 Garvin SW of Lindsay - Lindsay - 2.5 NE Lindsay
34 02/20/1976 2130 5 30 F2 0 0 Sequoyah Near Sallisaw
35 02/23/1977 0420 3 77 F2 0 4 McCurtain 10 E- 13 ENE Isabel
36 02/22/1985 0215 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Rogers near Oologah
37 02/23/1985 0100 10 500 F2 0 3 Atoka Bentley- Harmony
38 02/14/1987 1800 4 200 F2 0 1 Comanche Medicine Park- Lake Lawtonka
39 02/14/1987 1805 4 100 F1 0 0 Caddo 3 SW- 2 NW Apache
40 02/14/1987 2225 0.2 50 F1 0 0 Bryan Armstrong
41 02/20/1997 1950 0.1 30 F0 0 0 Le Flore Pocola
42 02/11/1999 1030-1032 0.9 n/a F1 0 0 McCurtain 3.2 NE - 4.1 NE Idabel
43 02/24/2000 2013-2049 27 150 F1 0 0 Lipscomb TX/ Ellis OK/ Harper OK 10 NE Lipscomb TX - 5 SE Laverne OK
44 02/25/2000 0737 0.2 100 F1 0 0 Tulsa Tulsa (near Pine/Garnett)
45 02/10/2009 1436-1437 0.7 75 EF1 0 0 Oklahoma Oklahoma City (near NW Expressway and Rockwell)
46 02/10/2009 1453-1505 6 250 EF2 0 0 Oklahoma/ Logan West Edmond - 7 NE Edmond
47 02/10/2009 1524-1526 1 10 EF1 0 0 Logan 2.5 NW Meridian
48 02/10/2009 1539-1559 10 50 EF1 0 0 Payne 9 WSW Perkins - 4 SW Stillwater
49 02/10/2009 1635-1637 3 400 EF0 0 0 Pawnee 3 SSW - 0.5 S Pawnee
50 02/10/2009 1845-1943 39 880 EF4 8 46 Montague TX/ Jefferson OK/ Love OK/ Carter OK near Spanish Fort TX - Lone Grove OK - 4 SSE Springer OK
51 02/27/2011 1821-1826 3 75 EF0 0 0 Osage OK/ Cowley KS 3 NNW Grainola OK - 9.5 ESE Maple City KS
52 02/26/2023 1908-1914 7.5 200 EF? 0 0 Harmon 4 NW McKnight - 2.5 SSE Vinson
53 02/26/2023 1913-1918 7 500 EF2 1 3 Roger Mills 2 W Cheyenne - 1 W Strong City
54 02/26/2023 1913-1918 6 100 EF1 0 0 Beckham 5 SW - 2 SE Erick
55 02/26/2023 1923-1934 11 75 EF1 0 0 Greer 3 NNE Reed - 1 SSE Brinkman
56 02/26/2023 1945-1954 8 600 EF1 0 0 Kiowa 2 E Lone Wolf - 3 NNW Hobart
57 02/26/2023 2031-2032 0.2 50 EF0 0 0 Alfalfa 1 NNW Amorita
58 02/26/2023 2032-2039 5 75 EF0 0 0 Caddo 1 NW Gracemont
59 02/26/2023 2052-2053 0.2 75 EF0 0 0 Grady 4 WSW Minco
60 02/26/2023 2057-2107 11 200 EF1 0 0 Grady/ Canadian 3 W Tuttle - far southwest OKC - 4 WNW Mustang
61 02/26/2023 2112-2118 5 500 EF1 0 0 Oklahoma western Oklahoma City (4 ENE Mustang - 2 ESE Bethany)
62 02/26/2023 2114-2138 27 900 EF2 0 12 McClain/ Cleveland 2 NE Cole - Goldsby - Norman (south and east) - 2 NE Stella
63 02/26/2023 2142-2148 6 440 EF1 0 0 Cleveland/ Pottawatomie 2 SSE Newalla - 2 NNW Dale
64 02/26/2023 2145-2151 6 200 EF2 0 0 Pottawatomie/ Lincoln 3 SSW Aydelotte - 2 SSE Meeker