Extreme heat is waning over the Pacific Northwest. Dry, gusty winds, and isolated dry thunderstorms will bring critical fire weather to the Pacific Northwest and Intermountain West. Heavy rain and thunderstorms continue across portions of the Great Basin, Rockies, and central/southern Plains into the Ozarks. An atmospheric river will bring heavy rain and strong winds to southwest Alaska. Read More >
Tornadoes by Month | ||||||||||||
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 76 |
Tornadoes by Intensity | |||||||
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F? | F0 | F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | Total |
0 | 8 | 39 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 76 |
Tornado Number |
Date | Time (CST) |
Length of Path (miles) |
Width of Path (yards) |
F-Scale | Killed | Injured | County | Location |
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1 | 01/18/1973 | 0220 | 5 | 30 | F2 | 0 | 4 | Seminole | Near Seminole |
2 | 03/13/1973 | 1153 | 5 | 100 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Greer | Granite |
3 | 03/13/1973 | 1227 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 5 | Comanche | Near Geronimo |
4 | 03/13/1973 | 1235 | 7 | 33 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Cotton | 1 N- 6 E Temple |
5 | 03/13/1973 | 1250 | 0.5 | 33 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Jefferson | S of Waurika |
6 | 03/13/1973 | 1508 | 52 | 250 | F2 | 0 | 1 | Kay OK/ Cowley KS | Newkirk OK - 6 ENE Atlanta KS [not continuous path in Kansas] |
7 | 03/24/1973 | 1340 | 0.5 | 17 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Jefferson | Near Terrell |
8 | 03/28/1973 | 1640 | 28 | 33 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Craig/ Ottawa | 15 W Welch - near Miami |
9 | 04/15/1973 | 1745 | 0.2 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Lincoln | Near Carney |
10 | 04/19/1973 | 2300 | 2 | 83 | F2 | 0 | 4 | Stephens | Near Velma |
11 | 04/19/1973 | 2345 | 17 | 250 | F2 | 0 | 2 | Garvin | S of- just E of- N of Pauls Valley |
12 | 04/20/1973 | 0015 | 8 | 100 | F3 | 0 | 21 | Pontotoc | W part of Ada |
13 | 04/21/1973 | 2000 | 0.1 | 120 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Craig | Near Ketchum |
14 | 04/21/1973 | 2040 | 5 | 40 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Craig/ Ottawa | 5 E Vinita - 1 SW Afton |
15 | 04/30/1973 | 2020 | 13 | 100 | F2 | 0 | 6 | Alfalfa/ Grant | NE side of Great Salt Plains Reservoir - W of Medford |
16 | 04/30/1973 | 2035 | 1 | 33 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Garfield | Near Drummond |
17 | 04/30/1973 | 2125 | 0.4 | 67 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Kay | Near Chilocco |
18 | 05/01/1973 | 0900 | 1 | 150 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Texas | 4 SW Hooker |
19 | 05/01/1973 | 1345 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Cherokee | near Moodys |
20 | 05/06/1973 | 1400 | 9 | 70 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Seminole | SW of Seminole - N of Seminole |
21 | 05/06/1973 | 1800 | 5 | 40 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Pittsburg | near Featherston |
22 | 05/06/1973 | 1910 | 1 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Grant | ~5 W Deer Creek |
23 | 05/18/1973 | 1800 | 9 | 33 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Kay | 5 NW- 5 NE Braman |
24 | 05/22/1973 | 2130 | 4 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Tillman | 2 W Frederick - Frederick |
25 | 05/23/1973 | 0015 | 1 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Pontotoc | 4 SW Konawa |
26 | 05/23/1973 | 0030 | 0.5 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Seminole | 1 NE Konawa |
27 | 05/24/1973 | 1600 | 0.4 | 33 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Comanche | Near Lawton |
28 | 05/24/1973 | 1600 | 13 | 300 | F4 | 2 | 4 | Canadian | WNW of Union City- Union City- SE of Union City |
29 | 05/26/1973 | 1500 | 0.3 | 100 | F3 | 0 | 3 | Washington | 6 N Copan |
30 | 05/26/1973 | 1500 | 2 | 33 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | E of Broken Arrow |
31 | 05/26/1973 | 1530 | 11 | 60 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Mayes | S of Chouteau - near Locust Grove |
32 | 05/26/1973 | 1600 | 4 | 500 | F4 | 5 | 25 | Muskogee | .25 WSW Keefeton- Keefeton- 3 ENE Keefeton |
33 | 05/26/1973 | 1640 | 19 | 250 | F3 | 0 | 6 | Sequoyah | N of Gore - Box - near Marble City |
34 | 05/26/1973 | 2000 | 6 | 200 | F2 | 0 | 0 | McIntosh | Near Checotah |
