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Fire Danger Across the Central Rockies into the Plains; Late Season Heat Wave in the Southwest

A strong Pacific system is bringing strong winds and elevated to critical fire weather condition across portions of the Central Rockies into the Central and Northern Plains. Critical wildfire conditions are also expected across northern Wisconsin into the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The heat wave continues across portions of California into the Southwest. Read More >

October Tornadoes by Intensity
F?/EF? F0/EF0 F1/EF1 F2/EF2 F3/EF3 F4/EF4 F5/EF5 Total
13 83 72 19 7 1 0 195
Unrated Weak Strong Violent Total
13 155 26 1 195
 
Tornado
Number
Date Time
(CST)
Length
of Path
(miles)
width
of Path
(yards)
F-Scale Killed Injured County Location
1 10/01/1950 2100 16 10 F1 0 0 Cimarron Boise City - 15 NE Boise City
2 10/21/1951 2030 2 880 F1 0 0 Noble 8 SW Red Rock
3 10/25/1954 1830 8 10 F0 0 0 Ellis 7 S Fargo
4 10/30/1956 1440 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Noble 12 E Perry
5 10/13/1957 1720 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Beaver just N of Gate
6 10/02/1959 1000 2 10 F1 0 0 Nowata 8 NW Nowata
7 10/04/1959 0725 4 200 F2 0 2 Bryan 2 W Yuba
8 10/29/1961 0730 4 50 F? 0 0 Alfalfa SW of Burlington - N of Burlington
9 10/20/1963 1640 6 10 F2 0 0 Kingfisher/ Garfield 7 WSW- 3 WNW Marshall
10 10/10/1969 2100 0.8 200 F2 0 0 Hughes 2 W Holdenville
11 10/05/1970 1540 24 200 F2 0 1 Cleveland/ Pottawatomie 5 NE Lexington - 8 SE Tecumseh
12 10/05/1970 1542 25 150 F4 4 84 Pottawatomie/ Lincoln/ Okfuskee Shawnee- Prague- 2 N Paden
13 10/06/1970 1630 0.3 100 F0 0 0 McCurtain 6 N Idabel
14 10/07/1970 2330 2 200 F1 0 0 Pontotoc Near Roff
15 10/07/1970 2330 0.5 100 F1 0 0 Pontotoc 5 S Ada
16 10/08/1970 0830 1 100 F1 0 1 Bryan W edge of Durant
17 10/08/1970 1215 0.5 33 F1 0 0 Le Flore 1 N Panama
18 10/26/1970 1715 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Pittsburg 4 N McAlester
19 10/30/1971 1100 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Oklahoma Near Valley Brook
20 10/22/1972 0224 1.5 33 F3 0 1 McCurtain N part of Idabel
21 10/22/1972 0224 0.5 10 F2 0 1 McCurtain SE part of Idabel
22 10/10/1973 0730 36 10 F1 0 0 Beckham/ Roger Mills 5 W Sayre - near Angora
23 10/10/1973 1805 0.1 50 F1 0 0 Garfield 3 W Enid
24 10/11/1973 0115 5 50 F1 0 0 Oklahoma Oklahoma City (SW 89th/May - SE 22nd/Byers)
25 10/30/1974 1715 0.5 50 F1 0 0 Marshall 6 W Madill
