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| Tornadoes by Month | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
| 1 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 61 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 98 |
| Tornadoes by Intensity | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F? | F0 | F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | Total |
| 20 | 3 | 26 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 98 |
| Tornado Number |
Date | Time (CST) |
Length of Path (miles) |
Width of Path (yards) |
F-Scale | Killed | Injured | County | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 01/14/1960 | 0600 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Pontotoc | 2 SE Fitzhugh |
| 2 | 02/09/1960 | 1445 | 8 | 200 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Ottawa | Near Miami - 3 E Quapaw |
| 3 | 02/09/1960 | 1545 | 0.3 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Craig | 7 NW Welch |
| 4 | 02/20/1960 | 1530 | 9 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Blaine | Near Greenfield - 6 S Omega |
| 5 | 03/28/1960 | 1830 | 24 | 200 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Ellis | 3 NW Shattuck - extreme NE Ellis County |
| 6 | 03/31/1960 | 1800 | 0.2 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Kay | 2 SW Blackwell |
| 7 | 03/31/1960 | 1820 | 2 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Garfield | 4 SE Garber |
| 8 | 03/31/1960 | 1915 | 1.5 | 17 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Garfield | 2 E Covington |
| 9 | 03/31/1960 | 1920 | 2 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Noble | 5 E Perry |
| 10 | 04/12/1960 | 1200 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 3 | Harper | Near Laverne |
| 11 | 04/12/1960 | 1830 | 0.2 | 300 | F? | 0 | 0 | Cimarron | 7 SW Boise City |
| 12 | 04/16/1960 | 1640 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | Near Sperry |
| 13 | 04/16/1960 | 2005 | 0.1 | 50 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Garfield | 4 W Waukomis |
| 14 | 04/16/1960 | 2130 | 1 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Craig | Near Banzet |
| 15 | 04/16/1960 | 2215 | 4 | 200 | F2 | 0 | 2 | Craig | 3 NW Big Cabin |
| 16 | 04/28/1960 | 1900 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Blaine | SE of Watonga |
| 17 | 04/28/1960 | 1900 | 3 | 100 | F3 | 0 | 0 | Caddo | 1.5 SW of Oney (which is now Albert) |
| 18 | 04/28/1960 | 1945 | 4 | 200 | F2 | 0 | 1 | Grady | 2 S Pocassett |
| 19 | 04/28/1960 | 1945 | 3 | 200 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Grady | 2 NE Amber |
| 20 | 04/28/1960 | 1945 | 4 | 200 | F3 | 0 | 2 | Grady | 1.5 N- 3 ENE Pocassett |
| 21 | 04/28/1960 | 1945 | 2 | 300 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Grady | Pocassett |
| 22 | 04/28/1960 | 2050 | 1.5 | 200 | F3 | 0 | 1 | Grady | Tuttle |
| 23 | 04/28/1960 | 2055 | 12 | 333 | F3 | 0 | 57 | Oklahoma | South part of Oklahoma City |
| 24 | 04/28/1960 | 2058 | 8 | 500 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Cleveland | W and N of Moore |
| 25 | 04/28/1960 | 2100 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Cleveland | 13 NE Lexington |
| 26 | 04/28/1960 | 2105 | 4 | 400 | F2 | 0 | 6 | Cleveland | Moore |
| 27 | 04/28/1960 | 2345 | 6 | 800 | F2 | 3 | 1 | Seminole | 4 W- 4 NW Cromwell |
| 28 | 04/29/1960 | 1415 | 0.1 | 10 | F? | 0 | 0 | Kay | 1.5 N Blackwell |