35 | 05/26/1973 | 2010 | 16 | 80 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Pittsburg | 3 S Ashland - 4 SE Savanna |
36 | 05/26/1973 | 2100 | 1.5 | 33 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Le Flore | Wister |
37 | 06/02/1973 | 0015 | n/a | 100 | F2 | 0 | 2 | Comanche | Near Geronimo |
38 | 06/02/1973 | 1455 | 0.5 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Cherokee | 2 W Hulbert |
39 | 06/02/1973 | 1900 | 0.5 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Mayes | 7 SE Chouteau |
40 | 06/03/1973 | 1630 | 0.1 | 23 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Harper | 8 NW Buffalo |
41 | 06/04/1973 | 0045 | 6 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Love | S of Marietta |
42 | 06/04/1973 | 1800 | 12 | 100 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Kay/ Osage | 3 S- 11 E of Ponca City |
43 | 06/04/1973 | 1800 | 2 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Canadian | 2 NE Yukon |
44 | 06/04/1973 | 1830 | 1.5 | 33 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Creek | 3 E- 6 E Oilton |
45 | 06/04/1973 | 1900 | 1.5 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Osage | 4 E Barnsdall |
46 | 06/04/1973 | 1912 | 0.4 | 17 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Cleveland | Norman (3 W NSSL) |
47 | 06/04/1973 | 2058 | 0.5 | 17 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Lincoln | SE of Meeker |
48 | 06/04/1973 | 2148 | 0.2 | 17 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Garvin | .5 S Stratford |
49 | 06/04/1973 | 2330 | 0.5 | 17 | F1 | 0 | 1 | Carter | Near Ardmore |
50 | 06/16/1973 | 1730 | 31 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 2 | Pittsburg/ Haskell | 6 N McAlester - near Hoyt |
51 | 06/16/1973 | 1920 | 0.1 | 40 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Adair | 1 E Westville |
52 | 06/18/1973 | 1630 | 3 | 40 | F3 | 0 | 0 | Osage | 4 E- 6 ESE Hominy |
53 | 06/18/1973 | 1645 | 17 | 133 | F3 | 0 | 0 | Caddo | 5 W Binger - 4 E Carnegie |
54 | 06/18/1973 | 1700 | 0.5 | 83 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Kiowa | 10 SW Carnegie |
55 | 06/18/1973 | 1750 | 0.5 | 100 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Tillman | 9 ENE Frederick |
56 | 06/18/1973 | 1750 | 0.5 | 40 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Tillman | 2 NE Frederick |
57 | 06/18/1973 | 1800 | 0.5 | 67 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Caddo | 8 WSW Anadarko |
58 | 06/18/1973 | 1815 | 3 | 50 | F3 | 0 | 58 | Tillman | Frederick |
59 | 06/18/1973 | 1825 | 0.2 | 13 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Tillman | Frederick |
60 | 06/18/1973 | 1900 | 4 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 1 | Grady | S of Rush Springs |
61 | 07/06/1973 | 1720 | 0.5 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | McCurtain | 7 W Idabel |
62 | 08/10/1973 | 1730 | 0.4 | 17 | F1 | 0 | 0 | McIntosh | 3 N Checotah |
63 | 09/03/1973 | 1720 | 16 | 40 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Payne/ Lincoln | 2 SE Ripley - near Carney |
64 | 09/04/1973 | 1358 | 16 | 200 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Kay | 2 N Tonkawa - 3 NE Ponca City |
65 | 09/24/1973 | 1840 | 21 | 100 | F3 | 0 | 14 | Craig/ Ottawa | 2 NE Vinita - SE edge of Miami |
66 | 10/10/1973 | 0730 | 36 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Beckham/ Roger Mills | 5 W Sayre - near Angora |
67 | 10/10/1973 | 1805 | 0.1 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Garfield | 3 W Enid |
68 | 10/11/1973 | 0115 | 5 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Oklahoma | Oklahoma City (SW 89th/May - SE 22nd/Byers) |
69 | 11/19/1973 | 1715 | 4 | 40 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Ellis | S and E of Arnett |
70 | 11/19/1973 | 1930 | 24 | 500 | F3 | 5 | 36 | McClain/ Cleveland/ Oklahoma | Blanchard - Moore - Del City - SE Oklahoma City |
71 | 11/19/1973 | 1940 | 6 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 2 | Kingfisher | Near Hennessey |
72 | 11/19/1973 | 1945 | 14 | 60 | F2 | 0 | 6 | Kay | 8 SW Tonkawa - Tonkawa - 6 NE Tonkawa |
73 | 11/19/1973 | 2010 | 3 | 150 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Kay | Blackwell |
74 | 11/20/1973 | 0001 | 0.5 | 30 | F1 | 0 | 7 | Rogers | 4 SE Collinsville |
75 | 11/23/1973 | 2230 | 1 | 40 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Mayes | 6 SE Pryor |
76 | 11/24/1973 | 1635 | 12 | 40 | F1 | 0 | 0 | McCurtain | Just NW of Glover - near Broken Bow Lake |