26 10/21/1979 2010 1 60 F2 0 0 Murray 7 N Sulphur
27 10/30/1979 1005 8 530 F3 3 2 Carter 5 S-3 NNE Woodford
28 10/16/1980 0400 10 400 F1 0 3 Dewey 2 SW Taloga - 2 E Seiling
29 10/05/1981 1845 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Kingfisher 14 SW Kingfisher
30 10/13/1981 1800 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Choctaw Unger
31 10/17/1981 0345 0.1 10 F1 0 2 Jefferson near Hastings
32 10/03/1983 2125 0.1 10 F0 0 1 Tulsa Near Broken Arrow
33 10/19/1983 1803 3 50 F2 0 0 Comanche 2 NW Elgin
34 10/16/1984 0350 0.1 10 F2 0 0 Sequoyah near Roland
35 10/18/1984 1515 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Sequoyah 10 N Sallisaw
36 10/31/1984 1756 20 250 F3 0 0 Woodward/ Major 6 S Cedarville- 1 SW Cheyenne Valley
37 10/31/1984 1819 6 200 F2 0 0 Dewey 5 E Camargo- 2 W Lenora
38 10/31/1984 1910 8 200 F2 0 0 Major 2 SSE- 7 ENE Chester
39 10/31/1984 2030 0.1 10 F1 0 0 McCurtain 12 N Broken Bow
40 10/01/1986 1915 10 50 F1 0 0 Harmon 5 W- 5 NE McKnight
41 10/01/1986 2025 0.1 30 F0 0 0 Washita 2 S Canute
42 10/01/1986 2107 0.1 30 F0 0 0 Kiowa 10 NW Lone Wolf
43 10/02/1986 0907 2 150 F1 0 0 Oklahoma The Village
44 10/02/1986 1012 5 73 F0 0 0 Logan 5 W Seward- 9 W Guthrie
45 10/02/1986 1529 0.1 50 F0 0 0 Logan 7 W Guthrie
46 10/29/1989 1646 0.1 30 F0 0 0 Kiowa 4 W Snyder
47 10/29/1989 1732 0.1 30 F0 0 0 Tillman 2 NW Davidson
48 10/24/1991 1216 0.1 20 F0 0 0 Haskell 4 E Kinta
49 10/24/1991 1512 0.2 40 F0 0 0 Tulsa Collinsville
50 10/24/1991 1819 1 100 F0 0 0 McIntosh 2- 3 SE Checotah
51 10/24/1991 1830 0.1 10 F0 0 0 McIntosh 2 E Rentiesville
52 10/28/1991 0415 10 800 F1 0 0 Adair 3 NW Westville- 4 NW Watts
53 10/28/1991 0445 1.5 100 F0 0 0 Delaware Moseley- 2 E Moseley
54 10/28/1991 0510 17 400 F1 0 0 Delaware OK/ Benton AR 5 E Colcord OK- Sulphur Springs AR
55 10/07/1992 1455 0.2 23 F1 0 3 Canadian SW Oklahoma City (near SW 27th/ Czech Hall)
56 10/08/1993 1645-1650 3 73 F0 0 0 Delaware 2 NW- 3 N Jay
57 10/08/1993 1836 0.1 30 F0 0 0 Cherokee 7 NE Tahlequah
58 10/17/1994 1547 0.2 30 F0 0 0 Alfalfa 5 SW Aline
59 10/17/1994 1550 0.2 30 F1 0 0 Alfalfa 4 WSW Carmen
60 10/17/1994 1702 0.2 30 F0 0 0 Major 7 WNW Ringwood
61 10/26/1995 1740 0.1 30 F0 0 0 Mayes 3 SW Spavinaw
62 10/26/1995 1816-1820 2 73 F0 0 0 Cherokee 8 SW- 6 SW Tahlequah
63 10/26/1995 1843 0.1 30 F0 0 0 Cherokee 5 S Tahlequah
64 10/26/1995 1846-1852 3 73 F0 0 0 Adair 7 WNW- 4 NW Stilwell
65 10/08/1997 1731-1735 2 50 F0 0 0 Noble 5 SE - 7 SE Billings
