This tornado touched down in extreme southern Love County near Burneyville, OK at about 7:30 pm CST. As it moved northeastward, it struck farming communities east of Dickson and northwest of Mannsville in Johnston County between 8:30 and 9:00 pm CST. The tornado continued through Johnston County over range and pasture land before lifting north of Ravia and Troy. It killed 2 people and injured 11 more. Property damages of $20,000 occurred to 12 farmsteads.

A tornado initially touched 3.5 miles west of Ardmore in Carter County and moved northeastward while touching down and lifting intermittently along a 31-mile path before dissipating 3.5 miles northeast of Sulphur in Murray County. In the area west of Ardmore, the tornado injured 1 person and caused $2,000 in damages. In areas near Sulphur, the tornado injured and second person and produced $3,000 in damages. It is possible that there were two or more tornadoes that occurred instead of one tornado producing a single, intermittent track.

A small tornado touched down briefly about 0.5 miles southeast of Dickson in Carter County and destroyed a poultry farm. Four people were injured at the farm.

A tornado dipped down on an oil company pump station one mile south of Clemscot in Carter County where the station was damaged and two houses were destroyed. Debris from the tornado was scattered for 2 miles. The tornado moved east-northeast and struck the town of Graham where two homes were destroyed. A church was badly damaged when it was picked up off of its foundation and carried 200 feet before being spun around and slammed back down to the ground. Two injuries occurred in a destroyed home near Clemscot and a family of 6 was injured when their home was destroyed in Graham.

This tornado touched about 5 miles southwest of Ratliff City at 5:00 pm CST, and then moved east-northeastward along an intermittent, 27-mile path at approximately 35 mph.  The condensation funnel was visible on the ground for about 20 percent of the time, and at tree top level for the remainder of the time. The heaviest damage from the tornado was concentrated in an area extending from 2 miles south of Ratliff City to northwest of the junction of U.S. Interstate Highway I-35 and OK State Highway 7. Ten to fifteen buildings were damaged along the storm path. Three injuries occurred when a wood frame house was completely destroyed south of Ratliff City.  Approximately 7 miles west-northwest of the town of Davis, a home was leveled with only a few concrete blocks remaining around the foundation.  At this home, five deaths and three injuries occurred.

A tornado moving southeastward near Ardmore did considerable damage to several boat storage stalls at a motel. One person was injured.

This tornado touched down 4 miles west of Springer and moved northeastward for a about a mile along a narrow path. All five members of a family living in a mobile home were slightly injured when the mobile home was destroyed. In addition, a partially built new home, a barn, and various outbuildings were destroyed. The family members said that the weather conditions became "real still" several minutes before the tornado struck their mobile home.

The tornado first touched down 1.1 miles south and 1.2 miles west of Newport, OK. Two mobile homes were completely demolished. One woman was killed in one of the mobile homes while another died of her injuries several days later. A third fatality occurred at this location when debris hit a man who was pouring concrete near the mobile homes. Extensive damage also occurred to a brick home about a mile north of the two mobile homes.

The tornado moved almost due north for about 6.2 miles before turning slightly to the north-northeast, and then dissipated north-northeast of Woodford. The tornado did only slight damage for much of its path. However, a third mobile home and several barns were damaged or destroyed to the south-southwest of Woodford. About 10-12 structures were damaged in Woodford, but some of the damage was due to straight-line winds.

A tornado touched down about 3.5 miles west-southwest of Overbrook in Love County and moved northeastward, touching down intermittently before dissipating 5 miles west-northwest of Dickson in Carter County. Three semi-trailer trucks were blown off of U.S. Interstate Highway I-35 and moved 30 feet by the tornadic winds just south of Ardmore. One truck driver suffered minor injuries. The tornado then moved across the city of Ardmore and damaged houses and parts of the Ardmore Downtown Executive Airport. A hangar building at the Executive Airport was pushed off of its foundation and blown across a highway. Television station KXII and the Ardmore area Vo-tech school incurred roof damage. Total damages were estimated at $4 million.

