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Thunderstorms, some severe, may produce heavy to excessive rainfall and isolated flooding over portions of the Southern Plains today and Saturday. Dry conditions, combined with gusty winds and low relative humidities will continue to support an elevated to critical fire weather threat in the Desert Southwest into to early next week. Read More >

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1960 Oklahoma Tornadoes

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Tornadoes by Month
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
1 3 5 19 61 2 3 2 1 0 1 0 98
 
Tornadoes by Intensity
F? F0 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 Total
20 3 26 30 14 4 1 98
 
Tornado
Number		 Date Time
(CST)		 Length
of Path
(miles)		 Width
of Path
(yards)		 F-Scale Killed Injured County Location
1 01/14/1960 0600 0.1 10 F2 0 0 Pontotoc 2 SE Fitzhugh
2 02/09/1960 1445 8 200 F1 0 0 Ottawa Near Miami - 3 E Quapaw
3 02/09/1960 1545 0.3 10 F1 0 0 Craig 7 NW Welch
4 02/20/1960 1530 9 50 F1 0 0 Blaine Near Greenfield - 6 S Omega
5 03/28/1960 1830 24 200 F2 0 0 Ellis 3 NW Shattuck - extreme NE Ellis County
6 03/31/1960 1800 0.2 100 F1 0 0 Kay 2 SW Blackwell
7 03/31/1960 1820 2 50 F1 0 0 Garfield 4 SE Garber
8 03/31/1960 1915 1.5 17 F1 0 0 Garfield 2 E Covington
9 03/31/1960 1920 2 100 F1 0 0 Noble 5 E Perry
10 04/12/1960 1200 0.1 10 F2 0 3 Harper Near Laverne
11 04/12/1960 1830 0.2 300 F? 0 0 Cimarron 7 SW Boise City
12 04/16/1960 1640 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Tulsa Near Sperry
13 04/16/1960 2005 0.1 50 F2 0 0 Garfield 4 W Waukomis
14 04/16/1960 2130 1 100 F1 0 0 Craig Near Banzet
15 04/16/1960 2215 4 200 F2 0 2 Craig 3 NW Big Cabin
16 04/28/1960 1900 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Blaine SE of Watonga
17 04/28/1960 1900 3 100 F3 0 0 Caddo 1.5 SW of Oney (which is now Albert)
18 04/28/1960 1945 4 200 F2 0 1 Grady 2 S Pocassett
19 04/28/1960 1945 3 200 F2 0 0 Grady 2 NE Amber
20 04/28/1960 1945 4 200 F3 0 2 Grady 1.5 N- 3 ENE Pocassett
21 04/28/1960 1945 2 300 F2 0 0 Grady Pocassett
22 04/28/1960 2050 1.5 200 F3 0 1 Grady Tuttle
23 04/28/1960 2055 12 333 F3 0 57 Oklahoma South part of Oklahoma City
24 04/28/1960 2058 8 500 F2 0 0 Cleveland W and N of Moore
25 04/28/1960 2100 0.1 10 F2 0 0 Cleveland 13 NE Lexington
26 04/28/1960 2105 4 400 F2 0 6 Cleveland Moore
27 04/28/1960 2345 6 800 F2 3 1 Seminole 4 W- 4 NW Cromwell
28 04/29/1960 1415 0.1 10 F? 0 0 Kay 1.5 N Blackwell
29 05/03/1960 1930 0.5 100 F1 0 0 Woodward 6 SE Woodward
30 05/04/1960 1740 1 10 F1 0 0 Tillman 7 SW Grandfield
31 05/04/1960 1740 1 50 F1 0 0 Tillman 4 S Grandfield
32 05/04/1960 1800 5 150 F2 0 0 Cotton Walters
33 05/04/1960 1830 0.1 10 F1 0 3 Comanche 1.5 SW Richards Spur
34 05/04/1960 1843 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Cotton S of Temple
35 05/04/1960 1845 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Comanche NE of Letitia
36 05/04/1960 1858 0.1 10 F3 0 0 Stephens 6 SW - 3 SE Marlow
37 05/04/1960 1945 5 50 F2 0 0 Cleveland Noble - 5 NE Noble
38 05/04/1960 1945 18 10 F3 0 6 Pontotoc Oil Center
39 05/04/1960 1955 5 400 F3 0 4 Oklahoma Bethany
40 05/04/1960 2005 8 10 F4 0 0 Pottawatomie/ Seminole 2 W- 5 N Konawa
41 05/04/1960 2116 31 150 F4 0 3 Choctaw/ Pushmataha Soper; near Snow [not continuous]
42 05/05/1960 1338 0.1 10 F? 0 0 Tillman S of Frederick
43 05/05/1960 1445 7 200 F3 0 0 Garvin Wallville