66 10/08/1997 1815 0.5 23 F1 0 0 Logan 9 S Coyle
67 10/04/1998 1425-1443 10 440 F2 0 0 Woods/ Alfalfa 11 SSW Dacoma - 4 NW Carmen
68 10/04/1998 1505 0.1 30 F0 0 0 Alfalfa 5 SE Cherokee
69 10/04/1998 1604 0.1 30 F0 0 0 Grant 5 W Medford
70 10/04/1998 1638-1641 1.5 30 F0 0 0 Blaine 8 SW - 6.5 SW Watonga
71 10/04/1998 1650-1712 12 200 F2 0 0 Blaine 3 SW - 9 ENE Watonga
72 10/04/1998 1714 0.3 50 F0 0 0 Comanche 5 N Medicine Park
73 10/04/1998 1728-1742 7 100 F1 0 0 Kingfisher 6 SW - 2 SE Dover
74 10/04/1998 1745 0.5 30 F0 0 0 Caddo 1 NE Cyril
75 10/04/1998 1747-1756 6 100 F1 0 0 Payne/ Noble 10 W - 6 NW Stillwater
76 10/04/1998 1754-1755 1.5 200 F2 0 0 Grady 9 WSW - 7.5 WSW Ninnekah
77 10/04/1998 1838-1839 0.4 130 F1 0 0 Pawnee Pawnee
78 10/04/1998 1915-1921 5 80 F2 0 0 Grady/ McClain 4 NW Blanchard - 2 SSW Newcastle
79 10/04/1998 1926-1928 1.5 30 F0 0 0 McClain/ Cleveland N Newcastle - SW Oklahoma City
80 10/04/1998 1934-1941 3 580 F2 0 0 Cleveland Moore
81 10/04/1998 1956-1957 1 80 F0 0 0 Osage 1 SSW - 1 SSE Barnsdall
82 10/04/1998 2037-2040 3 580 F2 0 0 Lincoln 4 SE - 5 E Meeker
83 10/04/1998 2045-2052 6 580 F2 0 0 Lincoln 7 W - 4 NW Prague
84 10/04/1998 2050-2055 3 100 F1 0 0 Pottawatomie NW Shawnee
85 10/04/1998 2052-2108 8 440 F1 0 6 Lincoln 6 NW - 7 NNE Prague
86 10/04/1998 2058-2100 2 100 F1 0 0 Pottawatomie SE Shawnee
87 10/04/1998 2105-2116 8 50 F0 0 0 Nowata 2 NE Watovia - 10 ESE Nowata
88 10/04/1998 2108-2125 10 880 F3 0 1 Seminole/ Pottawatomie 5 WNW Little - Center View - 3 SE Prague
89 10/04/1998 2119 0.5 50 F0 0 0 Tulsa 3 NW Collinsville
90 10/04/1998 2137-2208 27 1410 F2 0 4 Okfuskee/ Okmulgee 2 SE Boley - IXL - Haydenville - 3 SW Nuyaka
91 10/04/1998 2217-2218 1 100 F1 0 0 Okmulgee 2 E - 2 ENE Nuyaka
92 10/04/1998 2327 0.8 50 F0 0 0 Wagoner 1 SE Tullahassee
93 10/28/1998 1655 0.3 30 F0 0 0 Logan 6 N Meridian
94 10/31/1999 1615 0.5 50 F0 0 0 Creek 3 E Sapulpa
95 10/31/1999 1623 0.5 50 F0 0 0 Creek 3 SW Sapulpa
96 10/31/1999 1635 0.5 50 F0 0 0 Creek 4 N Kellyville
97 10/31/1999 1700 0.5 50 F0 0 0 Creek 4 S Mannford
98 10/21/2000 1641-1655 4 30 F0 0 0 Cotton 3 SSW - 1 NW Walters
99 10/22/2000 1514-1526 4 30 F0 0 0 Caddo 6 SE - 6 ENE Binger
100 10/22/2000 1636 0.2 30 F0 0 0 Canadian 5 SSE Calumet (at I-40 near MM 117)
Tornado
Number
Date Time
(CST)
Length
of Path
(miles)
width
of Path
(yards)
F-Scale Killed Injured County Location
101 10/22/2000 1658-1704 3 20 F0 0 0 Pontotoc 3 NW - 4.5 NNW Stonewall
102 10/22/2000 1800 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Pontotoc 5 SE Francis
