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WFO Tulsa Area 1950-2018

Most and Fewest Tornados in a Year
Most Consecutive Days with Tornadoes
Most Tornadoes in a 24 and 48 Hour Period
Most Tornadoes in a Month and in a 7 Day Period
County's Years with the Most Tornadoes
Latest Date of the First Tornado
Yearly Rank of Number of Monthly Tornadoes

Most Tornadoes in Year
Rank	#Tornadoes	Year
1	77	2011
2	53	1999
2	53	2008
4	43	2013
5	42	1957
5	42	1957
7	41	2010
8	40	2015
9	35	2017
10	33	2016

Fewest Tornadoes in Year
Rank	#Tornadoes	Year
1	1	1952
1	1	2002
3	3	1951
3	3	1963
3	3	1977
6	4	1950
6	4	1978
6	4	1987
9	5	1985
9	5	1988

Most Consecutive Days with Tornadoes
Rank	# of Days	Date	# of Tornadoes
1	4	5 - 8 May 1961	10
2	3	22 - 24 May 2011	24
2	3	30 - 31 May - 01 June 2013	14
2	3	18 - 20 May 1960	11
2	3	22 - 24 April 2011	11
2	3	20 - 22 April 2004	9
2	3	29 - 30 April - 01 May 2012	9
2	3	27 - 29 April 1983	6
2	3	25 - 27 April 1994	6
2	3	17 - 19 April 1959	3

Most Tornadoes in 24hr Period
Rank	#Tornadoes	Date	Time Period
1	25	14-Apr-2011	7 hrs 58 min
2	22	10-May-2010	3 hrs 27 min
3	22	26-27 April 2016	3 hrs 34 min
4	18	5-May-1960	7 hrs 45 min
5	17	4-5 May 1960	23 hrs 16 min
6	16	18-May-2017	2 hrs 21 min
7	15	10-May-2008	6 hrs 23 min
8	13	26-May-1997	3 hrs 02 min
9	13	20-May-2001	4 hrs 31 min
10	13	3-4 May 1999	14 hrs 44 min

Most Tornadoes in 48hr Period
Rank	#Tornadoes	Date	Time Period
1	25	14-Apr-2011	7 hrs 58 min
2	22	10-May-2010	3 hrs 34 min
3	22	26-27 April	2016 3 hrs 27 min
4	19	18-May-2017	25 hrs 29 min
5	16	4-5 May 1960	2 hrs 21 min
6	15	10-May-2008	6 hrs 23 min
7	14	19-20 May 2013	25 hrs 57 min
8	13	26-May-1997	3 hrs 02 min
9	13	20-May-2001	4 hrs 31 min
10	13	3-4 May 1999	14 hrs 44

Most Tornadoes in a Month
Rank	#Tornadoes	Date
1	42	Apr-2011
2	39	May-2010
3	32	May-1960
4	28	May-2011
5	27	May-2013
6	26	May-2015
7	25	May-2008
8	22	April-2016
8	22	May-2017
10	20	May-2003

Most Tornadoes in a 7 Day Period
Rank	#Tornadoes	Date
1	35	10 - 16 May 2010
2	29	14 - 19 April 2011
3	26	20 - 24 May 2011
4	22	26 - 27 April 2016
5	19	4 - 5 May 1960
6	17	20 - 24 May 1957
6	17	7 - 10 May 2008
6	17	13 - 19 May 2010
9	16	18-May 2017
10	15	19 - 24 April 2011

County's Year(s) with Most Tornadoes

Eastern Oklahoma
County	#Tornadoes	Year(s)
Adair	3	1999/2008/2013
Cherokee	4	1995/2011
Choctaw	4	2016
Craig	4	1960/1973
Creek	7	1999
Delaware	13	2011
Haskell	4	2001
Latimer	4	2015
LeFlore	9	2011
McIntosh	10	2010
Mayes	6	2013/2017
Muskogee	5	1999/2017
Nowata	6	2012
Okfuskee	5	2010
Okmulgee	6	1997
Osage	9	2011
Ottawa	4	2015
Pawnee	3	1984
Pittsburg	9	1998
Pushmataha	8	2011
Rogers	6	2013
Sequoyah	6	1957
Tulsa	6	1960
Wagoner	5	2004/2017
Washington	4	2011

Northwest Arkansas
Rank	#Tornadoes	Date
Benton	5	1993
Carroll	1	Many
Crawford	3	2011/2018
Franklin	4	2001
Madison	2	1955/2008/2011/2013/2015
Sebastian	2	1954/1964/1990/1996/1998/1999
Washington	3	1976/2008

Latest Date of First Tornado

Tulsa CWA
Rank	Date	#Tors that Year
1	July 13 1952	1
2	June 7 1951	3
3	May 26 1963	3
4	May 19 1977	3
5	May 11 1992	20
6	May 10 2010	41
7	May 9 1989	12
8	May 7 1978	4
9	April 26 1971	16
10	April 21 1996	16

Eastern Oklahoma
Rank	Date	#Tors that Year
1	July 13 1952	1
2	June 7 1951	3
3	May 26 1963	3
4	May 23 1962	5
5	May 19 1977	2
6	May 11 1978	2
7	May 11 1992	20
8	May 10 2010	38
9	May 9 1989	11
10	May 6 1998	25

Northwest Arkansas
Rank	Date	#Tors that Year
1	16 yrs without a Tornado
2	December 21 1967	1
3	December 14 1971	1
4	July 1 1972	1
5	June 12 1977	1
6	May 28 1982	2
7	May 20 2001	7
8	May 18 1989	1
9	May 16 2003	1
10	May 13 2010	4

Yearly Rank Tornadoes Occurring Each Month During Severe Season (March - June)

Rank	Tornadoes	Year(s)
1	11	2000
2	7	2008
2	7	1999
2	7	1982
2	7	1961
6	6	2015
6	6	2006
6	6	1984
6	6	1954
10	5	2016p

Rank	Tornadoes	Year(s)
1	42	2011
2	22	2016
3	13	1957
4	11	1984
5	10	2012
6	10	2008
7	10	1996
8	10	1995
9	10	1994
10	9	2013p

Rank	Tornadoes	Year(s)
1	39	2010
2	32	1960
3	28	2011
4	27	2013
5	26	2015
6	25	2017
7	22	2000
8	20	2003
9	19	1999
10	17	1957

Rank	Tornadoes	Year(s)
1	11	1998
2	10	1974
3	9	1999
4	8	1973
5	7	1990
6	6	1993
7	6	1982
8	6	1970
9	5	1995
10	4	1997p

p=and previous years

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