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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 >

February Tornadoes by Intensity
F?/EF? F0/EF0 F1/EF1 F2/EF2 F3/EF3 F4/EF4 F5/EF5 Total
2 12 29 18 2 1 0 64
Unrated Weak Strong Violent Total
2 41 20 1 64
 
Tornado
Number
Date Time
(CST)
Length
of Path
(miles)
width
of Path
(yards)
F-Scale Killed Injured County Location
1 02/27/1950 1020 2 50 F2 0 0 Oklahoma near Lake Hefner
2 02/19/1951 1830 44 20 F2 0 5 Caddo/ Canadian/ Kingfisher Spring Creek community (8 NE Gracemont) - Ft. Reno - 6 E Okarche (southern Kingfisher County)
3 02/19/1951 2200 0.1 100 F0 0 0 Cleveland 4 S Norman
4 02/19/1953 1940 1.3 17 F1 0 0 Garvin 7 S Lindsay
5 02/19/1953 2100 0.5 10 F1 0 0 Love 8 SE Marietta (Loves Valley)
6 02/19/1953 2115 5 67 F1 0 0 Murray 3 S- 3 E Sulphur
7 02/19/1953 2145 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Marshall 1.5 SW Willis
8 02/28/1955 2130 2 10 F2 0 0 Pittsburg Near Lake McAlester
9 02/24/1956 2330 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Muskogee/ Cherokee near Fort Gibson - near 'Elm Grove'
10 02/25/1956 0001 7 400 F0 0 0 McCurtain near Wright City
11 02/26/1958 1400 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Pittsburg Near Alderson
12 02/26/1958 1530 0.1 20 F0 0 0 Sequoyah Near Moffett
13 02/09/1959 2100 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Garvin 4 W Erin Springs
14 02/09/1959 2130 4 500 F1 0 0 Lincoln Just E of Prague
15 02/09/1960 1445 8 200 F1 0 0 Ottawa Near Miami - 3 E Quapaw
16 02/09/1960 1545 0.3 10 F1 0 0 Craig 7 NW Welch
17 02/20/1960 1530 9 50 F1 0 0 Blaine Near Greenfield - 6 S Omega
18 02/17/1961 1630 0.5 17 F? 0 0 McClain 12 SW Purcell
19 02/17/1961 1645 17 300 F3 0 7 Oklahoma Near Spencer - NE of Luther
20 02/17/1961 1815 73 300 F3 0 11 Garvin/ Pontotoc/ Pottawatomie/ Seminole/ Hughes/ Okfuskee/ Okmulgee Stratford - Konawa - Wewoka - S of Schulter [tornado family.]
21 02/17/1961 1900 7 10 F2 0 1 Pottawatomie 9 W- 4 NW Shawnee
22 02/08/1966 1720 11 67 F2 0 2 Stephens Duncan - 2 SE Marlow
23 02/04/1971 1005 0.5 220 F1 0 0 McCurtain 15 E Broken Bow
24 02/18/1971 1240 0.2 100 F1 0 1 Comanche NE shore of Lake Ellsworth
25 02/18/1974 1448 0.1 17 F0 0 0 Cleveland 5 SE Noble
26 02/22/1975 0030 6 60 F1 0 4 Jackson Altus AFB - Friendship
27 02/22/1975 0030 5 100 F2 2 8 Jackson N part of Altus
28 02/22/1975 0100 5 77 F2 1 2 Kiowa W of Snyder - Mountain Park
29 02/22/1975 0215 5 70 F2 0 2 Stephens 3 SW Duncan - Duncan Airport
30 02/22/1975 0215 6 70 F2 0 4 Stephens 3 W Duncan - W part of Duncan
