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Payne County, OK Tornadoes Prior to 1950 | |||||||||
# | Date | Time (CST) |
Path Length (miles) |
Path Width (yards) |
F-Scale | Killed | Injured | County | Path |
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04/03/1892 | Payne | Stillwater | |||||||
04/25/1893 | 1530 | 20 | 400 | 4 | 25 | Logan/ Payne | Cimarron - Perkins | ||
05/12/1896 | 1630 | 15 | 200 | 0 | 0 | Payne | Near Perkins | ||
10/28/1896 | aft | 5 | svrl | Lincoln/ Logan/ Payne | Near "Mitchell" (5 N Fallis) | ||||
04/20/1912 | 1600 | 15 | 880 | 3 | 12 | Payne/ Noble | Near Orlando - near Perry | ||
04/29/1924 | 0400 | 1 | 100 | 1 | 3 | Payne | Near "Signet" (8 E Stillwater) | ||
06/09/1937 | 1830 | 10 | 440 | 0 | 3 | Payne | 7 N Cushing | ||
05/02/1942 | 1515 | 55 | 880 | 7 | many | Payne/ Creek/ Osage/ Tulsa | 2 S Cushing - Mannford - Fisher - Sand Springs - Turley - Sperry | ||
03/18/1948 | 2310 | 2 | 200 | 0 | 1 | Payne | Stillwater | ||
05/20/1949 | nt | 18 | 0 | 0 | Payne | 8.5 S - 14 E Stillwater | |||
Payne County, OK Tornadoes (1950-Present*) | |||||||||
# | Date | Time (CST) |
Path Length (miles) |
Path Width (yards) |
F-Scale | Killed | Injured | County | Path |
1 | 05/07/1950 | 2300 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Payne | unknown specific location |
2 | 05/23/1952 | 0400 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Payne | 4 NW Cushing |
3 | 05/01/1954 | 1742 | 8 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 7 | Payne/ Pawnee | Near Glencoe - W of Pawnee |
4 | 06/12/1954 | 1550 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Payne | 1.5 S - 0.25 E Stillwater |
5 | 07/23/1954 | 1845 | 0.2 | 100 | F2 | 0 | 1 | Payne | Ripley |
6 | 05/26/1955 | 0400 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Payne | near Cushing |
7 | 04/08/1956 | 2330 | 7 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Payne | near Yost Lake - near Glencoe |
8 | 06/12/1957 | 0455 | 7 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Payne | 4 SW Stillwater - S edge of Stillwater - 3 E Stillwater |
9 | 04/18/1959 | 1635 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Payne | 5 W Stillwater |
10 | 05/02/1959 | 1630 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Payne | 1 N Cushing |
11 | 05/02/1959 | 1650 | 0.3 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Payne | 10 NE Stillwater |
12 | 05/21/1961 | 1615 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Payne | S of Cushing |
13 | 05/21/1961 | 1615 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Payne | S of Cushing |
14 | 05/21/1961 | 1615 | 0.1 | 10 | F3 | 0 | 0 | Payne | 2 S Cushing - E edge of Cushing |
15 | 05/21/1961 | 1615 | 0.1 | 10 | F3 | 0 | 0 | Payne | Near Cushing |
16 | 05/26/1963 | 0130 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Payne | Cushing |
17 | 08/09/1963 | 1720 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Payne | Stillwater Airport |
18 | 06/23/1969 | 1850 | 13 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Payne | Near Perkins - Near Ripley |
19 | 04/30/1970 | 0130 | 30 | 440 | F2 | 0 | 2 | Logan/ Payne | 8 S Guthrie - 4 S Stillwater |
20 | 04/30/1970 | 0245 | 0.2 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 2 | Payne | 8 E Cushing |
21 | 06/19/1972 | 2125 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Payne | ~5 W Perkins |
22 | 09/03/1973 | 1720 | 16 | 40 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Payne/ Lincoln | 2 SE Ripley - near Carney |
23 | 06/08/1974 | 1555 | 29 | 400 | F4 | 14 | 150 | Payne/ Creek/ Tulsa/ Osage | 3 SW Drumright- Drumright- Olive- Lake Keystone- 7 WSW Sperry- W of Skiatook |
24 | 06/13/1975 | 1733 | 5 | 440 | F3 | 0 | 8 | Payne | Stillwater (Sangre Rd/Lakeview Rd - OSU - Downtown - 1 E Perkins Road/E 45th Ave) |
25 | 07/03/1976 | 1410 | 1 | 33 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Payne | 8 N Cushing |
26 | 03/17/1977 | 1640 | 1 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Payne | 2 WSW Perkins |
27 | 03/17/1977 | 1651 | 5 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Payne | 9 S Stillwater - 4 W Ripley |
28 | 05/02/1979 | 1913 | 0.3 | 13 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Payne | 3 NNW Perkins |
29 | 04/26/1984 | 1753 | 39 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 1 | Logan/ Payne | 10 SW Guthrie- Guthrie- 4 E Stillwater |
30 | 04/26/1984 | 1805 | 30 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Logan/ Payne | S of Guthrie- 6 ESE Stillwater |
31 | 04/26/1984 | 2120 | 6 | 70 | F2 | 0 | 8 | Payne | 6 S- 6 SE Stillwater |
32 | 03/03/1985 | 1900 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Payne | 6 N Cushing |
33 | 09/15/1987 | 1713 | 5 | 30 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Payne | 2 E Perkins- 1 SE Cushing |