| 29 | 05/03/1960 | 1930 | 0.5 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Woodward | 6 SE Woodward |
| 30 | 05/04/1960 | 1740 | 1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Tillman | 7 SW Grandfield |
| 31 | 05/04/1960 | 1740 | 1 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Tillman | 4 S Grandfield |
| 32 | 05/04/1960 | 1800 | 5 | 150 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Cotton | Walters |
| 33 | 05/04/1960 | 1830 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 3 | Comanche | 1.5 SW Richards Spur |
| 34 | 05/04/1960 | 1843 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Cotton | S of Temple |
| 35 | 05/04/1960 | 1845 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Comanche | NE of Letitia |
| 36 | 05/04/1960 | 1858 | 0.1 | 10 | F3 | 0 | 0 | Stephens | 6 SW - 3 SE Marlow |
| 37 | 05/04/1960 | 1945 | 5 | 50 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Cleveland | Noble - 5 NE Noble |
| 38 | 05/04/1960 | 1945 | 18 | 10 | F3 | 0 | 6 | Pontotoc | Oil Center |
| 39 | 05/04/1960 | 1955 | 5 | 400 | F3 | 0 | 4 | Oklahoma | Bethany |
| 40 | 05/04/1960 | 2005 | 8 | 10 | F4 | 0 | 0 | Pottawatomie/ Seminole | 2 W- 5 N Konawa |
| 41 | 05/04/1960 | 2116 | 31 | 150 | F4 | 0 | 3 | Choctaw/ Pushmataha | Soper; near Snow [not continuous] |
| 42 | 05/05/1960 | 1338 | 0.1 | 10 | F? | 0 | 0 | Tillman | S of Frederick |
| 43 | 05/05/1960 | 1445 | 7 | 200 | F3 | 0 | 0 | Garvin | Wallville |
| 44 | 05/05/1960 | 1500 | 102 | 400 | F3 | 0 | 0 | Cleveland/ Pottawatomie/ Lincoln/ Creek/ Tulsa | SW of Corbett - Tribbey- Macomb -2 W Tecumseh; near Bellmont - Depew - 4 W Sand Springs [tornado family] |
| 45 | 05/05/1960 | 1700 | 72 | 800 | F5 | 5 | 81 | Pottawatomie/ Lincoln/ Okfuskee/ Creek | S of Shawnee- between Paden and Prague- Iron Post- Sapulpa- NE of Sapulpa |
| 46 | 05/05/1960 | 1807 | 4 | 500 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Pittsburg | McAlester |
| 47 | 05/05/1960 | 1816 | 0.8 | 150 | F3 | 2 | 15 | Okmulgee | Hoffman |
| 48 | 05/05/1960 | 1820 | 5 | 100 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Muskogee | W of Jamesville - S of Haskell |
| 49 | 05/05/1960 | 1830 | 37 | 500 | F2 | 0 | 2 | Craig/ Ottawa | E of Vinita - near I-44 at Missouri State Line |
| 50 | 05/05/1960 | 1900 | 6 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Garvin | Near Wynnewood |
| 51 | 05/05/1960 | 1910 | 62 | 200 | F4 | 16 | 106 | Latimer/ Haskell/ Sequoyah | Wilburton- Keota- SW of Sallisaw |
| 52 | 05/05/1960 | 1910 | 12 | 200 | F2 | 2 | 6 | McIntosh | Near- 12 N Eufaula Dam |
| 53 | 05/05/1960 | 1920 | 5 | 200 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Wagoner | Wagoner |
| 54 | 05/05/1960 | 1930 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 6 | Rogers | 3 SE Tiawah |
| 55 | 05/05/1960 | 1930 | 5 | 10 | F3 | 1 | 0 | Sequoyah | SW- NE of Moffett |
| 56 | 05/05/1960 | 1940 | 5 | 10 | F4 | 5 | 13 | Sequoyah | Roland |
| 57 | 05/05/1960 | 2040 | 5 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Cherokee | Near Welling |
| 58 | 05/05/1960 | 2050 | 1 | 400 | F2 | 0 | 0 | McIntosh | Eufaula |
| 59 | 05/05/1960 | 2100 | 6 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Mayes | Cedar Crest Area |
| 60 | 05/05/1960 | 2130 | 24 | 10 | F3 | 1 | 0 | Le Flore/ Sequoyah | Bokoshe - near Akins |
| 61 | 05/16/1960 | 2015 | 0.1 | 10 | F? | 0 | 0 | Creek | Near Hayburn Lake |
| 62 | 05/17/1960 | 2105 | 0.1 | 10 | F? | 0 | 0 | Kingfisher | 10 SW Hennessey |
