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Tornadoes by Month | ||||||||||||
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Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
0 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 70 |
Tornadoes by Intensity | |||||||
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F? | F0 | F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | Total |
0 | 12 | 29 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 70 |
Tornado Number |
Date | Time (CST) |
Length of Path (miles) |
Width of Path (yards) |
F-Scale | Killed | Injured | County | Location |
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1 | 02/09/1959 | 2100 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Garvin | 4 W Erin Springs |
2 | 02/09/1959 | 2130 | 4 | 500 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Lincoln | Just E of Prague |
3 | 03/04/1959 | 2300 | 0.8 | 50 | F2 | 0 | 0 | McCurtain | Near Idabel |
4 | 03/20/1959 | 1345 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Kiowa | 3 S Mountain View |
5 | 03/25/1959 | 1230 | 2 | 50 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Woods | Alva |
6 | 03/25/1959 | 1300 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Jackson | SW of Blair |
7 | 03/25/1959 | 1445 | 0.5 | 200 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Canadian | 1 N El Reno |
8 | 03/25/1959 | 1448 | 6 | 40 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Caddo | Near Anadarko |
9 | 03/25/1959 | 1610 | 4 | 50 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Carter | Near Ardmore |
10 | 03/25/1959 | 1730 | 1 | 20 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Jefferson | Terral |
11 | 03/25/1959 | 1905 | 12 | 77 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Custer/ Blaine | Just N of Weatherford - Just N of Hydro |
12 | 03/25/1959 | 2130 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Muskogee | 4 E Warner |
13 | 03/31/1959 | 1655 | 3 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Noble | 1 W- 2 N Morrison |
14 | 03/31/1959 | 1700 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 1 | Pawnee | 3 NW Pawnee |
15 | 03/31/1959 | 1810 | 4 | 100 | F3 | 0 | 3 | Creek | Silver City |
16 | 03/31/1959 | 1900 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Love | Enville |
17 | 03/31/1959 | 2000 | 2 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Pittsburg | 7 NW McAlester |
18 | 03/31/1959 | 2050 | 13 | 600 | F3 | 0 | 10 | Marshall | Willis |
19 | 04/17/1959 | 1835 | 1 | 300 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Craig | Near White Oak |
20 | 04/18/1959 | 1635 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Payne | 5 W Stillwater |
21 | 04/18/1959 | 1902 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | 8 S Tulsa |
22 | 05/02/1959 | 1630 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Payne | 1 N Cushing |
23 | 05/02/1959 | 1650 | 0.3 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Payne | 10 NE Stillwater |
24 | 05/03/1959 | 1930 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Dewey | 3 N Leedey |
25 | 05/04/1959 | 1600 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Custer | Stafford |
26 | 05/04/1959 | 1630 | 7 | 300 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Dewey | 6 SE- 9 E Vici |
27 | 05/04/1959 | 1700 | 0.3 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Dewey | SE of Seiling |
28 | 05/04/1959 | 1730 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Alfalfa | Just SW of Helena |
29 | 05/04/1959 | 1930 | 10 | 200 | F2 | 0 | 1 | Beckham | 1.5 SW Carter - Carter - 8 NE Carter |
30 | 05/04/1959 | 2115 | 6 | 300 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Kay | 3 W- 4 NNE Blackwell |
31 | 05/04/1959 | 2200 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Washita | S of Sentinel |
32 | 05/08/1959 | 2300 | 0.5 | 20 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Oklahoma | Oklahoma City |
33 | 05/09/1959 | 1535 | 8 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Osage | 3 W- 6 N Hominy |
34 | 05/09/1959 | 1600 | 5 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Osage | W and N of Wynona |
35 | 05/09/1959 | 1725 | 23 | 880 | F3 | 0 | 3 | Mayes/ Delaware | NE of Strang - just W of Grove |
36 | 05/09/1959 | 1728 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Mayes | 4 E Chouteau |
37 | 05/09/1959 | 1740 | 19 | 300 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa/ Rogers/ Nowata | 5 N Collinsville - 1 E Watovia |
38 | 05/09/1959 | 1800 | 23 | 50 | F3 | 0 | 0 | Rogers/ Nowata | 4 W Talala - 3 SE Nowata |
39 | 05/09/1959 | 1800 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Pittsburg | SW part of McAlester |
40 | 05/09/1959 | 1800 | 0.8 | 880 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Delaware | 4 SE Grove |
41 | 05/09/1959 | 1800 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Hughes | Gerty |
42 | 05/09/1959 | 1840 | 6 | 900 | F4 | 7 | 12 | Pontotoc | N of Harden City- 3 N Stonewall |
43 | 05/09/1959 | 2145 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Craig | 5 N Vinita |
44 | 05/10/1959 | 1500 | 2 | 300 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Seminole | 5 S Konawa |
45 | 05/10/1959 | 1810 | 1.5 | 50 | F2 | 0 | 1 | Sequoyah | 1 N Sallisaw |
46 | 05/17/1959 | 1830 | 5 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Grant | W to NE of Jefferson |
47 | 05/17/1959 | 1855 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Kay | 8 W Braman |
48 | 05/17/1959 | 2030 | 2 | 200 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Grant | Wakita |
49 | 05/19/1959 | 1900 | 23 | 880 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Kiowa/ Comanche | E Kiowa County - NW Comanche County (11 E Mountain Park) |
50 | 05/22/1959 | 0220 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Grady | 5 W Minco |
51 | 05/22/1959 | 0253 | 0.5 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Oklahoma | Bethany |
52 | 05/25/1959 | 2030 | 4 | 440 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Roger Mills | 1 NW- 3 NNE Berlin |
53 | 05/25/1959 | 2305 | 9 | 150 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Custer | 6 SW Arapaho - Arapaho - 2 NE Arapaho |
54 | 05/26/1959 | 1918 | 3 | 60 | F3 | 0 | 8 | Carter | 1 S Clemscot - Graham |
55 | 05/26/1959 | 2010 | 2 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Jefferson | 14 E Waurika |
56 | 05/26/1959 | 2230 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Hughes | Between Calvin and Stuart |
57 | 06/21/1959 | 1830 | 0.1 | 50 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Kiowa | Near Hobart |
58 | 07/22/1959 | 1830 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Kiowa | Near Mountain Park |
59 | 07/22/1959 | 1830 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Kiowa | Near Mountain Park |
60 | 07/22/1959 | 1900 | 0.5 | 440 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Caddo | 1 W Albert |
61 | 08/27/1959 | 0115 | 2 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Choctaw | SW of Hugo - Hugo |
62 | 08/27/1959 | 0120 | 0.1 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Pushmataha | 5 E Antlers |
63 | 08/30/1959 | 1820 | 2 | 100 | F3 | 0 | 1 | Cotton | Devol |
64 | 08/30/1959 | 1830 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Cotton | Randlett |
65 | 08/31/1959 | 1330 | 2 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Okfuskee | Just NW of Castle |
66 | 09/03/1959 | 0745 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | McClain | Near Purcell |
67 | 09/27/1959 | 1800 | 20 | 440 | F4 | 1 | 1 | Craig OK/ Labette KS | S of Hollow OK- SW of Chetopa KS- 3 SE Oswego KS [No fatalities or injures in Oklahoma] |
68 | 10/02/1959 | 1000 | 2 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Nowata | 8 NW Nowata |
69 | 10/04/1959 | 0725 | 4 | 200 | F2 | 0 | 2 | Bryan | 2 W Yuba |
70 | 11/03/1959 | 1800 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | McCurtain | 5 E Idabel |