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Heavy Snow and Gusty Winds in the North-Central US; Freezing Rain Possible in the Northern Plains and Appalachians

Areas of moderate to heavy snow and gusty to high winds are expected across the Northern Plains, Upper Midwest and Great Lakes. Patchy areas of light rain/freezing rain may develop along the rain-snow line over parts of the Northern Plains into the morning. A mix of light snow and freezing rain or drizzle is possible in the central Appalachians that may impact the morning commute. Read More >

SPC
ID #
Date Time
(CST)
Path
Length
(miles)
Path
Width
(yards)
F-Scale Killed Injured County Path
  06/09/1941 0700 3 250   0 3 Woodward Woodward
47-2 04/09/1947 1952 221 3200 F5 169
(101)
980
(782)
Ellis/ Woodward/ Woods .5 SE White Deer TX - 5 NW Pampa TX - Glazier TX - Higgins TX - 4 SE Shattuck - 4 NW Arnett - 3 SE Gage - 2 SE Fargo - Woodward - near Hartner KS - St. Leo KS
  05/15/1949 2130 4 67   0 0 Woodward Near Woodward
  05/20/1949     67   0   Woodward 2.5 E Woodward
53-19 04/28/1953 1500 0.1 25 F0 0 0 Woodward 5 N Woodward
60-29 05/03/1960 1930 0.5 100 F1 0 0 Woodward 6 SE Woodward
79-29 05/09/1979 2030 0.3 15 F1 0 1 Woodward 4 W Woodward
85-10 04/20/1985 2201 15 100 F0 0 0 Woodward 4 N Sharon- S of Woodward
91-58 05/26/1991 1753 2 75 F1 0 0 Woodward 3 E- 5 E Woodward
91-59 05/26/1991 1758 13 1000 F3 0 0 Woodward 3 E- 13 E Woodward
91-60 05/26/1991 1759 1.0 50 F1 0 0 Woodward 4 ESE Woodward
92-3 04/09/1992 1615 0.5 60 F0 0 0 Woodward 9 NNW Woodward
92-4 04/09/1992 1615 0.3 25 F1 0 0 Woodward 10 N Woodward
92-5 04/09/1992 1620 0.1 30 F0 0 0 Woodward 7 NNW Woodward
93-19 04/30/1993 2158 0.1 20 F0 0 0 Woodward 7 N Woodward
93-20 04/30/1993 2215 0.1 20 F0 0 0 Woodward 4 N Woodward
  06/05/2001 1834 0.1 25 F0 0 0 Woodward 5 SSW Woodward
  04/09/2012 1723 0.1 30 EF0 0 0 Woodward 3 SSW Woodward
  04/09/2012 1735 0.2 100 EF1 0 0 Woodward 5 S Woodward
  04/14-15/2012 2342-0026 34 400 EF3 6 29 Ellis/ Woodward 2 SSW Arnett - Woodward - 4 N Woodward
61 05/23/2016 1925-1941 3 400 EF0 0 0 Woodward 5.5 NNW - 6.5 NNW Woodward
 

Records taken from the Storm Prediction Center archive data, "Storm Data", and data from the National Weather Service office in Norman. Data modified as described in NOAA Tech Memo NWS SR-209 (Speheger, D., 2001: "Corrections to the Historic Tornado Database").

Historic data, especially before 1950, are likely incomplete.