| 63 | 05/18/1960 | 1515 | 0.5 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Garvin | 4 NW Pauls Valley |
| 64 | 05/18/1960 | 1600 | 0.3 | 100 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Marshall | Just N of Oakland |
| 65 | 05/18/1960 | 1700 | 0.5 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Rogers | 5 W Claremore |
| 66 | 05/18/1960 | 1730 | 0.1 | 10 | F? | 0 | 0 | Washington | Ramona |
| 67 | 05/18/1960 | 1843 | 0.1 | 10 | F? | 0 | 0 | Jackson | 4 SE Humphreys |
| 68 | 05/19/1960 | 1600 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Caddo | SE of Anadarko |
| 69 | 05/19/1960 | 1600 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Caddo/ Grady | N of Verden - near Dutton |
| 70 | 05/19/1960 | 1625 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Cleveland | Moore |
| 71 | 05/19/1960 | 1650 | 0.1 | 10 | F? | 0 | 0 | Stephens | 2 E Duncan |
| 72 | 05/19/1960 | 1835 | 0.1 | 10 | F? | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | Tulsa |
| 73 | 05/19/1960 | 1900 | 5 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Rogers | 3 W Foyil |
| 74 | 05/19/1960 | 1920 | 0.1 | 10 | F? | 0 | 0 | Muskogee | Boynton |
| 75 | 05/19/1960 | 1922 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Wagoner | Near Porter |
| 76 | 05/19/1960 | 1930 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Mayes | 7 W Pryor |
| 77 | 05/19/1960 | 2050 | 0.1 | 10 | F? | 0 | 0 | Sequoyah | S of Sallisaw |
| 78 | 05/19/1960 | 2320 | 0.1 | 10 | F? | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | S of Broken Arrow |
| 79 | 05/19/1960 | 2320 | 0.1 | 10 | F? | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | S of Broken Arrow |
| 80 | 05/20/1960 | 0031 | 0.1 | 10 | F? | 0 | 0 | Choctaw | Frogville |
| 81 | 05/20/1960 | 0600 | 0.8 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | McCurtain | E of Idabel |
| 82 | 05/23/1960 | 1830 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 1 | Caddo | Carnegie |
| 83 | 05/23/1960 | 1830 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Caddo | Near Carnegie |
| 84 | 05/23/1960 | 1830 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Caddo | Near Carnegie |
| 85 | 05/23/1960 | 2030 | 1.5 | 33 | F1 | 0 | 0 | McClain | 2 NW Newcastle |
| 86 | 05/23/1960 | 2100 | 0.1 | 10 | F? | 0 | 0 | Stephens | 6 W Duncan |
| 87 | 05/27/1960 | 2135 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Kingfisher | 5 NE Kingfisher |
| 88 | 05/28/1960 | 1600 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Woods | E of Dacoma |
| 89 | 05/28/1960 | 2130 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Custer | 4 W Custer City |
| 90 | 06/07/1960 | 1800 | 0.8 | 100 | F3 | 0 | 0 | Jackson | 2 SSW Olustee (Olustee airport) |
| 91 | 06/15/1960 | 0100 | 0.1 | 10 | F? | 0 | 0 | Beaver | 4.5 S Gray |
| 92 | 07/21/1960 | 1455 | 0.1 | 10 | F? | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | 5 SW Tulsa |
| 93 | 07/24/1960 | 1600 | 0.1 | 10 | F? | 0 | 0 | Wagoner | 3 N Wagoner |
| 94 | 07/29/1960 | 1830 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Garfield | Near Enid |
| 95 | 08/07/1960 | 2315 | 5 | 200 | F3 | 0 | 0 | Ottawa | 2 N Quapaw |
| 96 | 08/09/1960 | 1200 | 0.1 | 10 | F? | 0 | 0 | Cotton | Just S of Temple |
| 97 | 09/20/1960 | 1330 | 0.1 | 10 | F? | 0 | 0 | Pontotoc | N of Lula |
| 98 | 11/15/1960 | 1420 | 1 | 50 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Cherokee | 11 SE Tahlequah |