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 | ||||||||||||
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 76 |
Tornadoes by Intensity | |||||||
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F? | F0 | F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | Total |
0 | 8 | 39 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 76 |
Tornado Number |
Date | Time (CST) |
Length of Path (miles) |
Width of Path (yards) |
F-Scale | Killed | Injured | County | Location |
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1 | 01/18/1973 | 0220 | 5 | 30 | F2 | 0 | 4 | Seminole | Near Seminole |
2 | 03/13/1973 | 1153 | 5 | 100 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Greer | Granite |
3 | 03/13/1973 | 1227 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 5 | Comanche | Near Geronimo |
4 | 03/13/1973 | 1235 | 7 | 33 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Cotton | 1 N- 6 E Temple |
5 | 03/13/1973 | 1250 | 0.5 | 33 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Jefferson | S of Waurika |
6 | 03/13/1973 | 1508 | 52 | 250 | F2 | 0 | 1 | Kay OK/ Cowley KS | Newkirk OK - 6 ENE Atlanta KS [not continuous path in Kansas] |
7 | 03/24/1973 | 1340 | 0.5 | 17 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Jefferson | Near Terrell |
8 | 03/28/1973 | 1640 | 28 | 33 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Craig/ Ottawa | 15 W Welch - near Miami |
9 | 04/15/1973 | 1745 | 0.2 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Lincoln | Near Carney |
10 | 04/19/1973 | 2300 | 2 | 83 | F2 | 0 | 4 | Stephens | Near Velma |
11 | 04/19/1973 | 2345 | 17 | 250 | F2 | 0 | 2 | Garvin | S of- just E of- N of Pauls Valley |
12 | 04/20/1973 | 0015 | 8 | 100 | F3 | 0 | 21 | Pontotoc | W part of Ada |
13 | 04/21/1973 | 2000 | 0.1 | 120 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Craig | Near Ketchum |
14 | 04/21/1973 | 2040 | 5 | 40 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Craig/ Ottawa | 5 E Vinita - 1 SW Afton |
15 | 04/30/1973 | 2020 | 13 | 100 | F2 | 0 | 6 | Alfalfa/ Grant | NE side of Great Salt Plains Reservoir - W of Medford |
16 | 04/30/1973 | 2035 | 1 | 33 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Garfield | Near Drummond |
17 | 04/30/1973 | 2125 | 0.4 | 67 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Kay | Near Chilocco |
18 | 05/01/1973 | 0900 | 1 | 150 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Texas | 4 SW Hooker |
19 | 05/01/1973 | 1345 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Cherokee | near Moodys |
20 | 05/06/1973 | 1400 | 9 | 70 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Seminole | SW of Seminole - N of Seminole |
21 | 05/06/1973 | 1800 | 5 | 40 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Pittsburg | near Featherston |
22 | 05/06/1973 | 1910 | 1 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Grant | ~5 W Deer Creek |
23 | 05/18/1973 | 1800 | 9 | 33 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Kay | 5 NW- 5 NE Braman |
24 | 05/22/1973 | 2130 | 4 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Tillman | 2 W Frederick - Frederick |
25 | 05/23/1973 | 0015 | 1 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Pontotoc | 4 SW Konawa |
26 | 05/23/1973 | 0030 | 0.5 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Seminole | 1 NE Konawa |
27 | 05/24/1973 | 1600 | 0.4 | 33 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Comanche | Near Lawton |
28 | 05/24/1973 | 1600 | 13 | 300 | F4 | 2 | 4 | Canadian | WNW of Union City- Union City- SE of Union City |
29 | 05/26/1973 | 1500 | 0.3 | 100 | F3 | 0 | 3 | Washington | 6 N Copan |
30 | 05/26/1973 | 1500 | 2 | 33 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | E of Broken Arrow |
31 | 05/26/1973 | 1530 | 11 | 60 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Mayes | S of Chouteau - near Locust Grove |
32 | 05/26/1973 | 1600 | 4 | 500 | F4 | 5 | 25 | Muskogee | .25 WSW Keefeton- Keefeton- 3 ENE Keefeton |
33 | 05/26/1973 | 1640 | 19 | 250 | F3 | 0 | 6 | Sequoyah | N of Gore - Box - near Marble City |
34 | 05/26/1973 | 2000 | 6 | 200 | F2 | 0 | 0 | McIntosh | Near Checotah |
35 | 05/26/1973 | 2010 | 16 | 80 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Pittsburg | 3 S Ashland - 4 SE Savanna |
