If you are looking for fresh snow by Christmas morning or are curious about potential travel disruptions, the best chances for at least 1" of new snowfall early this week exist across the mountainous West, Great Lakes, and Northeast. Otherwise, temperatures this last full week of December will average above normal for much of the lower 48 states. Read More >
Tornadoes by Month | ||||||||||||
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Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
0 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 70 |
Tornadoes by Intensity | |||||||
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F? | F0 | F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | Total |
0 | 12 | 29 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 70 |
Tornado Number |
Date | Time (CST) |
Length of Path (miles) |
Width of Path (yards) |
F-Scale | Killed | Injured | County | Location |
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1 | 02/09/1959 | 2100 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Garvin | 4 W Erin Springs |
2 | 02/09/1959 | 2130 | 4 | 500 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Lincoln | Just E of Prague |
3 | 03/04/1959 | 2300 | 0.8 | 50 | F2 | 0 | 0 | McCurtain | Near Idabel |
4 | 03/20/1959 | 1345 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Kiowa | 3 S Mountain View |
5 | 03/25/1959 | 1230 | 2 | 50 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Woods | Alva |
6 | 03/25/1959 | 1300 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Jackson | SW of Blair |
7 | 03/25/1959 | 1445 | 0.5 | 200 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Canadian | 1 N El Reno |
8 | 03/25/1959 | 1448 | 6 | 40 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Caddo | Near Anadarko |
9 | 03/25/1959 | 1610 | 4 | 50 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Carter | Near Ardmore |
10 | 03/25/1959 | 1730 | 1 | 20 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Jefferson | Terral |
11 | 03/25/1959 | 1905 | 12 | 77 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Custer/ Blaine | Just N of Weatherford - Just N of Hydro |
12 | 03/25/1959 | 2130 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Muskogee | 4 E Warner |
13 | 03/31/1959 | 1655 | 3 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Noble | 1 W- 2 N Morrison |
14 | 03/31/1959 | 1700 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 1 | Pawnee | 3 NW Pawnee |
15 | 03/31/1959 | 1810 | 4 | 100 | F3 | 0 | 3 | Creek | Silver City |
16 | 03/31/1959 | 1900 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Love | Enville |
17 | 03/31/1959 | 2000 | 2 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Pittsburg | 7 NW McAlester |
18 | 03/31/1959 | 2050 | 13 | 600 | F3 | 0 | 10 | Marshall | Willis |
19 | 04/17/1959 | 1835 | 1 | 300 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Craig | Near White Oak |
20 | 04/18/1959 | 1635 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Payne | 5 W Stillwater |
21 | 04/18/1959 | 1902 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | 8 S Tulsa |
22 | 05/02/1959 | 1630 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Payne | 1 N Cushing |
23 | 05/02/1959 | 1650 | 0.3 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Payne | 10 NE Stillwater |
24 | 05/03/1959 | 1930 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Dewey | 3 N Leedey |
25 | 05/04/1959 | 1600 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Custer | Stafford |
26 | 05/04/1959 | 1630 | 7 | 300 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Dewey | 6 SE- 9 E Vici |
27 | 05/04/1959 | 1700 | 0.3 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Dewey | SE of Seiling |
28 | 05/04/1959 | 1730 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Alfalfa | Just SW of Helena |
29 | 05/04/1959 | 1930 | 10 | 200 | F2 | 0 | 1 | Beckham | 1.5 SW Carter - Carter - 8 NE Carter |
30 | 05/04/1959 | 2115 | 6 | 300 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Kay | 3 W- 4 NNE Blackwell |
31 | 05/04/1959 | 2200 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Washita | S of Sentinel |
