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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 >

October Tornadoes by Intensity
F?/EF? F0/EF0 F1/EF1 F2/EF2 F3/EF3 F4/EF4 F5/EF5 Total
13 83 72 19 7 1 0 195
Unrated Weak Strong Violent Total
13 155 26 1 195
 
Tornado
Number
Date Time
(CST)
Length
of Path
(miles)
width
of Path
(yards)
F-Scale Killed Injured County Location
1 10/01/1950 2100 16 10 F1 0 0 Cimarron Boise City - 15 NE Boise City
2 10/21/1951 2030 2 880 F1 0 0 Noble 8 SW Red Rock
3 10/25/1954 1830 8 10 F0 0 0 Ellis 7 S Fargo
4 10/30/1956 1440 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Noble 12 E Perry
5 10/13/1957 1720 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Beaver just N of Gate
6 10/02/1959 1000 2 10 F1 0 0 Nowata 8 NW Nowata
7 10/04/1959 0725 4 200 F2 0 2 Bryan 2 W Yuba
8 10/29/1961 0730 4 50 F? 0 0 Alfalfa SW of Burlington - N of Burlington
9 10/20/1963 1640 6 10 F2 0 0 Kingfisher/ Garfield 7 WSW- 3 WNW Marshall
10 10/10/1969 2100 0.8 200 F2 0 0 Hughes 2 W Holdenville
11 10/05/1970 1540 24 200 F2 0 1 Cleveland/ Pottawatomie 5 NE Lexington - 8 SE Tecumseh
12 10/05/1970 1542 25 150 F4 4 84 Pottawatomie/ Lincoln/ Okfuskee Shawnee- Prague- 2 N Paden
13 10/06/1970 1630 0.3 100 F0 0 0 McCurtain 6 N Idabel
14 10/07/1970 2330 2 200 F1 0 0 Pontotoc Near Roff
15 10/07/1970 2330 0.5 100 F1 0 0 Pontotoc 5 S Ada
16 10/08/1970 0830 1 100 F1 0 1 Bryan W edge of Durant
17 10/08/1970 1215 0.5 33 F1 0 0 Le Flore 1 N Panama
18 10/26/1970 1715 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Pittsburg 4 N McAlester
19 10/30/1971 1100 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Oklahoma Near Valley Brook
20 10/22/1972 0224 1.5 33 F3 0 1 McCurtain N part of Idabel
21 10/22/1972 0224 0.5 10 F2 0 1 McCurtain SE part of Idabel
22 10/10/1973 0730 36 10 F1 0 0 Beckham/ Roger Mills 5 W Sayre - near Angora
23 10/10/1973 1805 0.1 50 F1 0 0 Garfield 3 W Enid
24 10/11/1973 0115 5 50 F1 0 0 Oklahoma Oklahoma City (SW 89th/May - SE 22nd/Byers)
25 10/30/1974 1715 0.5 50 F1 0 0 Marshall 6 W Madill
26 10/21/1979 2010 1 60 F2 0 0 Murray 7 N Sulphur
27 10/30/1979 1005 8 530 F3 3 2 Carter 5 S-3 NNE Woodford
28 10/16/1980 0400 10 400 F1 0 3 Dewey 2 SW Taloga - 2 E Seiling
29 10/05/1981 1845 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Kingfisher 14 SW Kingfisher
30 10/13/1981 1800 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Choctaw Unger
31 10/17/1981 0345 0.1 10 F1 0 2 Jefferson near Hastings
32 10/03/1983 2125 0.1 10 F0 0 1 Tulsa Near Broken Arrow