103 10/22/2000 1802-1807 1.5 40 F1 0 0 Oklahoma SE Oklahoma City/Valley Brook (near SE79/Pole - 0.5 WNW SE59/Eastern)
104 10/22/2000 1814-1822 3 20 F0 0 0 Oklahoma Oklahoma City (just W of SE22/Eastern - just W of NE16/MLK)
105 10/09/2001 1339-1340 1 50 F0 0 0 Beckham 6 WNW - 6 NW Sayre
106 10/09/2001 1342 0.1 25 F0 0 0 Beckham 7.5 WNW Sayre
107 10/09/2001 1342-1352 5 200 F0 0 0 Beckham 0.5 SW New Liberty (7 NW Sayre) - 7 NNW Sayre
108 10/09/2001 1350 0.1 25 F0 0 0 Beckham 6 NNW Sayre
109 10/09/2001 1412-1418 3 50 F1 0 0 Roger Mills/ Beckham 2 SE - 3 ENE Berlin (8 WNW Elk City)
110 10/09/2001 1530-1556 12 600 F3 0 0 Beckham/ Washita/ Custer NE side of Elk City (2 NE Elk City) - 2.5 W Foss Reservoir Dam (7.5 SSW Butler)
111 10/09/2001 1552-1553 1 50 F0 0 0 Kiowa 4 WSW - 3 WSW Hobart
112 10/09/2001 1608-1621 6 500 F3 0 9 Washita 1.5 SSW Cordell - Cordell - 3.5 NNE Cordell
113 10/09/2001 1615 0.1 25 F0 0 0 Custer 6 W Arapaho (3.5 NE Stafford)
114 10/09/2001 1632-1636 2 200 F1 0 0 Washita 2.5 NW - 3 NNW Corn
115 10/09/2001 1636-1710 13 440 F3 0 1 Kiowa/ Washita 1 N Gotebo - 4.5 SSE Cowden (7 NNE Mountain View)
116 10/09/2001 1642 0.1 25 F0 0 0 Custer 3 SW Custer City
117 10/09/2001 1657-1658 0.5 50 F0 0 0 Custer 4 SE Weatherford
118 10/09/2001 1718-1722 2 300 F1 0 0 Caddo 1.5 E - 3 ENE Alfalfa
119 10/09/2001 1728 0.4 25 F0 0 0 Caddo 2 NW Carnegie
120 10/09/2001 1757-1758 0.8 50 F1 0 0 Caddo 3 S - 3 SSE Albert
121 10/09/2001 1805-1810 2 440 F1 0 0 Caddo 7 S Binger - 3.5 NW Gracemont
122 10/09/2001 1815-1819 1.5 580 F0 0 0 Caddo 5 N Gracemont - 3.5 WSW Spring Creek
123 10/09/2001 1820-1824 1.5 850 F1 0 0 Caddo 5 W - 4 WNW Spring Creek
124 10/06/2004 1438-1439 1 25 F0 0 0 Cotton 7 W - 6.3 W Walters
125 10/19/2005 1647-1708 13 400 F1 0 0 Harper/ Woodward 10 SSE Selman - 20 N Mooreland (5 WNW Alabaster Caverns SP)
126 10/17/2007 1614 0.1 50 EF0 0 0 Choctaw 3 NE Fort Towson
127 10/29/2009 1017 0.5 150 EF0 0 0 Okfuskee 1 WSW - 0.5 W Weleetka
128 10/29/2009 1314 0.5 75 EF1 0 0 Pushmataha 4 NE Dunbar
129 10/13/2012 1646-1651 5 75 EF1 0 2 Carter 3 SW - 2 ENE Healdton
130 10/06/2014 0001-0002 0.8 75 EF1 0 0 Le Flore 6 W - 5 WNW Spiro
131 10/21/2017 1623 0.1 20 EF? 0 0 Tillman 3 SE Manitou
132 10/21/2017 1705 0.2 30 EF? 0 0 Comanche 2 E Indiahoma
133 10/21/2017 1808-1816 5 200 EF1 0 0 Caddo 4 W - 2 N Cyril
134 10/21/2017 1812-1813 0.5 50 EF1 0 0 Caddo 3.5 NW Cyril
135 10/21/2017 1812-1824 6 400 EF1 0 0 Caddo 4 NW Cyril - 4 NNW Cement