44 05/05/1960 1500 102 400 F3 0 0 Cleveland/ Pottawatomie/ Lincoln/ Creek/ Tulsa SW of Corbett - Tribbey- Macomb -2 W Tecumseh; near Bellmont - Depew - 4 W Sand Springs [tornado family]
45 05/05/1960 1700 72 800 F5 5 81 Pottawatomie/ Lincoln/ Okfuskee/ Creek S of Shawnee- between Paden and Prague- Iron Post- Sapulpa- NE of Sapulpa
46 05/05/1960 1807 4 500 F2 0 0 Pittsburg McAlester
47 05/05/1960 1816 0.8 150 F3 2 15 Okmulgee Hoffman
48 05/05/1960 1820 5 100 F2 0 0 Muskogee W of Jamesville - S of Haskell
49 05/05/1960 1830 37 500 F2 0 2 Craig/ Ottawa E of Vinita - near I-44 at Missouri State Line
50 05/05/1960 1900 6 10 F2 0 0 Garvin Near Wynnewood
51 05/05/1960 1910 62 200 F4 16 106 Latimer/ Haskell/ Sequoyah Wilburton- Keota- SW of Sallisaw
52 05/05/1960 1910 12 200 F2 2 6 McIntosh Near- 12 N Eufaula Dam
53 05/05/1960 1920 5 200 F2 0 0 Wagoner Wagoner
54 05/05/1960 1930 0.1 10 F1 0 6 Rogers 3 SE Tiawah
55 05/05/1960 1930 5 10 F3 1 0 Sequoyah SW- NE of Moffett
56 05/05/1960 1940 5 10 F4 5 13 Sequoyah Roland
57 05/05/1960 2040 5 10 F1 0 0 Cherokee Near Welling
58 05/05/1960 2050 1 400 F2 0 0 McIntosh Eufaula
59 05/05/1960 2100 6 10 F2 0 0 Mayes Cedar Crest Area
60 05/05/1960 2130 24 10 F3 1 0 Le Flore/ Sequoyah Bokoshe - near Akins
61 05/16/1960 2015 0.1 10 F? 0 0 Creek Near Hayburn Lake
62 05/17/1960 2105 0.1 10 F? 0 0 Kingfisher 10 SW Hennessey
63 05/18/1960 1515 0.5 50 F1 0 0 Garvin 4 NW Pauls Valley
64 05/18/1960 1600 0.3 100 F0 0 0 Marshall Just N of Oakland
65 05/18/1960 1700 0.5 10 F1 0 0 Rogers 5 W Claremore
66 05/18/1960 1730 0.1 10 F? 0 0 Washington Ramona
67 05/18/1960 1843 0.1 10 F? 0 0 Jackson 4 SE Humphreys
68 05/19/1960 1600 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Caddo SE of Anadarko
69 05/19/1960 1600 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Caddo/ Grady N of Verden - near Dutton
70 05/19/1960 1625 0.1 10 F2 0 0 Cleveland Moore
71 05/19/1960 1650 0.1 10 F? 0 0 Stephens 2 E Duncan
72 05/19/1960 1835 0.1 10 F? 0 0 Tulsa Tulsa
73 05/19/1960 1900 5 50 F1 0 0 Rogers 3 W Foyil
74 05/19/1960 1920 0.1 10 F? 0 0 Muskogee Boynton
75 05/19/1960 1922 0.1 10 F2 0 0 Wagoner Near Porter
76 05/19/1960 1930 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Mayes 7 W Pryor
77 05/19/1960 2050 0.1 10 F? 0 0 Sequoyah S of Sallisaw
78 05/19/1960 2320 0.1 10 F? 0 0 Tulsa S of Broken Arrow
79 05/19/1960 2320 0.1 10 F? 0 0 Tulsa S of Broken Arrow
80 05/20/1960 0031 0.1 10 F? 0 0 Choctaw Frogville
81 05/20/1960 0600 0.8 100 F1 0 0 McCurtain E of Idabel
82 05/23/1960 1830 0.1 10 F2 0 1 Caddo Carnegie
83 05/23/1960 1830 0.1 10 F2 0 0 Caddo Near Carnegie
84 05/23/1960 1830 0.1 10 F2 0 0 Caddo Near Carnegie
85 05/23/1960 2030 1.5 33 F1 0 0 McClain 2 NW Newcastle
86 05/23/1960 2100 0.1 10 F? 0 0 Stephens 6 W Duncan
87 05/27/1960 2135 0.1 10 F2 0 0 Kingfisher 5 NE Kingfisher
88 05/28/1960 1600 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Woods E of Dacoma
89 05/28/1960 2130 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Custer 4 W Custer City
90 06/07/1960 1800 0.8 100 F3 0 0 Jackson 2 SSW Olustee (Olustee airport)
91 06/15/1960 0100 0.1 10 F? 0 0 Beaver 4.5 S Gray
92 07/21/1960 1455 0.1 10 F? 0 0 Tulsa 5 SW Tulsa
93 07/24/1960 1600 0.1 10 F? 0 0 Wagoner 3 N Wagoner
94 07/29/1960 1830 0.1 10 F2 0 0 Garfield Near Enid
95 08/07/1960 2315 5 200 F3 0 0 Ottawa 2 N Quapaw
96 08/09/1960 1200 0.1 10 F? 0 0 Cotton Just S of Temple
97 09/20/1960 1330 0.1 10 F? 0 0 Pontotoc N of Lula
98 11/15/1960 1420 1 50 F2 0 0 Cherokee 11 SE Tahlequah
 
 
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