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December Tornadoes by Intensity | |||||||
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F?/EF? | F0/EF0 | F1/EF1 | F2/EF2 | F3/EF3 | F4/EF4 | F5/EF5 | Total |
2 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
Unrated | Weak | Strong | Violent | Total | |||
2 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 38 |
Tornado Number |
Date | Time (CST) |
Length of Path (miles) |
width of Path (yards) |
F-Scale | Killed | Injured | County | Location |
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1 | 12/02/1953 | 1930 | 31 | 880 | F1 | 0 | 2 | Carter/ Murray | 3.5 W Ardmore - 3.5 NE Sulphur [not continuous] |
2 | 12/02/1953 | 2130 | 1.5 | 880 | F1 | 0 | 1 | Pottawatomie | Shawnee |
3 | 12/18/1968 | 0830 | 1.8 | 300 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Caddo | 2 NNE Apache |
4 | 12/18/1968 | 1300 | 4 | 100 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | Skiatook - 3 NE Skiatook |
5 | 12/18/1968 | 1305 | 0.5 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Pittsburg | 4 SW Indianola |
6 | 12/14/1971 | 1800 | 7 | 150 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Love | 6 N Marietta |
7 | 12/14/1971 | 2030 | 10 | 200 | F2 | 0 | 0 | McCurtain | 2 S Valliant - near Wright City |
8 | 12/14/1971 | 2040 | 0.1 | 77 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Pittsburg | 7 SE Lake Eufaula |
9 | 12/14/1971 | 2130 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Le Flore | Near Kerr Dam |
10 | 12/29/1972 | 2015 | 15 | 40 | F2 | 0 | 0 | McClain/ Cleveland | 10 SW Purcell - 4 ESE Lexington |
11 | 12/29/1972 | 2315 | 31 | 30 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Mayes/ Craig/ Delaware/ Ottawa | 2 S Ketchum - 9 E Miami [not continuous] |
12 | 12/05/1975 | 1625 | 27 | 50 | F3 | 0 | 0 | Okmulgee/ Muskogee/ Wagoner | 3 N Okmulgee - .5 E Coweta |
13 | 12/05/1975 | 1645 | 2 | 100 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | Near Bixby |
14 | 12/05/1975 | 1654 | 1.5 | 700 | F3 | 0 | 38 | Tulsa | NE Tulsa |
15 | 12/05/1975 | 1840 | 2 | 350 | F2 | 0 | 3 | Latimer | Eastern Oklahoma State College |
16 | 12/23/1982 | 2200 | 0.5 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Le Flore | Near Monroe |
17 | 12/23/1982 | 2345 | 3 | 100 | F2 | 0 | 1 | McCurtain | Near Wright City |
18 | 12/24/1982 | 0807 | 3 | 100 | F2 | 0 | 7 | Tulsa | Near Tulsa |
19 | 12/24/1982 | 0940 | 0.5 | 50 | F1 | 0 | 10 | Craig | Near Ketchum |
20 | 12/02/1999 | 1836-1840 | 4 | 30 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Logan | 5 SW - 1 SW Seward |
21 | 12/02/1999 | 1843-1901 | 12 | 100 | F2 | 0 | 1 | Logan | 6 SW - 7 N Guthrie |
22 | 12/02/1999 | 1930-1945 | 11 | 300 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Noble | 5 SSE - 8 NE Perry |
23 | 12/08/2008 | 2336 | 0.6 | 50 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | Wagoner | NE Broken Arrow |
24 | 12/31/2010 | 0605-0627 | 21 | 500 | EF3 | 4 | 10 | Adair OK/ Washington AR/ Benton AR | 0.5 N Westville OK - Cincinnati AR - 3 NW Tontitown AR [EF2 with no fatalities or injuries in Oklahoma] |
25 | 12/14/2014 | 1709 | 0.2 | 50 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | Oklahoma | 4 SW Arcadia |
26 | 12/12/2015 | 1803-1806 | 3 | 250 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | Choctaw | 2.5 SSE - 1.5 NE Fort Towson |
27 | 12/12/2015 | 1917-1937 | 7 | 600 | EF2 | 0 | 3 | McCurtain | 3 W Valliant - 4 ESE Rufe |
28 | 12/26/2015 | 1357 | 0.1 | 20 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | McClain | 7 NE Byars |
29 | 12/28/2019 | 1528 | 0.2 | 20 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | Coal | 1.5 W Lehigh |
30 | 12/28/2019 | 1530-1532 | 1.2 | 160 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa/ Wagoner | 3.1 SSE - 3.1 SE Broken Arrow |
31 | 12/12/2022 | 2121-2123 | 1.2 | 50 | EF? | 0 | 0 | Beaver | 1 SE - 2 E Balko |
32 | 12/12/2022 | 2138-2139 | 0.7 | 50 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | Beaver | 4 N Elmwood |
33 | 12/13/2022 | 0013 | 0.2 | 40 | EF? | 0 | 0 | Beckham | 4 SSW Erick |
34 | 12/13/2022 | 0424-0426 | 0.3 | 50 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | Stephens | 2 NNW Duncan |
35 | 12/13/2022 | 0451-0452 | 0.6 | 50 | EF2 | 0 | 0 | Grady | 1 NNW Cox City |
36 | 12/13/2022 | 0527-0533 | 5 | 300 | EF2 | 0 | 0 | McClain/ Cleveland | Wayne - 5 SE Lexington |
37 | 12/13/2022 | 0546-0547 | 0.6 | 30 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | Pottawatomie | 5 WSW Wanette |
38 | 12/13/2022 | 0555-0600 | 4 | 100 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | Garvin | 0.5 ENE - 4.5 NE Hennepin |