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Powerful Storms to Impact the Western U.S. and Northern Plains

A strong, long-duration atmospheric river will bring excessive rainfall, flash flooding, and very strong winds to southwest Oregon and northwest California through Thursday. A High Risk (level 4 of 4) of Excessive Rainfall has been issued. A storm system over the northern Plains will produce locally heavy snow in North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota. Read More >

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Tornadoes by Month
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
0 2 2 8 13 8 1 1 0 1 0 4 39
 
Tornadoes by Intensity
F? F0 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 Total
0 10 18 8 3 0 0 39
 
Tornado
Number
Date Time
(CST)
Length
of Path
(miles)
Width
of Path
(yards)
F-Scale Killed Injured County Location
1 02/04/1971 1005 0.5 220 F1 0 0 McCurtain 15 E Broken Bow
2 02/18/1971 1240 0.2 100 F1 0 1 Comanche NE shore of Lake Ellsworth
3 03/12/1971 1645 42 250 F3 0 4 Marshall/ Bryan 10 SW Madill - Cartwright - Colbert - Achille - Yuba
4 03/12/1971 1910 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Atoka 3 E Atoka
5 04/19/1971 0100 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Cimarron 3 ENE Felt
6 04/19/1971 0130 0.1 10 F2 0 0 Cimarron N of Boise City
7 04/19/1971 2043 1.5 50 F1 0 6 Seminole 6 NW Seminole
8 04/22/1971 1230 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Cimarron 10 W Felt
9 04/22/1971 1630 2 100 F1 0 1 Murray N part of Sulphur
10 04/22/1971 1630 1 400 F2 0 0 Pontotoc Near Fittstown
11 04/26/1971 1956 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Osage 3 NW Avant
12 04/26/1971 2000 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Pawnee 10 W Cleveland
13 05/05/1971 1650 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Ottawa Near Picher
14 05/05/1971 1708 17 200 F2 0 0 Mayes SW of Pryor - 5 S Spavinaw
15 05/05/1971 1743 37 600 F3 0 0 Muskogee/ Wagoner/ Cherokee 4 W Haskell - Haskell - Okay - Sequoyah State Park - 7 W Tahlequah
16 05/05/1971 1755 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Wagoner Between Porter and Coweta
17 05/06/1971 1830 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Sequoyah N of Sallisaw
18 05/10/1971 1645 7 600 F1 0 0 Okfuskee Just N of Bearden - S of Okemah
19 05/10/1971 2000 2 73 F1 0 0 Pawnee SW of Pawnee
20 05/18/1971 1830 8 100 F1 0 0 Rogers W of Foyil - 2 E Bushyhead
21 05/22/1971 0245 4 100 F2 0 0 Delaware Near Grove
22 05/23/1971 1530 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Pontotoc 7 SW Ada
23 05/23/1971 1600 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Mayes Near Grand Lake Towne
24 05/28/1971 1823 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Cimarron 3 S Boise City
25 05/31/1971 1615 0.1 10 F1 0 1 Tulsa North part of county
26 06/01/1971 0130 0.1 70 F0 0 0 McCurtain 6 N Broken Bow
27 06/02/1971 1900 0.1 10 F2 0 0 Kay 8 W Tonkawa
28 06/07/1971 1800 1.5 50 F3 0 0 Custer Thomas
29 06/07/1971 1900 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Washita 4 N Cordell
30 06/09/1971 1706 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Beaver N of Turpin
31 06/09/1971 2030 0.5 400 F1 0 0 Harper 8 N Laverne
32 06/09/1971 2045 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Beaver Near Knowles
33 06/09/1971 2135 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Texas 6 W Guymon
34 07/17/1971 1000 0.2 10 F1 0 0 Pontotoc W of Lula
35 10/30/1971 1100 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Oklahoma Near Valley Brook
36 12/14/1971 1800 7 150 F2 0 0 Love 6 N Marietta
37 12/14/1971 2030 10 200 F2 0 0 McCurtain 2 S Valliant - near Wright City
38 12/14/1971 2040 0.1 77 F2 0 0 Pittsburg 7 SE Lake Eufaula
39 12/14/1971 2130 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Le Flore Near Kerr Dam