An outbreak of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes occurred in Oklahoma during the after and evening hours of March 13th and into the early morning hours of March 14th. Many reports of large hail were received, with some hailstones reaching the size of softballs. A total of 10 tornadoes were reported in Oklahoma.

This tornado touched down at 5 miles south-southwest of Loco in Jefferson County at 6:58 pm CST and moved northeastward through southeastern Stephens County and northwestern Carter County. The tornado produced damage in Ratliff City in Carter County before dissipating at 7:37 pm CST 3 miles northeast of Ratliff City. The damage in Ratliff City included 5 destroyed mobile homes, a motor home that was rolled 100 feet and destroyed, and severe damage to a gas compressor station. At this station a large metal building and a mobile home were destroyed. In addition, a 5-ton crane was overturned, several vehicles were damaged, and debris was found over a mile to the northeast. One injury occurred to a worker at the gas compressor station. Total damage in the Ratliff City area was estimated at $500,000 to $750,000.

Thunderstorms developed across the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles during the afternoon of April 9th and moved eastward across Oklahoma during the evening hours of April 9th and the early morning hours of April 10th. Hail up to the size of half dollars was reported along with damaging winds and an F2 tornado. The tornado first touched down 2 miles south of Lone Grove in Carter County at 11:10 pm CST and moved east-northeast for 11 miles. At least 5 mobile homes were destroyed, several homes were damaged, and a farm implement building was destroyed. Four people were injured and all of these injuries occurred in the mobile homes. Of the four injured people, three received minor injuries and one person required hospitalization.

Severe thunderstorms developed in south-central Oklahoma on May 6th and moved very slowly east. A small tornado developed along U.S. Interstate Highway I-35 west of Ardmore and tracked northeast about 8 miles before dissipating. The tornado overturned a tractor trailer on U.S. Interstate Highway I-35, injuring the driver, and snapped power poles on the northwest side of Ardmore.

This tornado occurred with an isolated supercell that moved northeastward from Texas across the Red River into southern Love County, and then north- northeastward into Carter County. Air and ground surveys conducted on May 8 (the day after the tornado) revealed a damage path 500 to 700 yards wide and 34 miles long across Love and Carter Counties in Oklahoma, with damage in places consistent with a strong tornado on the high end of the F3 category. Three fatalities and at least 6 injuries are attributed to this tornado.

Following the tornado's path as it moved across Oklahoma, the tornado crossed the Red River into Oklahoma at a point 4 miles south-southeast of Leon (or about 3.5 miles south-southwest of Jimtown) at approximately 3:24 pm CST. The tornado moved northeast and remained near F0/F1 intensity until it reached the Red River RV Ranch on the south side of OK State Highway 96 about 1 mile west of Burneyville. At this RV park, 18 RV's, 12 cabins, 1 store, 1 guard shack, 1 equestrian center, 7 outbuildings, 5 single-family homes, and 1 mobile home were destroyed. One other single-family home also suffered minor damage. At the entrance to the park, several vehicles, including a delivery van, were rolled off the highway and flipped over. The damage path at this point was 400 to 500 yards wide, and damage was rated as F2.

From there, the tornado crossed Highway 96 to the Falconhead Resort area, where the worst damage was suffered. 20 homes were destroyed and 20 others sustained major or minor damage, including numerous brick homes. At least one of these homes lost all but the northeast exterior wall and a few interior walls in the northeast part of the house. An aircraft hangar and a maintenance building were also destroyed. The damage was rated on the high end of F3 at this point, and the path was measured to be 500 to 600 yards wide.

