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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 >

January Tornadoes by Intensity
F?/EF? F0/EF0 F1/EF1 F2/EF2 F3/EF3 F4/EF4 F5/EF5 Total
7 7 7 8 0 1 0 30
Unrated Weak Strong Violent Total
7 14 8 1 30
 
Tornado
Number
Date Time
(CST)
Length
of Path
(miles)
width
of Path
(yards)
F-Scale Killed Injured County Location
1 01/05/1955 0500 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Grady Chickasha
2 01/21/1957 1855 6 400 F1 0 0 Muskogee near Warner
3 01/22/1957 0330 64 440 F2 0 0 Pottawatomie/ Seminole/ Hughes/ Okfuskee/ McIntosh Near St. Louis - Wewoka - Wetumka - Weleetka – Ryal [likely tornado family]
4 01/22/1957 0600 6 50 F2 0 0 Haskell Near Hoyt
5 01/22/1957 0645 0.1 880 F4 10 20 Sequoyah Gans
6 01/14/1960 0600 0.1 10 F2 0 0 Pontotoc 2 SE Fitzhugh
7 01/25/1967 1840 26 150 F2 0 0 Custer/ Blaine SW side of Clinton - 5 N Hydro
8 01/25/1967 2220 36 10 F2 0 2 Rogers/ Mayes/ Craig N of Claremore - 1 E Vinita
9 01/25/1967 2303 2 10 F2 0 6 Ottawa Near Afton
10 01/26/1967 0410 0.5 500 F1 0 0 Le Flore Poteau
11 01/18/1973 0220 5 30 F2 0 4 Seminole Near Seminole
12 01/09/1975 2230 12 300 F1 0 0 Pittsburg S part Naval Ammunition Depot - near Richville [not continuous]
13 01/07/2008 2008 0.1 50 EF0 0 0 Adair 4 SW Watts
14 01/07/2008 2228-2230 1.8 500 EF0 0 0 Cherokee 2 NW - 2.5 N Moodys
15 01/07/2008 2338 0.5 75 EF0 0 0 Wagoner 2 NE Porter
16 01/07/2008 2354-2358 3 100 EF0 0 0 Wagoner 5.5 NE - 8 NE Wagoner
17 01/29/2013 0648-0649 1.1 40 EF1 0 0 Logan 4.5 W - 3.5 WNW Orlando
18 01/29/2013 1455-1504 9 700 EF2 0 0 Sequoyah OK/ Crawford AR 2.5 NNW Short OK - 3 NW Lee Creek AR [EF1 in Oklahoma]
19 01/10/2020 1034-1037 1.3 10 EF0 0 0 Lincoln Prague (west and north sides)
20 01/10/2020 1155-1156 1 50 EF? 0 0 Mayes 7 S - 6 SSE Locust Grove
21 01/10/2020 1449-1457 5.8 250 EF1 0 0 Cherokee 3.1 WSW Keys - 1.7 SSE Park Hill
22 01/30/2021 1343-1345 1.2 100 EF? 0 0 Nowata 3.7 S - 3.3 SSE Wann
23 01/30/2021 1346-1347 0.4 75 EF? 0 0 Nowata 3.3 SSE - 3.3 SSE Wann
24 01/30/2021 1348-1350 1.5 150 EF? 0 0 Nowata 3.2 SE - 3.8 ESE Wann
25 01/30/2021 1356-1400 2 100 EF? 0 0 Nowata 4.3 NW - 4 NNW Lenapah
26 01/02/2023 1637-1638 0.1 100 EF? 0 0 Osage 5 SE Shidler
27 01/02/2023 1732-1743 5.3 700 EF0 0 0 Mayes 3 NNE Pryor - 3 SE Adair
28 01/02/2023 1752-1805 8.6 650 EF1 0 0 McIntosh 2.9 SW Texanna - 2.8 NE Duchess Landing
29 01/02/2023 1823-1825 0.6 200 EF1 0 0 Ottawa 3.4 SSW - 2.9 SSW Fairland
30 01/02/2023 1925-1930 2.5 200 EF? 0 0 Sequoyah 5.4 S - 5.4 SSE Vian