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| Tornadoes by Month | ||||||||||||
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 44 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 76 |
| Tornadoes by Intensity | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F? | F0 | F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | Total |
| 0 | 15 | 34 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 76 |
| Tornado Number |
Date | Time (CST) |
Length of Path (miles) |
Width of Path (yards) |
F-Scale | Killed | Injured | County | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 03/04/1981 | 1625 | 0.3 | 13 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Ellis | 2 N Shattuck |
| 2 | 04/03/1981 | 1900 | 2 | 33 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Choctaw | Near Boswell |
| 3 | 04/11/1981 | 1900 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Kiowa | unknown specific location |
| 4 | 04/12/1981 | 1830 | 1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Kiowa | 8 W Roosevelt |
| 5 | 04/19/1981 | 2010 | 5 | 200 | F3 | 0 | 7 | Tulsa | Tulsa (moved ENE from Yale and 66th St) |
| 6 | 04/19/1981 | 2020 | 4 | 600 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Creek | 3 W-1.5 ENE Kiefer |
| 7 | 04/19/1981 | 2030 | 3 | 100 | F3 | 0 | 0 | Creek | Mounds |
| 8 | 04/19/1981 | 2035 | 0.5 | 10 | F3 | 0 | 1 | Tulsa | Broken Arrow |
| 9 | 04/19/1981 | 2045 | 10 | 880 | F3 | 5 | 49 | Tulsa | 1.5 S Glenpool - S of Bixby |
| 10 | 04/22/1981 | 1715 | 20 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Jefferson | 5 NE Addington - 6 S Ringling |
| 11 | 04/30/1981 | 2000 | 32 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Caddo/ Grady | near Gracemont - Anadarko - near Rush Springs |
| 12 | 04/30/1981 | 2015 | 29 | 10 | F2 | 1 | 4 | Grady | Near Minco - Chickasha - S of Rush Springs [not continuous] |
| 13 | 05/13/1981 | 1545 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Coal | E of Lula |
| 14 | 05/13/1981 | 1610 | 5 | 100 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Coal | Near Lehigh |
| 15 | 05/13/1981 | 1635 | 2 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Atoka | 4 NE Atoka |
| 16 | 05/13/1981 | 1730 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Pushmataha | 5 W Antlers |
| 17 | 05/17/1981 | 1425 | 19 | 33 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Kay | Just NE of Blackwell - ~8 NNW Newkirk |
| 18 | 05/17/1981 | 1530 | 1 | 33 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Garfield | 2 E Garber |
| 19 | 05/17/1981 | 1630 | 0.5 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Noble | 5 E Marland |
| 20 | 05/17/1981 | 1646 | 4 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | McClain/ Cleveland | 3 SSW Noble |
| 21 | 05/17/1981 | 1700 | 1.9 | 50 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Oklahoma | 2 SW Arcadia - just NW of Lake Hiwassee |
| 22 | 05/17/1981 | 1724 | 1 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Cleveland | Norman (SH-9 S of Lake Thunderbird) |
| 23 | 05/17/1981 | 1810 | 10 | 587 | F3 | 0 | 6 | Pottawatomie | 4 SSW Tecumseh - ~3 NW Earlsboro |
| 24 | 05/17/1981 | 1815 | 2 | 67 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Osage | S of Shidler |
| 25 | 05/17/1981 | 1845 | 3 | 200 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Seminole | 4 NNW Seminole - 1.5 SSW Little |
| 26 | 05/17/1981 | 1900 | 34 | 600 | F4 | 0 | 2 | Seminole/ Okfuskee/ Okmulgee | 2 SSE Little- N of Okemah- W edge of Lake Okmulgee |
| 27 | 05/17/1981 | 1900 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Osage | 20 NNE Pawhuska |
| 28 | 05/17/1981 | 1920 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Osage | near KS state line NNE of Pawhuska |
| 29 | 05/17/1981 | 2010 | 15 | 350 | F3 | 0 | 0 | Seminole/ Okfuskee | SW of Cromwell - just NE of Okemah |
| 30 | 05/17/1981 | 2200 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Muskogee | Greenleaf State Park |
| 31 | 05/22/1981 | 1617 | 7 | 200 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Washita | 2 NW Cordell - E of Bessie |
| 32 | 05/22/1981 | 1725 | 1 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Washita | 2 E Lake Valley |
| 33 | 05/22/1981 | 1807 | 5 | 300 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Washita/ Caddo | 3 ESE- ~6 ENE Cowden |
| 34 | 05/22/1981 | 1815 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Custer | SW of Arapaho |
| 35 | 05/22/1981 | 1829 | 0.3 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Caddo | Swan Lake (NE shore of Ft. Cobb Lake) |