36 | 05/26/1973 | 2100 | 1.5 | 33 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Le Flore | Wister |
37 | 06/02/1973 | 0015 | n/a | 100 | F2 | 0 | 2 | Comanche | Near Geronimo |
38 | 06/02/1973 | 1455 | 0.5 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Cherokee | 2 W Hulbert |
39 | 06/02/1973 | 1900 | 0.5 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Mayes | 7 SE Chouteau |
40 | 06/03/1973 | 1630 | 0.1 | 23 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Harper | 8 NW Buffalo |
41 | 06/04/1973 | 0045 | 6 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Love | S of Marietta |
42 | 06/04/1973 | 1800 | 12 | 100 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Kay/ Osage | 3 S- 11 E of Ponca City |
43 | 06/04/1973 | 1800 | 2 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Canadian | 2 NE Yukon |
44 | 06/04/1973 | 1830 | 1.5 | 33 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Creek | 3 E- 6 E Oilton |
45 | 06/04/1973 | 1900 | 1.5 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Osage | 4 E Barnsdall |
46 | 06/04/1973 | 1912 | 0.4 | 17 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Cleveland | Norman (3 W NSSL) |
47 | 06/04/1973 | 2058 | 0.5 | 17 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Lincoln | SE of Meeker |
48 | 06/04/1973 | 2148 | 0.2 | 17 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Garvin | .5 S Stratford |
49 | 06/04/1973 | 2330 | 0.5 | 17 | F1 | 0 | 1 | Carter | Near Ardmore |
50 | 06/16/1973 | 1730 | 31 | 100 | F1 | 0 | 2 | Pittsburg/ Haskell | 6 N McAlester - near Hoyt |
51 | 06/16/1973 | 1920 | 0.1 | 40 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Adair | 1 E Westville |
52 | 06/18/1973 | 1630 | 3 | 40 | F3 | 0 | 0 | Osage | 4 E- 6 ESE Hominy |
53 | 06/18/1973 | 1645 | 17 | 133 | F3 | 0 | 0 | Caddo | 5 W Binger - 4 E Carnegie |
54 | 06/18/1973 | 1700 | 0.5 | 83 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Kiowa | 10 SW Carnegie |
55 | 06/18/1973 | 1750 | 0.5 | 100 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Tillman | 9 ENE Frederick |
56 | 06/18/1973 | 1750 | 0.5 | 40 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Tillman | 2 NE Frederick |
57 | 06/18/1973 | 1800 | 0.5 | 67 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Caddo | 8 WSW Anadarko |
58 | 06/18/1973 | 1815 | 3 | 50 | F3 | 0 | 58 | Tillman | Frederick |
59 | 06/18/1973 | 1825 | 0.2 | 13 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Tillman | Frederick |
60 | 06/18/1973 | 1900 | 4 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 1 | Grady | S of Rush Springs |
61 | 07/06/1973 | 1720 | 0.5 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | McCurtain | 7 W Idabel |
62 | 08/10/1973 | 1730 | 0.4 | 17 | F1 | 0 | 0 | McIntosh | 3 N Checotah |
63 | 09/03/1973 | 1720 | 16 | 40 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Payne/ Lincoln | 2 SE Ripley - near Carney |
64 | 09/04/1973 | 1358 | 16 | 200 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Kay | 2 N Tonkawa - 3 NE Ponca City |
65 | 09/24/1973 | 1840 | 21 | 100 | F3 | 0 | 14 | Craig/ Ottawa | 2 NE Vinita - SE edge of Miami |
66 | 10/10/1973 | 0730 | 36 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Beckham/ Roger Mills | 5 W Sayre - near Angora |
67 | 10/10/1973 | 1805 | 0.1 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Garfield | 3 W Enid |
68 | 10/11/1973 | 0115 | 5 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Oklahoma | Oklahoma City (SW 89th/May - SE 22nd/Byers) |
69 | 11/19/1973 | 1715 | 4 | 40 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Ellis | S and E of Arnett |
70 | 11/19/1973 | 1930 | 24 | 500 | F3 | 5 | 36 | McClain/ Cleveland/ Oklahoma | Blanchard - Moore - Del City - SE Oklahoma City |
71 | 11/19/1973 | 1940 | 6 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 2 | Kingfisher | Near Hennessey |
72 | 11/19/1973 | 1945 | 14 | 60 | F2 | 0 | 6 | Kay | 8 SW Tonkawa - Tonkawa - 6 NE Tonkawa |
73 | 11/19/1973 | 2010 | 3 | 150 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Kay | Blackwell |
74 | 11/20/1973 | 0001 | 0.5 | 30 | F1 | 0 | 7 | Rogers | 4 SE Collinsville |
75 | 11/23/1973 | 2230 | 1 | 40 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Mayes | 6 SE Pryor |
76 | 11/24/1973 | 1635 | 12 | 40 | F1 | 0 | 0 | McCurtain | Just NW of Glover - near Broken Bow Lake |