136 10/21/2017 1816-1821 3 150 EF1 0 0 Caddo 4 E Stecker - 5 NW Cement
137 10/21/2017 1823-1828 3 100 EF1 0 0 Caddo 2 NNE - 4 NE Cement
138 10/21/2017 1936-1942 3 50 EF1 0 0 McClain/ Cleveland 3 NW Goldsby (near SH-9/Santa Fe) - 3 SSW Norman (SW of SH-9/Chautauqua)
139 10/21/2017 2052-2055 2 150 EF1 0 0 Seminole Seminole (1 NW - 1 ESE Downtown)
140 10/07/2018 1522 0.1 10 EF0 0 0 Kiowa 4 SW Snyder
141 10/07/2018 1610 0.1 10 EF0 0 0 Kiowa 3 NE Saddle Mountain
142 10/07/2018 1638-1639 1 20 EF0 0 0 Murray/ Garvin 3 W - 2 W Davis
143 10/07/2018 1846-1850 1.5 225 EF0 0 0 Osage 0.4 SW - 1 ENE Fairfax
144 10/09/2018 0658-0700 1 100 EF1 0 0 Love Marietta
145 10/09/2018 0724-0725 1 10 EF0 0 0 Oklahoma Oklahoma City (near NE 23rd/Kelley - near NE 30th/Prospect)
146 10/09/2018 0728-0746 10 20 EF1 0 0 Oklahoma 2 SSW Midwest City (near SE 29th and Town Center Drive) - 1 SW Jones
147 10/09/2018 0730-0734 4 50 EF0 0 0 Cleveland Norman (just N of Lindsay Ave between 84th SE and 108th SE - just E of 120th SE/Rock Creek)
148 10/09/2018 0731-0733 3 40 EF1 0 0 Cleveland Norman (northeast) - Oklahoma City (southeast) (just SE of Oklahoma City SE 164th and Norman 72nd Ave NE - NE f SE 149th Street and Hiwassee Road)
149 10/09/2018 0733-0742 6 70 EF0 0 0 Oklahoma Oklahoma City/Edmond (SE of NE 122nd/I-35 - SE of Danforth/Midwest)
150 10/09/2018 0742 5 20 EF0 0 0 Oklahoma Choctaw (just S of NE 23rd/Choctaw) - 5 NE Choctaw
151 10/09/2018 0837 0.2 10 EF0 0 0 Lincoln Prague
152 10/20/2019 2101-2102 0.25 150 EF1 0 0 Pontotoc 5 S Asher
153 10/20/2019 2112-2115 2.8 100 EF1 0 0 Seminole 3 ENE - 5 ENE Konawa
154 10/20/2019 2208-2215 7.2 1100 EF1 0 0 Wagoner 5 E Coweta - 4.5 NW Wagoner
155 10/20/2019 2212-2222 8.3 400 EF0 0 0 Muskogee 1.7 SE Boynton - 3.4 SSE Taft
156 10/20/2019 2239-2243 2.9 600 EF1 0 0 Cherokee 6.7 WNW - 4.1 NW Scraper
157 10/20/2019 2300-2309 9.1 900 EF1 0 0 Adair OK/ Benton AR 5.7 NW Watts OK - 2.5 SE Siloam Springs AR
158 10/10/2021 1659 0.1 20 EF? 0 0 Kiowa 4 SSW Cooperton
159 10/10/2021 1713-1718 3 200 EF1 0 0 Kiowa 8 E - 11 E Cooperton (Saddle Mountain area)
160 10/10/2021 1720-1725 4 50 EF1 0 0 Caddo 9 W - 6 WNW Boone
161 10/10/2021 1745-1759 8 100 EF2 0 0 Caddo 4 SW - 5 E Anadarko
162 10/10/2021 1802-1805 1.8 50 EF? 0 0 Caddo/ Grady 3 SW - 1 SSE Verden
163 10/10/2021 1816 0.2 50 EF? 0 0 Grady 3 N Chickasha
164 10/10/2021 1921-1926 3 250 EF0 0 0 Oklahoma/ Lincoln 3 NNW - 5.5 NNE Harrah
165 10/10/2021 1941-1942 1.1 30 EF0 0 0 Lincoln 1 SW - 0.5 N Warwick