One half mile north of the OK State Highway 32/OK State Highway 96 intersection, 2 of the 3 fatalities occurred. An 83-year-old female and her 87-year-old sister were killed when their frame home on the west side of the road was picked up and blown 50 feet into a wooded area on the east side of the road. Less than a mile north of this site, the 3rd fatality occurred. A 78-year-old man was killed in his home, while his wife was severely injured. Widespread tree damage was evident along this entire section of the tornado's path, and the intensity along this stretch was rated as F2.

The tornado then decreased to F0/F1 strength and continued north-northeastward across the Love/Carter County Line and toward Ardmore. In Carter County, at least 4 homes, 2 businesses, and 1 public building were destroyed. Four other homes, 5 businesses, and 1 public building received major damage, with minor damage at an additional 5 homes, 6 businesses, and 1 public building.

Specifically, on the southwest side of Ardmore, the tornado strengthened and hit a subdivision of new, well-built homes. The worst damage consisted of 1 or 2 homes that were almost completely unroofed, and had some interior walls down. Damage here was rated at F2. The tornado also hit a high school just north of this subdivision, removing portions of the roof and damaging windows. This damage was rated at the high end of the F1 category.

The tornado then continued northward, paralleling U.S. Interstate Highway I-35 on the west edge of Ardmore, and struck a Uniroyal/Michelin tire plant on the west side of the interstate. Significant damage to the sheet metal exterior and roof were noted; however, no structural damage to the steel frame was apparent. In the parking lot immediately to the east of the plant, dozens of automobiles and pickup trucks were damaged or destroyed. Some were tossed, flipped, and stacked on top of one another. At least 1 semi-truck was flipped over on the southwest side of the plant. Based on the damage to the plant and vehicles, the intensity at this point was rated F2.

Immediately north of the tire plant, witnesses reported that the tornado began to go into its dissipation stage. One or two plate glass windows were blown out at a Love's Truck Stop. The canopies over the pump areas and most signs were also destroyed. Damage was rated at F1 here. An electronics warehouse under construction just north of this truck stop had 3 of 4 exterior walls knocked down. At a point about 2 miles north of the Uniroyal/Michelin plant, the tornado took a sharp east-northeast turn and rapidly dissipated at 4:14 pm CST.

Total damage across Love and Carter Counties exceeded $100 million dollars, with damage in the city of Ardmore totaling $75 million dollars. Actual damage at the Uniroyal Plant was valued at $45 million, and later production losses due to the damage were estimated at 1.5 million tires.

This long-track tornado developed over extreme northern Montague County in north Texas, near the Red River, and continued northeast into Jefferson and Love Counties crossing through rural farmland north of Courtney, Rubottom and Oswalt. The tornado then crossed into Carter County, with sporadic damage noted in the sparsely populated areas in the southwest part of the county. The tornado appeared to reach its maximum width and intensity as it approached and moved through Lone Grove. The tornado destroyed or severely damaged numerous mobile homes, homes and businesses in and around Lone Grove. Numerous mobile homes were completely obliterated with few recognizable pieces left. EF-4 damage was noted at two locations, one in Lone Grove and the other in the Majestic Hills area north of Ardmore. Numerous vehicles were rolled or thrown, some for considerable distances. Six of the fatalities occurred in mobile homes and one in a well-built home that sustained EF-4 damage. The eighth fatality occurred when a truck driving south on U.S. Interstate Highway I-35 was hit by the tornado, killing the driver.

The tornado continued northeast, with major damage reported in the Majestic Hills addition and crossing U.S. Interstate Highway I-35 about 1.5 miles north of the Prairie Valley Road exit. At least eight homes and a small private school were destroyed in the Majestic Hills neighborhood. It moved through rural areas of Northeast Carter County to the east of Springer. Approximately 46 people were injured, with 14 seriously injured. Eight people died in the Lone Grove area. At least 114 homes were damaged or destroyed, with at least 3,500 homes losing power in and around Carter County. Debris from this tornado was picked up as far away as Sulphur. Monetary damage estimates were not available. Damage was estimated at $3 million.

