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Tornado Track Map for Haskell County, OK
 
Haskell County, OK Tornadoes Prior to 1950
# Date Time
(CST)
Path
Length
(miles)
Path
Width
(yards)
F-Scale Killed Injured County Path
  05/28/1924 1930   300   4 27 Haskell/ Le Flore/ Sequoyah 3 S Stigler - near Cowlington - near Muldrow - Gans
  04/12/1927 1520 35 300   3 15 Haskell/ Le Flore Near McCurtain - near Bokoshe - AR
  10/01/1927 2315   300   0 7 Haskell Near Whitefield
  05/09/1930 1700 20 267   4 0 Haskell Unrecorded
  05/09/1930 1710 30     0 0 Pittsburg/ Haskell Unrecorded
Haskell County, OK Tornadoes (1950-Present*)
# Date Time
(CST)
Path
Length
(miles)
Path
Width
(yards)
F-Scale Killed Injured County Path
1 04/30/1954 1045 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Haskell near Stigler
2 06/28/1954 1800 0.1 20 F1 0 0 Haskell 6 E Stigler
3 01/22/1957 0600 6 50 F2 0 0 Haskell Near Hoyt
4 04/02/1957 2100 23 880 F2 0 2 Latimer/ Haskell Bengal - Salonia - Red Oak - McCurtain
5 05/05/1960 1910 62 200 F4 16 106 Latimer/ Haskell/ Sequoyah Wilburton- Keota- SW of Sallisaw
6 06/16/1973 1730 31 100 F1 0 2 Pittsburg/ Haskell 6 N McAlester - near Hoyt
7 03/15/1982 1920 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Haskell Near Stigler
8 05/16/1986 2330 0.2 73 F0 0 0 Haskell 3 W Keota
9 06/07/1986 1305 0.2 73 F0 0 0 Haskell 1 N Keota
10 11/15/1988 1530 0.5 50 F0 0 0 Haskell McCurtain
11 10/24/1991 1216 0.1 20 F0 0 0 Haskell 4 E Kinta
12 04/21/1996 2100-2102 1 75 F1 0 0 Haskell 2 N - 2 NNE Kinta
13 06/16/1997 1745 0.1 30 F0 0 0 Haskell 2 W Enterprise
14 05/06/1998 1940 0.1 30 F0 0 0 Haskell near Cartersville
15 06/08/1998 2040-2047 5 100 F1 0 0 Pittsburg/ Haskell 2 SE Quinton - 4 WSW Kinta
16 06/08/1998 2055 0.5 50 F2 0 0 Haskell 2 S Kinta
17 05/04/1999 1030-1050 14 100 F1 0 0 Latimer/ Haskell 2 S Panola - 2 S Lequire
18 05/04/1999 1100-1115 9 80 F0 0 0 Haskell 2 SW McCurtain - 3 S Keota
19 04/11/2001 0626-0631 3 400 F1 0 0 Haskell 4 N Stigler - 5 SW Tamaha
20 05/20/2001 1730 0.5 200 F0 0 0 Haskell near Enterprise
21 05/20/2001 1754 0.3 150 F0 0 0 Haskell 1 SW Stigler
22 05/20/2001 1830 1 100 F0 0 0 Haskell 6 SE Stigler
23 04/19/2003 1911 0.2 50 F0 0 0 Haskell 1 E Kinta
24 05/16/2003 1422-1426 2 40 F0 0 1 Haskell 2.2 N - 3.8 NE Stigler
25 05/16/2003 1443-1452 3 70 F1 0 0 Haskell/ Le Flore 1 WSW Cartersville - Cartersville - 2.8 NW Bokoshe
26 03/21/2005 1845-1847 0.7 40 F0 0 0 Haskell 4 N - 5 N Enterprise
27 04/06/2006 1818 0.1 40 F0 0 0 Haskell 4 N Enterprise
28 04/09/2008 2003 0.1 75 EF0 0 0 Haskell 1 SW McCurtain
29 06/10/2009 1700 0.1 30 EF0 0 0 Haskell 2 N Enterprise
30 06/10/2009 1711 0.4 50 EF0 0 0 Haskell Kinta (east side)
31 05/18/2019 1213-1215 1.2 100 EF1 0 0 Haskell 3 NNW - 2.6 N McCurtain
32 11/24/2020 2054-2059 3 200 EF1 0 0 Haskell 4.4 WSW - 1.6 WNW Kinta
 