31 02/22/1975 0300 3 60 F2 0 14 Garvin NW part of Lindsay - just NE of Lindsay
32 02/20/1976 1655 0.5 33 F1 0 0 Osage 5 NW Pawhuska
33 02/20/1976 1720 4 20 F0 0 0 Garvin SW of Lindsay - Lindsay - 2.5 NE Lindsay
34 02/20/1976 2130 5 30 F2 0 0 Sequoyah Near Sallisaw
35 02/23/1977 0420 3 77 F2 0 4 McCurtain 10 E- 13 ENE Isabel
36 02/22/1985 0215 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Rogers near Oologah
37 02/23/1985 0100 10 500 F2 0 3 Atoka Bentley- Harmony
38 02/14/1987 1800 4 200 F2 0 1 Comanche Medicine Park- Lake Lawtonka
39 02/14/1987 1805 4 100 F1 0 0 Caddo 3 SW- 2 NW Apache
40 02/14/1987 2225 0.2 50 F1 0 0 Bryan Armstrong
41 02/20/1997 1950 0.1 30 F0 0 0 Le Flore Pocola
42 02/11/1999 1030-1032 0.9 n/a F1 0 0 McCurtain 3.2 NE - 4.1 NE Idabel
43 02/24/2000 2013-2049 27 150 F1 0 0 Lipscomb TX/ Ellis OK/ Harper OK 10 NE Lipscomb TX - 5 SE Laverne OK
44 02/25/2000 0737 0.2 100 F1 0 0 Tulsa Tulsa (near Pine/Garnett)
45 02/10/2009 1436-1437 0.7 75 EF1 0 0 Oklahoma Oklahoma City (near NW Expressway and Rockwell)
46 02/10/2009 1453-1505 6 250 EF2 0 0 Oklahoma/ Logan West Edmond - 7 NE Edmond
47 02/10/2009 1524-1526 1 10 EF1 0 0 Logan 2.5 NW Meridian
48 02/10/2009 1539-1559 10 50 EF1 0 0 Payne 9 WSW Perkins - 4 SW Stillwater
49 02/10/2009 1635-1637 3 400 EF0 0 0 Pawnee 3 SSW - 0.5 S Pawnee
50 02/10/2009 1845-1943 39 880 EF4 8 46 Montague TX/ Jefferson OK/ Love OK/ Carter OK near Spanish Fort TX - Lone Grove OK - 4 SSE Springer OK
51 02/27/2011 1821-1826 3 75 EF0 0 0 Osage OK/ Cowley KS 3 NNW Grainola OK - 9.5 ESE Maple City KS
52 02/26/2023 1908-1914 7.5 200 EF? 0 0 Harmon 4 NW McKnight - 2.5 SSE Vinson
53 02/26/2023 1913-1918 7 500 EF2 1 3 Roger Mills 2 W Cheyenne - 1 W Strong City
54 02/26/2023 1913-1918 6 100 EF1 0 0 Beckham 5 SW - 2 SE Erick
55 02/26/2023 1923-1934 11 75 EF1 0 0 Greer 3 NNE Reed - 1 SSE Brinkman
56 02/26/2023 1945-1954 8 600 EF1 0 0 Kiowa 2 E Lone Wolf - 3 NNW Hobart
57 02/26/2023 2031-2032 0.2 50 EF0 0 0 Alfalfa 1 NNW Amorita
58 02/26/2023 2032-2039 5 75 EF0 0 0 Caddo 1 NW Gracemont
59 02/26/2023 2052-2053 0.2 75 EF0 0 0 Grady 4 WSW Minco
60 02/26/2023 2057-2107 11 200 EF1 0 0 Grady/ Canadian 3 W Tuttle - far southwest OKC - 4 WNW Mustang
61 02/26/2023 2112-2118 5 500 EF1 0 0 Oklahoma western Oklahoma City (4 ENE Mustang - 2 ESE Bethany)
62 02/26/2023 2114-2138 27 900 EF2 0 12 McClain/ Cleveland 2 NE Cole - Goldsby - Norman (south and east) - 2 NE Stella
63 02/26/2023 2142-2148 6 440 EF1 0 0 Cleveland/ Pottawatomie 2 SSE Newalla - 2 NNW Dale
64 02/26/2023 2145-2151 6 200 EF2 0 0 Pottawatomie/ Lincoln 3 SSW Aydelotte - 2 SSE Meeker