166 10/10/2021 1941-1943 1.6 50 EF0 0 0 Pottawatomie 1.5 SSW - 0.5 W Dale
167 10/10/2021 1954-1958 1.6 50 EF0 0 0 Pottawatomie 2 WSW - 0.5 NW Johnson
168 10/10/2021 2026-2032 2.7 300 EF1 0 0 Okfuskee 5 N Paden - 7 WSW Welty
169 10/10/2021 2026-2036 7 300 EF1 0 0 Pontotoc 2.5 W Ada - 1 ENE Byng
170 10/10/2021 2042-2043 1 100 EF? 0 0 Creek 10 S Bristow
171 10/10/2021 2105-2112 2.2 300 EF0 0 0 Okmulgee .7 SSE - 1.9 ENE Beggs
172 10/10/2021 2130-2132 0.7 100 EF? 0 0 Tulsa 6 SSE - 5.7 SSE Bixby
173 10/10/2021 2145-2152 3.4 700 EF1 0 0 Wagoner 1.1 SSE - 2.4 NE Coweta
174 10/10/2021 2230-2247 13.7 900 EF1 0 0 Muskogee/Sequoyah 3.3 ESE Warner - 1.5 NW Paradise Hill
175 10/10/2021 2310-2318 5.9 200 EF1 0 0 Delaware 6.8 SE - 6.7 ESE Eucha
176 10/12/2021 1748 0.1 10 EF0 0 0 Beckham 4 NNW Retrop
177 10/12/2021 1824 0.1 25 EF? 0 0 Washita 3 S Foss
178 10/12/2021 1838 0.4 30 EF0 0 0 Tillman 5 SW Frederick
179 10/12/2021 1841-1858 7 300 EF1 0 0 Tillman 3.5 WSW Frederick - 5 E Tipton
180 10/12/2021 1855-1925 10 400 EF1 0 0 Custer Clinton (east) - Clinton airport (KCLK) - 2 SSE Custer City
181 10/12/2021 1901 0.2 20 EF? 0 0 Custer 2 NE Clinton
182 10/12/2021 1919-1921 0.9 300 EF1 0 0 Tillman/ Kiowa 7 NE Manitou - 5 SE Snyder
183 10/12/2021 1926-1944 8 900 EF1 0 0 Kiowa/ Comanche 6 ESE Snyder - 9 NNW Indiahoma
184 10/12/2021 2000-2007 2.6 50 EF? 0 0 Comanche 6 W - 5 WNW Meers
185 10/12/2021 2035-2036 0.5 30 EF? 0 0 Caddo 5 NW Boone
186 10/13/2021 0359-0408 6 150 EF1 0 0 Canadian west Mustang (SE of SH-152 and Frisco Road) - southwest Oklahoma City (SW of SW 29th St and County Line Road)
187 10/13/2021 0415-0419 3 75 EF1 0 0 Oklahoma Oklahoma City (SE of NW 10th Street and May Avenue - SE of NE 23rd Street and Interstate 235)
188 10/13/2021 0422-0428 4 50 EF0 0 0 Oklahoma Forest Park (near NE 36th Street and Bryant Ave) - northeast Oklahoma City (NW of NE 63rd Street and Midwest Boulevard)
189 10/26/2021 1955 0.2 50 EF? 0 0 Roger Mills 8 WNW Leedey (16 NE Roll)
190 10/26/2021 2254 0.3 20 EF0 0 0 Canadian Union City (southeast side)
191 10/26/2021 2336-2345 7 50 EF1 0 0 Cleveland northeast Norman (0.5 mi NW of 24th Ave NE and Rock Creek Road) - southwest Oklahoma City (0.5 mi NW of SE 164th Street and Anderson Road)
192 10/24/2022 0727-0733 3 50 EF0 0 0 Canadian 6.5 W - 4 W Mustang
193 10/24/2022 0932-0932 0.1 10 EF0 0 0 Pottawatomie 4 E Macomb
194 10/25/2023 1600-1600 0.3 20 EF0 0 0 Garvin 5 SSW Wynnewood
195 10/25/2023 1730-1731 0.5 20 EF0 0 0 Pottawatomie 3 ESE Johnson