The tornado was first reported at 6:00 pm CST northeast of the town of Dale in Pottawatomie County. It moved northeastward for 40 miles producing damage in the towns of Meeker, Sparks, and Davenport in Lincoln County. The tornado continued northeastward into Creek County, near the town of Depew. A total of 65 people were injured, but fortunately no one was killed. A large bus was carried 300 feet, and overturned on the U.S. Highway 62 just east of Meeker. Property damage was estimated at $820,000. In Lincoln County, 120 buildings were damaged or destroyed.

This tornado was the deadliest and most damaging of the 10 tornadoes that occurred in Oklahoma during the tornado outbreak of April 2-3, 1956. The twister touched down at 9:33 pm CST near Jacktown in Lincoln County and moved north-northeast through Davenport, to west of Stroud, and then into Drumright in Creek County. In Drumright, the tornado killed five people and injured another 98 persons. Four of those killed were from the same family. It destroyed 63 homes and damaged 203 more homes in a 40-block area in Drumright. Twenty-one other buildings were destroyed and 35 were damaged. Numerous farms in the rural areas of Lincoln and Creek Counties were destroyed.

This tornado formed over Silver City in Creek County and nearly wiped out the small community. At least 6 homes, 2 churches, a school, businesses, etc. were destroyed or damaged. Three people were injured when the tornadic winds picked them up. A survey of the area indicated that there were three funnels (suction vortices), with one cutting a path 100 yards wide. One funnel veered off to the right and dissipated after traveling about 0.25 miles. The other two funnels traveled about 0.25 miles to the northwest, joined together, and moved off to the northeast before the joined funnel lifted. The funnel dipped down again north of the Cimarron River and destroyed a farmstead near Terlton. Hailstones of 1.75-2.0 inches accompanied the tornado and fell over a wide area of northern Creek County, the western half of Payne County, and southern Pawnee County. Variable damage to roofs, windows, and automobiles resulted in the affected area.

This violent tornado was initially observed as it formed in the North Canadian River bottomlands just south of the city of Shawnee. Several farmsteads and the Resthaven Cemetery were damaged or destroyed 2 miles east of Shawnee. Several more farmsteads were destroyed and general destruction occurred in the Eoontuohka area. At least 14 farmsteads were destroyed between Prague and Paden at 5:27 pm CST. There was extensive destruction in the area.

The tornado was described as a huge, white, barrel-shaped cloud that stayed completely on the ground. Northeast of Prague, a million-dollar refinery received about $750,000 in damage. Several company homes were destroyed. Farmsteads were damaged and destroyed all along the rest of the rest of the long path northeastward.

Two people were killed and eleven injured in the Iron Post area south of Bristow. This tornado caused the most damage as it moved through the west and north portions of Sapulpa at 6:32 pm CST. Three persons were killed and 70 injured, and a total of 1000 people were homeless.

There were about 300 homes destroyed or damaged. Of this total approximately 100 homes were completely destroyed with 100 more receiving heavy damage and another 100 homes incurring partial damage. A school and 2 churches were also destroyed, and trees and utilities were heavily damaged. The storm covered a 12-15 block area in Sapulpa.

The funnel lifted northeast of Sapulpa and was observed aloft over Tulsa at 7:00 pm CST. High winds destroyed a house in Tulsa and other general damage was reported. Large hail fell east and northeast of Shawnee, and some hail was observed near the entire path of the tornado.

This tornado touched down 3 miles southwest of Drumright in Payne County and struck the Oak Grove Community at about 3:55 pm CST, heavily damaging the school.  The tornado moved east-northeast into Drumright a few minutes later, causing extensive damage through the northwestern portion of the community. Six people were killed in a nursing home and another 6 persons died at various locations in the city.

It continued moving northeast and struck the community of Olive, destroying parts of the school along with 2 mobile homes and several frame homes. One person was killed in Olive. The tornado then continued on a northeasterly course and damaged Pier 51 on Lake Keystone. It destroyed several mobile homes about 7 miles west-southwest of Sperry and one person was killed in this area. The tornado then turned a more north-northeasterly track and produced damage to several brick homes west of Skiatook before it dissipated.

The tornado killed a total of 14 people, including 12 in Drumright, one in the town of Olive, and one near Sperry. Approximately 150 people were injured along the path of the storm.

The second tornado to strike the Tulsa area on June 8, 1974 also touched down at 5:50 pm CST near Sapulpa and moved into Tulsa near 91st Street and Elwood Avenue. At the Riverside Airport, the anemometer pegged 100 knots for several minutes. The tornado moved in an east-northeastward direction causing extensive damage to Oral Roberts University (ORU) and the residential additions of Walnut Creek and Southridge Estates which are adjacent to the ORU campus. Extensive damage also occurred at the Player Park housing addition north of 71st Street.

The tornado continued in the east-northeasterly direction, and caused damage at or near Broken Arrow, Inola, and Chouteau before dissipating. The damage path was 45 miles long and up to 100 yards wide. A total of 42 persons were injured by the tornado.

A small tornado touched down on the Turner Turnpike where a motor home was picked up and carried into oncoming traffic lanes. The tornado dropped the motor home against a station wagon, and a female passenger in the motor home was killed.

This tornado touched down 0.5 miles southwest of Kiefer and damaged a house at that location before moving into a mobile home park. Two mobile homes were destroyed, a third mobile home was overturned, and three people were injured. A church was also damaged along the 3-mile path. One additional house, which had just been repaired after being damaged by another tornado on April 19, 1981, was damaged again. Total damage estimates exceeded $100,000.