| 36 | 05/22/1981 | 1830 | 15 | 100 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Kiowa/ Washita/ Caddo | N of Mountain View - 6 N Alfalfa |
| 37 | 05/22/1981 | 1830 | 10 | 200 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Custer | near Foss Dam - just W of Arapaho |
| 38 | 05/22/1981 | 1849 | 17 | 1333 | F4 | 0 | 0 | Caddo/ Canadian | 1 W Binger- 11 WNW Union City |
| 39 | 05/22/1981 | 1900 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Custer | NW of Clinton |
| 40 | 05/22/1981 | 1932 | 2 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Canadian | 5 WNW Union City |
| 41 | 05/22/1981 | 1955 | 10 | 267 | F3 | 0 | 12 | Custer | SW of Clinton - Clinton - E of Arapaho |
| 42 | 05/22/1981 | 2140 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Blaine | 5 W Greenfield |
| 43 | 05/23/1981 | 0100 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Osage | Near Hominy |
| 44 | 05/23/1981 | 1500 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Creek | 2 E Bristow |
| 45 | 05/23/1981 | 1600 | 2 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Garvin | E of Katie |
| 46 | 05/23/1981 | 1630 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Nowata | Near Lenapah |
| 47 | 05/23/1981 | 1705 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Murray | Sulphur (Sulphur Hills Golf Course) |
| 48 | 05/23/1981 | 1725 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Pottawatomie | Near Shawnee |
| 49 | 05/23/1981 | 1730 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Pottawatomie | Shawnee (N of I-40 and Kickapoo) |
| 50 | 05/23/1981 | 1730 | 15 | 100 | F2 | 0 | 3 | Washington/ Nowata | 1 E Copan - near South Coffeyville |
| 51 | 05/23/1981 | 1735 | 5 | 100 | F2 | 0 | 3 | Nowata | Near South Coffeyville |
| 52 | 05/23/1981 | 1858 | 10 | 100 | F3 | 0 | 0 | Bryan | 7 NW of Durant - W edge of Durant - near Calera |
| 53 | 05/23/1981 | 1900 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Bryan | Lake Texoma |
| 54 | 05/23/1981 | 1918 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Delaware | E of Colcord |
| 55 | 05/28/1981 | 1545 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Muskogee | Near Greenleaf Lake |
| 56 | 05/28/1981 | 1900 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Kiowa | Near Hobart |
| 57 | 06/01/1981 | 1900 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Caddo | Near Binger |
| 58 | 06/02/1981 | 1700 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Texas | Near Guymon |
| 59 | 06/03/1981 | 2030 | 1 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 2 | Oklahoma | SW Oklahoma City |
| 60 | 06/11/1981 | 1800 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Cimarron | NE of Boise City |
| 61 | 06/14/1981 | 2150 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Pottawatomie | Near Shawnee |
| 62 | 06/15/1981 | 0005 | 3 | 100 | F2 | 0 | 3 | Creek | Near Kiefer |
| 63 | 06/30/1981 | 1520 | 0.3 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 1 | Cleveland | Norman |
| 64 | 07/08/1981 | 0415 | 0.5 | 20 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Woods | 4 E Waynoka |
| 65 | 07/16/1981 | 1430 | 22 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Kay | 5 SW Tonkawa - near Peckham |
| 66 | 07/20/1981 | 1930 | 0.5 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 5 | Tulsa | Near Broken Arrow |
| 67 | 07/21/1981 | 1500 | 0.5 | 30 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Le Flore | SW of Pocola |
| 68 | 07/21/1981 | 1830 | 0.5 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Mayes | Near Pryor |
| 69 | 08/15/1981 | 1345 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Garfield | 7 SW Enid |
| 70 | 08/15/1981 | 1500 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Jackson | 2 NW Martha |
| 71 | 09/11/1981 | 1930 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Alfalfa | near Cherokee |
| 72 | 09/13/1981 | 1610 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Pushmataha | near Antlers |
| 73 | 10/05/1981 | 1845 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Kingfisher | 14 SW Kingfisher |
| 74 | 10/13/1981 | 1800 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Choctaw | Unger |
| 75 | 10/17/1981 | 0345 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 2 | Jefferson | near Hastings |
| 76 | 11/03/1981 | 1130 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Garfield | near Enid |
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