33 10/19/1983 1803 3 50 F2 0 0 Comanche 2 NW Elgin
34 10/16/1984 0350 0.1 10 F2 0 0 Sequoyah near Roland
35 10/18/1984 1515 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Sequoyah 10 N Sallisaw
36 10/31/1984 1756 20 250 F3 0 0 Woodward/ Major 6 S Cedarville- 1 SW Cheyenne Valley
37 10/31/1984 1819 6 200 F2 0 0 Dewey 5 E Camargo- 2 W Lenora
38 10/31/1984 1910 8 200 F2 0 0 Major 2 SSE- 7 ENE Chester
39 10/31/1984 2030 0.1 10 F1 0 0 McCurtain 12 N Broken Bow
40 10/01/1986 1915 10 50 F1 0 0 Harmon 5 W- 5 NE McKnight
41 10/01/1986 2025 0.1 30 F0 0 0 Washita 2 S Canute
42 10/01/1986 2107 0.1 30 F0 0 0 Kiowa 10 NW Lone Wolf
43 10/02/1986 0907 2 150 F1 0 0 Oklahoma The Village
44 10/02/1986 1012 5 73 F0 0 0 Logan 5 W Seward- 9 W Guthrie
45 10/02/1986 1529 0.1 50 F0 0 0 Logan 7 W Guthrie
46 10/29/1989 1646 0.1 30 F0 0 0 Kiowa 4 W Snyder
47 10/29/1989 1732 0.1 30 F0 0 0 Tillman 2 NW Davidson
48 10/24/1991 1216 0.1 20 F0 0 0 Haskell 4 E Kinta
49 10/24/1991 1512 0.2 40 F0 0 0 Tulsa Collinsville
50 10/24/1991 1819 1 100 F0 0 0 McIntosh 2- 3 SE Checotah
51 10/24/1991 1830 0.1 10 F0 0 0 McIntosh 2 E Rentiesville
52 10/28/1991 0415 10 800 F1 0 0 Adair 3 NW Westville- 4 NW Watts
53 10/28/1991 0445 1.5 100 F0 0 0 Delaware Moseley- 2 E Moseley
54 10/28/1991 0510 17 400 F1 0 0 Delaware OK/ Benton AR 5 E Colcord OK- Sulphur Springs AR
55 10/07/1992 1455 0.2 23 F1 0 3 Canadian SW Oklahoma City (near SW 27th/ Czech Hall)
56 10/08/1993 1645-1650 3 73 F0 0 0 Delaware 2 NW- 3 N Jay
57 10/08/1993 1836 0.1 30 F0 0 0 Cherokee 7 NE Tahlequah
58 10/17/1994 1547 0.2 30 F0 0 0 Alfalfa 5 SW Aline
59 10/17/1994 1550 0.2 30 F1 0 0 Alfalfa 4 WSW Carmen
60 10/17/1994 1702 0.2 30 F0 0 0 Major 7 WNW Ringwood
61 10/26/1995 1740 0.1 30 F0 0 0 Mayes 3 SW Spavinaw
62 10/26/1995 1816-1820 2 73 F0 0 0 Cherokee 8 SW- 6 SW Tahlequah
63 10/26/1995 1843 0.1 30 F0 0 0 Cherokee 5 S Tahlequah
64 10/26/1995 1846-1852 3 73 F0 0 0 Adair 7 WNW- 4 NW Stilwell
65 10/08/1997 1731-1735 2 50 F0 0 0 Noble 5 SE - 7 SE Billings
66 10/08/1997 1815 0.5 23 F1 0 0 Logan 9 S Coyle
67 10/04/1998 1425-1443 10 440 F2 0 0 Woods/ Alfalfa 11 SSW Dacoma - 4 NW Carmen
68 10/04/1998 1505 0.1 30 F0 0 0 Alfalfa 5 SE Cherokee
69 10/04/1998 1604 0.1 30 F0 0 0 Grant 5 W Medford
70 10/04/1998 1638-1641 1.5 30 F0 0 0 Blaine 8 SW - 6.5 SW Watonga
71 10/04/1998 1650-1712 12 200 F2 0 0 Blaine 3 SW - 9 ENE Watonga
72 10/04/1998 1714 0.3 50 F0 0 0 Comanche 5 N Medicine Park
73 10/04/1998 1728-1742 7 100 F1 0 0 Kingfisher 6 SW - 2 SE Dover
74 10/04/1998 1745 0.5 30 F0 0 0 Caddo 1 NE Cyril