Significant Tornadoes in Haskell County

  Date Time
(CST)
Length
of Path
(miles)
Width
of Path
(yards)
F-Scale Killed Injured County Location
  04/02/1957 2100 23 880 F2 0 2 Latimer/ Haskell Bengal - Salonia - Red Oak - McCurtain

This tornado moved northward from near Bengal to 0.5 miles east of Red Oak in Latimer County to McCurtain in Haskell County. Many homes and outbuildings were destroyed or damaged in the Bengal, Salonia, and Red Oak communities. Two injuries resulted at McCurtain when the tornado hit the town at 9:40 pm CST, and 26 homes and at least 6 barns were destroyed or damaged. Large hail was reported along the damage path of the tornado, and hailstones up to 1.25 inches in diameter fell over two sections near Keota in Haskell County. One unusual aspect of this storm was the continuous and brilliant lightning that occurred all along the path of the tornado.

  05/05/1960 1910 62 200 F4 16 106 Latimer/ Haskell/ Sequoyah Wilburton - Keota - SW of Sallisaw

This tornado touched down at 7:10 pm CST in the Bandy Creek valley just south of Wilburton, OK, and then swept through the city of Wilburton. An area 1 to 2 blocks wide was completely destroyed in Wilburton, and the path through the city measured 3 miles in length. Thirteen people were killed and another 100 persons were injured in the city. Five people died and scores were injured in the little Calvary Baptist Church where 57 members had gathered there for a church supper honoring students from the Eastern A&M College in Wilburton.

A total of 600 buildings were damaged or destroyed. One business block was destroyed, 82 homes were destroyed, and another 156 homes were damaged. Damage in Wilburton was estimated at $1.5 million. Hail larger than hen eggs fell ahead of the tornado and produced $200,000 in damages.

At 7:15 pm CST, 6 houses were destroyed at Center Point, OK, 3 miles north of Wilburton. The tornado then skipped northeastward and the next evidence of damage was found at Keota, OK, where 3 people were killed, 6 persons injured, and 24 homes and buildings were destroyed. Damage in the Keota totaled $250,000. Hail up to 5 inches in diameter along with rainfall totals of 5 inches caused considerable crop damage. The last evidence of tornadic damage was southwest of Sallisaw, OK where 10 houses were destroyed, but no deaths or injuries were reported. This was probably a family of tornadoes produced by one parent supercell thunderstorm instead of a single, long-track tornado.

  06/16/1973 1730 31 100 F1 0 2 Pittsburg/ Haskell 6 N McAlester - near Hoyt

A tornado first touched down 6 miles north of McAlester in Pittsburg County between U.S. Highway 69 and OK State Highway 113. At this location, 2 mobile homes were damaged and 2 teen-age girls received minor injuries. The tornado moved to the northeast at 30 mph, and intermittently struck the ground. It moved across Lake Eufaula near Arrowhead Lodge and caused about $1,000 in damages to boat docks. The tornado continued northeastward and produced damage near Hoyt in Haskell County where a roof was removed from a house.

  05/16/2003 1422-1426 2 40 F0 0 1 Haskell 2.2 N - 3.8 NE Stigler

An F0 tornado touched down just north of Stigler and traveled two miles east-northeast before dissipating. One mobile home was destroyed and several trees were damaged. The person who was in the mobile home was injured.

 

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.