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| SPC ID # |
Date | Time (CST) |
Path Length (miles) |
Path Width (yards) |
F-Scale | Killed | Injured | County | Path |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/26/1945 | 1805 | 67 | 0 | 0 | McClain/ Cleveland/ Oklahoma | Newcastle - Norman - S OKC | |||
| 49-4 | 04/30/1949 | 1455 | 52* | 250 | 3 | 56 | McClain/ Cleveland/ Pottawatomie/ Lincoln | 5 S Blanchard - W of Norman; S of McLoud - E of Meeker (likely separate events) | |
| 51-2 | 02/19/1951 | 2200 | n/a | 100 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Cleveland | 4 S Norman |
| 55-39 | 05/26/1955 | 0300 | 12 | 70 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Cleveland | Near Norman |
| 56-20 | 04/28/1956 | 1420 | 35 | n/a | F1 | 0 | 0 | Grady/ McClain/ Cleveland | 5 S Chickasha - 3 E Norman |
| 61-43 | 05/06/1961 | 2350 | n/a | n/a | F? | 0 | 0 | Cleveland | Between Moore and Norman |
| 62-3 | 04/27/1962 | 0040 | n/a | n/a | F? | 0 | 0 | Cleveland | 1 SSW Norman |
| 64-6 | 04/03/1964 | 1840 | n/a | n/a | F? | 0 | 0 | Cleveland | SW Norman (3 SW NSSL) |
| 66-19 | 05/17/1966 | 2215 | 0.4 | 15 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Cleveland | Norman (near Berry and Dorchester) |
| 73-45 | 06/04/1973 | 1912-1913 | 0.4 | 15 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Cleveland | Norman (3 W NSSL) |
| 81-22 | 05/17/1981 | 1724 | 1.0 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Cleveland | Norman (SH-9 S of Lake Thunderbird) |
| 81-63 | 06/30/1981 | 1520 | 0.3 | 5 | F1 | 0 | 1 | Cleveland | Norman |
| 83-85 | 11/18/1983 | 2250 | 0.2 | 15 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Cleveland | S Sections of Norman |
| 06/12/2009 | 2123-2139 | 2 | 200 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | Cleveland | Norman (SE24th/Alameda - SE48th/Lindsey) | |
| 05/10/2010 | 1620-1651 | 24 | 2000 | EF4 | 2 | 49 | Cleveland/ Oklahoma | Far north Norman (near Santa Fe/Indian Hill Road) - south Moore - Lake Draper - I-40/Choctaw - 1.5 SSE Harrah | |
| 05/10/2010 | 1632-1659 | 22 | 880 | EF4 | 1 | 32 | Cleveland/ Pottawatomie | South Norman (0.5 E National Weather Center) - Lake Thunderbird - Little Axe - 4 E Pink | |
| 05/10/2010 | 1634-1640 | 5.5 | 250 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | Cleveland | South Norman (from near dead end of Chautauqua - just NW of SE 60th and SH-9) | |
| 05/10/2010 | 1639-1659 | 17 | 440 | EF2 | 0 | 3 | Cleveland/ Pottawatomie | 7 ESE Noble (SE of SE 120th and Maguire) - East Norman (Country Boy store) - curving to 4 E Pink | |
| 04/13/2012 | 1559-1612 | 6 | 600 | EF1 | 0 | 20 | McClain/ Cleveland | 4 NNW Goldsby - Norman (just N of SW36/Lindsay - just S of NE12/Robinson) | |
| 05/19/2013 | 1700-1750 | 23 | 1500 | EF4 | 2 | 10 | Cleveland/ Pottawatomie | East Norman (8 E downtown) - 6.5 ESE McLoud | |
| 05/29/2013 | 1742 | 0.1 | 10 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | Cleveland | Norman (near Imhoff/Berry) | |
| 05/06/2015 | 1646 | 0.5 | 25 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | Cleveland | Norman (near 60th Ave NW/Robinson) | |
| 05/06/2015 | 1653-1710 | 3 | 1000 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | Cleveland | Norman (36th Ave NW//Rock Creek - 36th Ave NW/Indian Hills) | |
| 05/09/2016 | 1616 | 0.1 | 10 | EF? | 0 | 0 | Cleveland | Lake Thunderbird | |
| 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) | |
| 05/02/2018 | 1942-1951 | 8 | 400 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | Cleveland | 2 NNE Norman - 5 NW Lake Thunderbird Dam | |
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| 05/21/2019 | 0257-0308 | 4 | 50 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | Cleveland | 5 E - 5 ENE Downtown Norman (Alameda between 48th Ave NE and 60th Ave NE to NW of Tecumseh and 60th Ave NE) | |
| 05/21/2019 | 0313 | 0.3 | 20 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | Cleveland | 8 ENE Downtown Norman (near NE 84th and Franklin) | |
| 05/25/2019 | 2156-2157 | 0.7 | 30 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | Cleveland | Norman (near 72nd Avenue NW and Rock Creek Road) | |
| 07/11/2020 | 2304 | 0.2 | 10 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | Cleveland | NE Norman (just NNE of NE48th/Tecumseh) | |
| 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) | |
| 02/26/2023 | 2109-2135 | 27 | 700 | EF2 | 0 | 12 | McClain/ Cleveland | 2 NE Cole - Goldsby - Norman (south and east) - 2 NE Stella |
Records taken from the Storm Prediction Center archive data, "Storm Data", and data from the National Weather Service office in Norman. Data modified as described in NOAA Tech Memo NWS SR-209 (Speheger, D., 2001: "Corrections to the Historic Tornado Database").
Historic data, especially before 1950, are likely incomplete.
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