Tornado Count for the Year 2018

2018 Tornado Map Journal

• 16 tornadoes (8 in Eastern Oklahoma, 8 in Northwest Arkansas, 0 crossed from Eastern Oklahoma into Northwest Arkansas) - 5 EF0 , 8 EF1, and 3 EF2 (tornadoes with multiple ratings were counted with the highest rating)
• 2 tornadoes in the month of January - One of which is the first tornado ever in the month of January for Franklin county Arkansas
• 3 tornadoes in the month of May - Two were the first tornadoes of the year for Eastern Oklahoma which is the 6th latest first tornado for Eastern Oklahoma (tie breaker of time of day tornado occurred between May 19th 1977 puts May 19th 2018 in 6th place)
• 5 tornadoes in the month of November - Two of which were the first tornadoes ever in the month of November for Sequoyah county Oklahoma - Two of which were the first tornadoes ever in the month of November for Crawford county Arkansas - One of which was the first tornado ever in the month of November for Adair and Delaware counties Oklahoma
• Crawford county Arkansas tied for most tornadoes in a year with 3. This ties with the year 2011.
• Sebastian county Arkansas tied for most tornadoes in year with 3. This ties 6 other years, the most recent being 1999.

Tornado Count for the Year 2017

2017 Tornado Map Journal

• - 35 tornadoes (31 in Eastern Oklahoma, 5 in Northwest Arkansas, 1 crossed from Eastern Oklahoma into Northwest Arkansas) - 3 EF0 , 27 EF1, 4 EF2 and 1 EF? (tornadoes with multiple ratings were counted with the highest rating) - This ranks 9th on the list for number of tornadoes for the CWA in a year
• - 16 tornadoes occurred May 16th in a span of 2 hours 21 mins (20:46 - 23:07) - This ranks 6rd on the list for number of tornadoes for the CWA in a 24-hr period - This ranks 5rd on the list for number of tornadoes for the CWA in a 48-hr period - This ranks 9th on the list for number of tornadoes for the CWA in a 7-day period
• - 16 tornadoes in the month of May - This ranks 10th on the list for number of tornadoes for the CWA in a month - This ranks 7nd on the list for number of tornadoes for the CWA in the month of May
• - 4 tornadoes in the month of August - This ranks 1st on the list for number of tornadoes for the CWA in the month of August (previous record was 3 in 1957 & 1959)
• - 6 tornadoes occurred in Mayes county Oklahoma - This ties the record for number of tornadoes for Mayes county in a year (previous record was 6 in 2013)
• - 5 tornadoes occurred in Muskogee county Oklahoma - This ties the record for number of tornadoes for Muskogee county in a year (previous record was 5 in 1999)
• - 5 tornadoes occurred in Wagoner county Oklahoma - This ties the record for number of tornadoes for Wagoner county in a year (previous record was 5 in 2004)

Tornado Count for the Year 2016

2016 Tornado Map Journal

• - 33 tornadoes (27 in Eastern Oklahoma, 7 in Northwest Arkansas, 1 crossed from Eastern Oklahoma into Northwest Arkansas) - 6 EF0 , 23 EF1, 3 EF2 and 1 EF3 (tornadoes with multiple ratings were counted with the highest rating) - This ranked 9th on the list for number of tornadoes for the CWA in a year
• - 22 tornadoes occurred April 26-27th in a span of 3 hours 34 mins (20:44 - 00:18) - This ranked 3rd on the list for number of tornadoes for the CWA in a 24-hr period - This ranked 3rd on the list for number of tornadoes for the CWA in a 48-hr period - This ranked 4th on the list for number of tornadoes for the CWA in a 7-day period
• - 22 tornadoes in the month of April - This ranked 8th on the list for number of tornadoes for the CWA in a month - This ranked 2nd on the list for number of tornadoes for the CWA in the month of April
• - 4 tornadoes occurred in Choctaw county Oklahoma - This broke the record for number of tornadoes for Choctaw county in a year (previous record was 3 in 1999)