34 | 03/28/1988 | 1715 | 0.2 | 30 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Payne | 6 N Cushing |
35 | 06/26/1988 | 1900 | 1 | 40 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Payne | 1 NE Cushing |
36 | 05/15/1990 | 1841 | 7 | 440 | F3 | 1 | 12 | Payne | 4 W Stillwater- Stillwater- 3 ENE Stillwater |
37 | 04/26/1991 | 1838-1847 | 7 | 800 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Payne | 12 ESE Stillwater- 2 WNW Yale |
38 | 06/19/1992 | 2009 | 0.2 | 30 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Payne | 4 NE Cushing |
39 | 05/06/1994 | 2050 | 0.1 | 30 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Payne | 4 ESE Yale |
40 | 05/06/1994 | 2112 | 0.1 | 30 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Payne | 2 NNE Ripley |
41 | 10/04/1998 | 1747-1756 | 6 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Payne/ Noble | 10 W - 6 NW Stillwater |
42 | 11/29/1998 | 2010-2015 | 2 | 100 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Payne | 3.5 NNW - 4 N Cushing |
43 | 05/03/1999 | 2025-2145 | 35 | 1760 | F4 | 2 | 26 | Logan/ Payne/ Noble | 3 SW Cimarron City - Cimarron City - Mulhall - 3 ENE Perry |
44 | 05/16/2003 | 1320 | 0.4 | 25 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Payne | 3 SE Ripley |
45 | 05/01/2008 | 1842 | 0.3 | 75 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | Payne | 2 ENE Glencoe |
46 | 02/10/2009 | 1539-1559 | 10 | 50 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | Payne | 9 WSW Perkins - 4 SW Stillwater |
47 | 05/19/2010 | 1703-1736 | 11 | 200 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | Payne | 15 W - 5 WNW Stillwater |
48 | 05/24/2011 | 1650-1705 | 10 | 880 | EF2 | 0 | 18 | Payne | 8 W - 3 ESE Stillwater |
49 | 05/30/2013 | 1408-1409 | 0.3 | 100 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | Payne | 1.5 SSW Perkins |
50 | 05/30/2013 | 1415-1416 | 0.7 | 100 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | Payne | 3.5 SW - 3 SSW Ripley |
51 | 05/30/2013 | 1426-1430 | 1.6 | 200 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | Payne | 1 ESE - 2.5 E Ripley |
52 | 05/30/2013 | 1437-1438 | 0.4 | 50 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | Payne | 4 NNW Cushing |
53 | 05/09/2016 | 1658-1720 | 6 | 600 | EF2 | 0 | 0 | Noble/ Payne/ Noble | 6 SW Perry - 6 WSW Morrison |
54 | 07/03/2016 | 1511 | 0.8 | 100 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | Payne | 4 ESE Stillwater |
55 | 05/11/2017 | 1413 | 0.1 | 50 | EF? | 0 | 0 | Payne | 1 SW Perkins |
56 | 04/30/2019 | 1113-1114 | 0.5 | 20 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | Payne | Cushing (northeast side) |
57 | 05/18/2019 | 0827 | 0.2 | 25 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | Payne | 3.5 ESE Stillwater |
58 | 05/18/2019 | 0833 | 0.4 | 50 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | Payne | 0.5 ENE Ingalls |
59 | 07/10/2021 | 1825-1827 | 1.4 | 100 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | Payne | 2 SW - 3 S Yale |
60 | 05/02/2022 | 1726-1733 | 7 | 500 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | Payne | 3 WSW - 3 E Ripley |
Date | Time (CST) |
Path Length (miles) |
Path Width (yards) |
F-Scale | Killed | Injured | County | Path | |
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05/01/1954 | 1742 | 8 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 7 | Payne/ Pawnee | Near Glencoe - W of Pawnee | |
A tornado touched down just east of Glencoe in Payne County at 5:42 pm CST and moved northeastward for 8 miles before lifting just west of Pawnee in Pawnee County at 5:48 pm CST. Fifteen farm homes were destroyed while 11 other farm homes were damaged, and many other outbuildings were destroyed or damaged. Seven people were injured along the tornado's path. |
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07/23/1954 | 1845 | 0.2 | 100 | F2 | 0 | 1 | Payne | Ripley | |
A tornado moved from the west near Ripley narrowly missing the town before it circled back and struck Ripley from the north. Heavy damage occurred to businesses and 5 homes, and 1 person was injured. |
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04/30/1970 | 0130 | 30 | 440 | F2 | 0 | 2 | Logan/ Payne | 8 S Guthrie - 5 S Stillwater | |
This tornado picked up a mobile home southwest of Coyle in Logan County and moved it 110-150 feet to the west of its original location while the storm continued on in a northeasterly direction. Two people were slightly injured in the mobile home. A pilot flew over the storm path from east of Guthrie in Logan County to south of Stillwater in Payne County, and reported seeing several intermittent damage paths within that flightline. |
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04/30/1970 | 0245 | 0.2 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 2 | Payne | 8 E Cushing | |