This tornado touched down just north of Oilton in Creek County and moved northeastward across Terlton, OK in Pawnee County at 1013 pm CST. It dissipated just west of Westport, OK in Pawnee County. A total of 120 structures were either damaged or destroyed. Three people were killed and 37 more persons injured. Damages were estimated at $2.5 million.

This tornado touched down 2.8 miles north and 6.3 miles east of Shamrock in Creek County and moved northward along a 26-mile path through Pawnee and Osage counties. The tornado struck the Olive area, then moved through Mannford and New Prue before dissipating just northeast of New Prue. The storm did considerable damage in Mannford and New Prue. One person was killed and 60 people were injured. Damage estimates for the storm were near $10 million.

Severe thunderstorms developed in northeast Oklahoma during the morning of June 9th. The storms produced a total of two tornadoes, as well as large hail and damaging winds. The first tornado touched down briefly in the town of Shamrock at 6:25 am CST. The tornado damaged several buildings in Shamrock, and one woman was injured when her mobile home was overturned by the tornado. Trees were also uprooted by this F0 tornado.

A record outbreak of tornadoes struck Oklahoma from late afternoon of May 3, 1999, through early morning of May 4, 1999. A total of 58 tornadoes were recorded across portions of western and central Oklahoma of the NWS Norman, Oklahoma County Warning Area (CWA). An additional 5 tornadoes were reported across eastern Oklahoma from late evening of May 3rd through the early morning of May 4th, and are listed under the eastern Oklahoma portion of Storm Data, provided by the National Weather Service Office in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

All direct fatalities (40) and all direct injuries (675) occurred in the Norman National Weather Service warning area. The most notable tornado was rated F5 and formed over Grady County near Amber and tracked northeast for 37 miles eventually into the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. Bridge Creek, Oklahoma City, Moore, Del City, and Midwest City suffered tremendous damage. Thirty-six direct fatalities and 583 direct injuries were recorded. There were many other significant tornadoes as well, including F4 tornadoes in Kingfisher and Logan Counties, and F3 tornadoes in Caddo, Grady, Kingfisher, Logan, and Lincoln Counties. There were 8 tornadic producing thunderstorms, called supercells, and most of them spawned numerous tornadoes, one after another. Occasionally, these thunderstorms spawned tornadoes at the same time.

This tornado formed 3 miles north-northeast of Sparks in Lincoln County. From this point extending north-northeast toward Davenport, only sporadic tree damage was observed. The tornado then inflicted scattered and mostly minor damage to houses and businesses in southeast portions of Davenport consistent with a high F0/low F1 rating, however a house just south of Davenport did lose more than half its roof.

The tornado then continued northeastward toward Stroud remaining nearly parallel with U.S. Interstate Highway I-44 and OK State Route 66. In Stroud, the three largest employers of Stroud were heavily damaged. On the west side of Stroud along OK State Highway 66, the tornado hit the Sygma food distribution warehouse. The southeast section of the warehouse, a large free-span structure, suffered significant damage. Three semi-trucks at the warehouse were overturned. Some of the girders and siding from the warehouse were thrown to the northwest across OK State Highway 66.

Farther east along OK State Highway 66 the Stroud Municipal Hospital suffered significant roof damage, which then caused significant water damage within the hospital. The pattern of the trees that were felled adjacent to the hospital suggested a multiple-vortex structure to the tornado at this point. Damage was estimated to be F2 along OK State Highway 66.

As the tornado continued to move northeast along the I-44 turnpike, a McDonald's received minor damage, while an adjacent gas station had all its windows blown out. Semi-trucks parked in the gas station parking lot were also destroyed. On the north side of the turnpike on Old Stroud Road, a group of seven mobile homes was completely destroyed, three of which were occupied. However, none were occupied when the tornado struck. The degree of destruction of these mobile homes indicated an F2 rating in this area.

To the north, a large house being built (although most of the exterior of the house was completed) suffered roof and siding damage, especially on the east side. Much of the newly-laid interior wood flooring was destroyed by water. A number of homes in a neighborhood on the south side of the turnpike were damaged. At least two houses lost roofs with more minor roof and siding damage to others.

Some of the worst damage, rated F3, occurred near the Tanger Outlet Mall, which was hit next by the tornado. Almost all of the stores suffered at least roof damage, however a section of 7 store fronts was destroyed. This section included four stores: Dress Barn, Corning, Mikasa, and a housewares store. At the eastern most section of the building, the exterior walls of the Levi's store collapsed inward. This store was a couple of hundred yards away from the other destroyed section. Local officials from Stroud had evacuated the mall before the tornado struck (approximately 2139 CST), and thus there were no fatalities or injuries in this area.

Just south of the outlet mall, a Best Western motel lost part of its roof, and a Wendy's restaurant suffered a partially collapsed roof and broken windows. North of the outlet mall, a number of homes were damaged or destroyed in the Midway mobile home park. As the tornado moved northeast out of Stroud, a number of high-tension electrical towers were downed, and a few trees were downed before the tornado moved into Creek County about one mile north of the turnpike, dissipating south of Stroud Lake.

This tornado continued on into Creek County, travelling on the ground for two miles before lifting just northwest of Milfay. Fortunately, in Creek County, the tornado travelled through an unpopulated rural area and was only responsible for tree damage.