32 | 05/08/1959 | 2300 | 0.5 | 20 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Oklahoma | Oklahoma City |
33 | 05/09/1959 | 1535 | 8 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Osage | 3 W- 6 N Hominy |
34 | 05/09/1959 | 1600 | 5 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Osage | W and N of Wynona |
35 | 05/09/1959 | 1725 | 23 | 880 | F3 | 0 | 3 | Mayes/ Delaware | NE of Strang - just W of Grove |
36 | 05/09/1959 | 1728 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Mayes | 4 E Chouteau |
37 | 05/09/1959 | 1740 | 19 | 300 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa/ Rogers/ Nowata | 5 N Collinsville - 1 E Watovia |
38 | 05/09/1959 | 1800 | 23 | 50 | F3 | 0 | 0 | Rogers/ Nowata | 4 W Talala - 3 SE Nowata |
39 | 05/09/1959 | 1800 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Pittsburg | SW part of McAlester |
40 | 05/09/1959 | 1800 | 0.8 | 880 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Delaware | 4 SE Grove |
41 | 05/09/1959 | 1800 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Hughes | Gerty |
42 | 05/09/1959 | 1840 | 6 | 900 | F4 | 7 | 12 | Pontotoc | N of Harden City- 3 N Stonewall |
43 | 05/09/1959 | 2145 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Craig | 5 N Vinita |
44 | 05/10/1959 | 1500 | 2 | 300 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Seminole | 5 S Konawa |
45 | 05/10/1959 | 1810 | 1.5 | 50 | F2 | 0 | 1 | Sequoyah | 1 N Sallisaw |
46 | 05/17/1959 | 1830 | 5 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Grant | W to NE of Jefferson |
47 | 05/17/1959 | 1855 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Kay | 8 W Braman |
48 | 05/17/1959 | 2030 | 2 | 200 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Grant | Wakita |
49 | 05/19/1959 | 1900 | 23 | 880 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Kiowa/ Comanche | E Kiowa County - NW Comanche County (11 E Mountain Park) |
50 | 05/22/1959 | 0220 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Grady | 5 W Minco |
51 | 05/22/1959 | 0253 | 0.5 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Oklahoma | Bethany |
52 | 05/25/1959 | 2030 | 4 | 440 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Roger Mills | 1 NW- 3 NNE Berlin |
53 | 05/25/1959 | 2305 | 9 | 150 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Custer | 6 SW Arapaho - Arapaho - 2 NE Arapaho |
54 | 05/26/1959 | 1918 | 3 | 60 | F3 | 0 | 8 | Carter | 1 S Clemscot - Graham |
55 | 05/26/1959 | 2010 | 2 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Jefferson | 14 E Waurika |
56 | 05/26/1959 | 2230 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Hughes | Between Calvin and Stuart |
57 | 06/21/1959 | 1830 | 0.1 | 50 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Kiowa | Near Hobart |
58 | 07/22/1959 | 1830 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Kiowa | Near Mountain Park |
59 | 07/22/1959 | 1830 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Kiowa | Near Mountain Park |
60 | 07/22/1959 | 1900 | 0.5 | 440 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Caddo | 1 W Albert |
61 | 08/27/1959 | 0115 | 2 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Choctaw | SW of Hugo - Hugo |
62 | 08/27/1959 | 0120 | 0.1 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Pushmataha | 5 E Antlers |
63 | 08/30/1959 | 1820 | 2 | 100 | F3 | 0 | 1 | Cotton | Devol |
64 | 08/30/1959 | 1830 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Cotton | Randlett |
65 | 08/31/1959 | 1330 | 2 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Okfuskee | Just NW of Castle |
66 | 09/03/1959 | 0745 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | McClain | Near Purcell |
67 | 09/27/1959 | 1800 | 20 | 440 | F4 | 1 | 1 | Craig OK/ Labette KS | S of Hollow OK- SW of Chetopa KS- 3 SE Oswego KS [No fatalities or injures in Oklahoma] |
68 | 10/02/1959 | 1000 | 2 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Nowata | 8 NW Nowata |
69 | 10/04/1959 | 0725 | 4 | 200 | F2 | 0 | 2 | Bryan | 2 W Yuba |
70 | 11/03/1959 | 1800 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | McCurtain | 5 E Idabel |