A small tornado touched down briefly 8 miles east of Cushing and caused considerable damage. Six homes, 1 car, and several garages were damaged. Trees were uprooted and utility lines were downed. Two people were slightly injured. |
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06/08/1974 | 1555 | 29 | 400 | F4 | 14 | 150 | Payne/ Creek/ Tulsa/ Osage | 3 SW Drumright - Drumright - Olive - Lake Keystone - 7 WSW Sperry - W of Skiatook | |
This tornado touched down 3 miles southwest of Drumright in Payne County and struck the Oak Grove Community at about 3:55 pm CST, heavily damaging the school. The tornado moved east-northeast into Drumright a few minutes later, causing extensive damage through the northwestern portion of the community. Six people were killed in a nursing home and another 6 persons died at various locations in the city. It continued moving northeast and struck the community of Olive, destroying parts of the school along with 2 mobile homes and several frame homes. One person was killed in Olive. The tornado then continued on a northeasterly course and damaged Pier 51 on Lake Keystone. It destroyed several mobile homes about 7 miles west-southwest of Sperry and one person was killed in this area. The tornado then turned a more north-northeasterly track and produced damage to several brick homes west of Skiatook before it dissipated. The tornado killed a total of 14 people, including 12 in Drumright, one in the town of Olive, and one near Sperry. Approximately 150 people were injured along the path of the storm. |
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06/13/1975 | 1733 | 5 | 440 | F3 | 0 | 8 | Payne | Stillwater (Sangre Rd/Lakeview Rd - OSU - Downtown - 1 E Perkins Road/E 45th Ave) | |
A tornado touched down near the intersection Sangre Road and Lakeview Road on the northwestern Edge of Stillwater and moved southeastward through the city, causing considerable roof damage to buildings on the Oklahoma State University Campus. As the tornado moved through the downtown area of Stillwater, damaged occurred to roofs and windows of many buildings. The tornado intensified as it moved southeast of the downtown area, producing widespread damage to roofs and walls of homes in the Tuckertown section of Stillwater. The tornado continued to intensify and completely destroyed 20 mobile homes in the Green Valley Mobile Home Park 1.5 miles east of Perkins Road on 32nd Avenue. Mobile home frames were twisted and thrown several hundred yards from their original locations. Several large appliances including refrigerators and freezers were found up to 0.5 miles away. The tornado dissipated about 1 miles east of Perkins Road on East 45th Street as it curved to the south-southwest after moving through the mobile home park. Eight people were injured. A woman suffered a broken leg while she drove her car through the OSU campus. The tornado may have had multiple vortices at some points during its lifetime. |
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04/26/1984 | 1753 | 39 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 1 | Logan/ Payne | 10 SW Guthrie- Guthrie- 4 E Stillwater | |
A tornado touched down 10 miles southwest of Guthrie in Logan County and moved northeastward across Guthrie where it damaged a lumber yard, downed trees, and toppled utility lines. The tornado continued touching down intermittently to a point 4 miles east of Stillwater in Payne County. Several mobile homes were heavily damaged along its path, and the water tower in the town of Langston was damaged. Baseball to grapefruit size hail accompanied the tornado and damages were estimated at $200,000. |
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04/26/1984 | 2120 | 6 | 70 | F2 | 0 | 8 | Payne | 6 S- 6 SE Stillwater | |
A tornado initiated 6 miles south of Stillwater and lifted 6 miles southeast of Stillwater. Six mobile homes and 2 barns were destroyed. Several mobile homes and houses were damaged, and one person was injured. Total damages were estimated at $150,000. This tornado was part of an outbreak of severe weather and 11 tornadoes that occurred in central and eastern Oklahoma during the late afternoon and evening hours of April 26th and early morning hours of April 27th. |
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05/15/1990 | 1841 | 7 | 440 | F3 | 1 | 12 | Payne | 4 W Stillwater - Stillwater - 3 ENE Stillwater | |
This destructive tornado touched down four miles west of Stillwater and moved east-northeast into northern parts of the city and caused extensive damage. Two apartment complexes were heavily damaged, nine homes were destroyed and 74 suffered extensive damage. An additional 270 homes suffered minor damage. Two businesses were destroyed and 12 others were damaged. Seven mobile homes were destroyed and another seven were damaged. A four-year-old Stillwater boy died while he and his mother attempted to drive to a friend's home for shelter. The pick-up truck in which he was a passenger was struck by flying debris from nearby homes. There were also 12 injuries resulting from the tornado. The most extensive damage occurred along and north of OK State Highway 51 and between Washington Street and Jardot Road, and total damage was estimated at $4 million. |