75 10/04/1998 1747-1756 6 100 F1 0 0 Payne/ Noble 10 W - 6 NW Stillwater
76 10/04/1998 1754-1755 1.5 200 F2 0 0 Grady 9 WSW - 7.5 WSW Ninnekah
77 10/04/1998 1838-1839 0.4 130 F1 0 0 Pawnee Pawnee
78 10/04/1998 1915-1921 5 80 F2 0 0 Grady/ McClain 4 NW Blanchard - 2 SSW Newcastle
79 10/04/1998 1926-1928 1.5 30 F0 0 0 McClain/ Cleveland N Newcastle - SW Oklahoma City
80 10/04/1998 1934-1941 3 580 F2 0 0 Cleveland Moore
81 10/04/1998 1956-1957 1 80 F0 0 0 Osage 1 SSW - 1 SSE Barnsdall
82 10/04/1998 2037-2040 3 580 F2 0 0 Lincoln 4 SE - 5 E Meeker
83 10/04/1998 2045-2052 6 580 F2 0 0 Lincoln 7 W - 4 NW Prague
84 10/04/1998 2050-2055 3 100 F1 0 0 Pottawatomie NW Shawnee
85 10/04/1998 2052-2108 8 440 F1 0 6 Lincoln 6 NW - 7 NNE Prague
86 10/04/1998 2058-2100 2 100 F1 0 0 Pottawatomie SE Shawnee
87 10/04/1998 2105-2116 8 50 F0 0 0 Nowata 2 NE Watovia - 10 ESE Nowata
88 10/04/1998 2108-2125 10 880 F3 0 1 Seminole/ Pottawatomie 5 WNW Little - Center View - 3 SE Prague
89 10/04/1998 2119 0.5 50 F0 0 0 Tulsa 3 NW Collinsville
90 10/04/1998 2137-2208 27 1410 F2 0 4 Okfuskee/ Okmulgee 2 SE Boley - IXL - Haydenville - 3 SW Nuyaka
91 10/04/1998 2217-2218 1 100 F1 0 0 Okmulgee 2 E - 2 ENE Nuyaka
92 10/04/1998 2327 0.8 50 F0 0 0 Wagoner 1 SE Tullahassee
93 10/28/1998 1655 0.3 30 F0 0 0 Logan 6 N Meridian
94 10/31/1999 1615 0.5 50 F0 0 0 Creek 3 E Sapulpa
95 10/31/1999 1623 0.5 50 F0 0 0 Creek 3 SW Sapulpa
96 10/31/1999 1635 0.5 50 F0 0 0 Creek 4 N Kellyville
97 10/31/1999 1700 0.5 50 F0 0 0 Creek 4 S Mannford
98 10/21/2000 1641-1655 4 30 F0 0 0 Cotton 3 SSW - 1 NW Walters
99 10/22/2000 1514-1526 4 30 F0 0 0 Caddo 6 SE - 6 ENE Binger
100 10/22/2000 1636 0.2 30 F0 0 0 Canadian 5 SSE Calumet (at I-40 near MM 117)
Tornado
Number
Date Time
(CST)
Length
of Path
(miles)
width
of Path
(yards)
F-Scale Killed Injured County Location
101 10/22/2000 1658-1704 3 20 F0 0 0 Pontotoc 3 NW - 4.5 NNW Stonewall
102 10/22/2000 1800 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Pontotoc 5 SE Francis
103 10/22/2000 1802-1807 1.5 40 F1 0 0 Oklahoma SE Oklahoma City/Valley Brook (near SE79/Pole - 0.5 WNW SE59/Eastern)
104 10/22/2000 1814-1822 3 20 F0 0 0 Oklahoma Oklahoma City (just W of SE22/Eastern - just W of NE16/MLK)
105 10/09/2001 1339-1340 1 50 F0 0 0 Beckham 6 WNW - 6 NW Sayre
106 10/09/2001 1342 0.1 25 F0 0 0 Beckham 7.5 WNW Sayre
107 10/09/2001 1342-1352 5 200 F0 0 0 Beckham 0.5 SW New Liberty (7 NW Sayre) - 7 NNW Sayre
108 10/09/2001 1350 0.1 25 F0 0 0 Beckham 6 NNW Sayre