Numerous quasi-discrete thunderstorms developed along and ahead of a dryline across western Oklahoma during the early afternoon of October 13th. These storms continued into the evening hours, affecting much of Oklahoma south of U.S. Interstate Highway I-40. One tornado was reported, as well as widespread damaging winds and severe hail.

A sheriff's deputy encountered a rain-wrapped tornado near Healdton that was embedded within a larger area of severe thunderstorm winds. The tornado developed approximately 3 miles southwest of Healdton and moved northeast toward Healdton Lake. Trees and power lines were damaged along the path. The most significant damage occurred at Healdton Lake where five mobile homes were destroyed. Two injuries were reported in one of these homes. The tornado likely dissipated over or just northeast of Healdton Lake.

The Ardmore tornado initially developed about 5 miles southwest of Ardmore, and moved north-northeast towards Ardmore. Some homes near Gateway Road had most or all of their roofs removed. Tree damage was significant along this area. The tornado then continued north-northeast through the west side of Ardmore especially near Plainview Road . Many homes suffered significant roof damage. Ardmore emergency management reported that 52 homes were damaged with 17 of them a total loss.

The tornado moved near a Best Buy distribution center on the northwest side of Ardmore blowing over numerous trailers . Continuing north-northeast, the tornado continued producing tree and power pole damage, and EF2 roof damage to another home near Lake Ardmore road. The tornado crossed U.S. Interstate Highway I-35 just east of Ardmore Club Lake and turned more northeast before dissipating near U.S. Highway 77 north of Deer Creek Road.

A widespread, long-duration and historic severe weather and tornado outbreak occurred from the late morning through late evening on the April 27th. In all, 34 tornadoes affected portions of the WFO Norman Forecast Area, the third most in a single day during the period of reliable record. This included six significant (EF-2+) tornadoes and one violent (EF-4) tornado that struck Marietta (Love County).

The Marietta-Lake Murray-Dickson tornado first produced damage near Peanut Road south of Indian Trails Road about two miles southwest of downtown Marietta. Trees and power poles were damaged near the beginning of the path and a house received some shingle damage . EF-2 damage was observed as the tornado moved north-northeast and crossed Indian Trails Road where a home was unroofed and many trees were snapped .

As the tornado turned more to the northeast, it struck a Dollar Tree Distribution Center just west of U.S. Interstate Highway I-35 on the west side of Marietta causing significant roof and exterior wall damage to the facility. The company reported that the building and the inventory were not salvageable. A fatality occurred as the tornado crossed U.S. Interstate Highway I-35 just northeast of the distribution center and south of State Highway 32 as a southbound semi truck was overturned by the tornado. The driver was injured and the passenger was killed.

Just east of U.S. Interstate Highway I-35 along OK State Highway 32, the tornado destroyed a Dollar General store and a Homeland Grocery Store. NWS surveyors in coordination with a wind engineer rated the destruction of these two buildings as EF-4. In this area, the tornado also caused significant damage to a truck stop, hospital and nursing home. The tornado continued to the north-northeast through the northwestern sections of Marietta and produced tree, roof and power pole damage although damage intensity was not as strong as near OK State Highway 32.

After moving out of Marietta, the tornado turned northeast again snapping numerous trees and damaging a barn as it approached Lake Murray. The tornado crossed the southeastern portion of Lake Murray near the dam. It severely damaged a mobile home, destroyed a barn and snapped more trees after crossing the lake.

The tornado moved from Love County into Carter County near Scott Road just east of Lake Murray . The tornado destroyed one mobile home, heavily damaged another and damaged many trees and power poles between the county line and where it crossed U.S. Highway 70. The tornado turned north-northeast destroying one mobile home and damaging at least two others as it approached the town of Dickson. North of Dickson, at least one other home had significant roof damage and another mobile home was rolled in addition to continued tree and power pole damage. The tornado finally dissipated near U.S. Highway 177 near the community of Baum.