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05/03/1999 | 2025-2145 | 39 | 1760 | F4 | 2 | 26 | Logan/ Payne/ Noble | 3 SW Cimarron City - Cimarron City - Mulhall - 3 ENE Perry | |
This violent tornado, which killed two people, was the last of 20 tornadoes produced by one cyclic supercell thunderstorm which moved over Caddo, Canadian, Kingfisher, Logan, Payne and Noble counties during the May 3, 1999 tornado outbreak. The tornado formed about 7 miles southwest of Crescent, OK and tracked northeast for 39 miles before dissipating east of Perry, OK in Noble County. A very unusual event took place in Logan County where this tornado, and a second tornado produced by another supercell thunderstorm about 80 minutes later, affected much of the same area between Crescent and Mulhall in Logan County. Assessment of damage from the individual tornadoes was difficult, and in some areas nearly impossible, due to overlapping damage paths. Damage from the tornado was first observed about 2 miles west of the intersection of OK State Highway 33 and OK State Highway 74 near Twin Lakes Road, where 2 homes and other businesses were damaged. The width of damage is believed to have increased to nearly 1 mile as it tracked east of Crescent where numerous homes suffered major damage. Damage to 1 brick residence 3 miles east-southeast of Crescent was rated F4. All walls were knocked down, and part of the foundation was removed. The tornado then tracked through the small community of Abell, OK (6 miles southwest of Mulhall, OK), where 1 woman was killed in her home, and 6 people were injured, and then finally through Mulhall. Approximately 60%-70% of Mulhall's 130 homes were severely damaged or destroyed. In addition, Mulhall's primary water source, a water tower, and the Mulhall/Orlando Elementary School were destroyed. Lesser damage continued to about ½ mile west of the Logan/Payne County border where tombstones and fences were blown over. Along U.S. Interstate Highway I-35 in northwest Payne County, a semi-truck trailer was overturned, and 2 cars were flipped. The driver of one of the cars was killed when his vehicle, parked under the U.S. Interstate Highway I-35 overpass at mile-marker 176.5, was picked up and dropped on its top. In Noble County, the tornado produced major structural damage in the Boonsboro Addition, a mobile home park located along OK State Highway 86, 6 miles south of Perry. Approximately 20 mobile homes were destroyed, and dozens of others were damaged. Damage continued northward to a location 3 miles east of Perry, where 3 homes suffered major damage on U.S. Highway 64 and 1 critical injury was reported. In total, approximately 25 homes were destroyed in Noble County, and 50 homes were damaged. Total damage was estimated at $13.1 million. |
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05/24/2011 | 1650-1705 | 10 | 880 | EF2 | 0 | 18 | Payne | 8 W - 3 ESE Stillwater | |
A tornado outbreak occurred over parts of northern and central Oklahoma during the day on May 24th, with violent tornadoes devastating several communities. By the end of the day, one EF-5, two EF-4, and two EF-3 tornadoes destroyed buildings, ripped up trees and power poles, and unfortunately, resulted in 11 deaths. The day began with a strong upper-level trough ejecting out of the southwest United States. The trough took on a negative tilt as it approached the southern Plains. A strong jet stream was located at both the middle and upper levels rotating around the upper trough. At the surface, a low pressure strengthened rapidly over northwest Oklahoma, keeping the low-level flow of warm, moist air to flow east of a dry line that had moved into western Oklahoma. Thunderstorms developed by early afternoon over western Oklahoma, and quickly became supercellular as they moved northeast. This tornado developed with mainly tree and power pole/line damage. The tree damage was significant, with several homes impacted as the tornado traveled northeast. Significant roof and siding damage occurred to the homes, with several barns and outbuildings sustaining significant damage or were destroyed altogether. EF-2 damage continued as the tornado moved south of Stillwater, with additional structures sustaining roof damage. A couple of the homes also had collapsed chimneys. The damage lessened in severity over the latter half of the tornado path, with mostly tree damage and minor structural damage. Monetary damage estimates were not available. |
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.