109 10/09/2001 1412-1418 3 50 F1 0 0 Roger Mills/ Beckham 2 SE - 3 ENE Berlin (8 WNW Elk City)
110 10/09/2001 1530-1556 12 600 F3 0 0 Beckham/ Washita/ Custer NE side of Elk City (2 NE Elk City) - 2.5 W Foss Reservoir Dam (7.5 SSW Butler)
111 10/09/2001 1552-1553 1 50 F0 0 0 Kiowa 4 WSW - 3 WSW Hobart
112 10/09/2001 1608-1621 6 500 F3 0 9 Washita 1.5 SSW Cordell - Cordell - 3.5 NNE Cordell
113 10/09/2001 1615 0.1 25 F0 0 0 Custer 6 W Arapaho (3.5 NE Stafford)
114 10/09/2001 1632-1636 2 200 F1 0 0 Washita 2.5 NW - 3 NNW Corn
115 10/09/2001 1636-1710 13 440 F3 0 1 Kiowa/ Washita 1 N Gotebo - 4.5 SSE Cowden (7 NNE Mountain View)
116 10/09/2001 1642 0.1 25 F0 0 0 Custer 3 SW Custer City
117 10/09/2001 1657-1658 0.5 50 F0 0 0 Custer 4 SE Weatherford
118 10/09/2001 1718-1722 2 300 F1 0 0 Caddo 1.5 E - 3 ENE Alfalfa
119 10/09/2001 1728 0.4 25 F0 0 0 Caddo 2 NW Carnegie
120 10/09/2001 1757-1758 0.8 50 F1 0 0 Caddo 3 S - 3 SSE Albert
121 10/09/2001 1805-1810 2 440 F1 0 0 Caddo 7 S Binger - 3.5 NW Gracemont
122 10/09/2001 1815-1819 1.5 580 F0 0 0 Caddo 5 N Gracemont - 3.5 WSW Spring Creek
123 10/09/2001 1820-1824 1.5 850 F1 0 0 Caddo 5 W - 4 WNW Spring Creek
124 10/06/2004 1438-1439 1 25 F0 0 0 Cotton 7 W - 6.3 W Walters
125 10/19/2005 1647-1708 13 400 F1 0 0 Harper/ Woodward 10 SSE Selman - 20 N Mooreland (5 WNW Alabaster Caverns SP)
126 10/17/2007 1614 0.1 50 EF0 0 0 Choctaw 3 NE Fort Towson
127 10/29/2009 1017 0.5 150 EF0 0 0 Okfuskee 1 WSW - 0.5 W Weleetka
128 10/29/2009 1314 0.5 75 EF1 0 0 Pushmataha 4 NE Dunbar
129 10/13/2012 1646-1651 5 75 EF1 0 2 Carter 3 SW - 2 ENE Healdton
130 10/06/2014 0001-0002 0.8 75 EF1 0 0 Le Flore 6 W - 5 WNW Spiro
131 10/21/2017 1623 0.1 20 EF? 0 0 Tillman 3 SE Manitou
132 10/21/2017 1705 0.2 30 EF? 0 0 Comanche 2 E Indiahoma
133 10/21/2017 1808-1816 5 200 EF1 0 0 Caddo 4 W - 2 N Cyril
134 10/21/2017 1812-1813 0.5 50 EF1 0 0 Caddo 3.5 NW Cyril
135 10/21/2017 1812-1824 6 400 EF1 0 0 Caddo 4 NW Cyril - 4 NNW Cement
136 10/21/2017 1816-1821 3 150 EF1 0 0 Caddo 4 E Stecker - 5 NW Cement
137 10/21/2017 1823-1828 3 100 EF1 0 0 Caddo 2 NNE - 4 NE Cement
138 10/21/2017 1936-1942 3 50 EF1 0 0 McClain/ Cleveland 3 NW Goldsby (near SH-9/Santa Fe) - 3 SSW Norman (SW of SH-9/Chautauqua)
139 10/21/2017 2052-2055 2 150 EF1 0 0 Seminole Seminole (1 NW - 1 ESE Downtown)
140 10/07/2018 1522 0.1 10 EF0 0 0 Kiowa 4 SW Snyder
141 10/07/2018 1610 0.1 10 EF0 0 0 Kiowa 3 NE Saddle Mountain
142 10/07/2018 1638-1639 1 20 EF0 0 0 Murray/ Garvin 3 W - 2 W Davis
143 10/07/2018 1846-1850 1.5 225 EF0 0 0 Osage 0.4 SW - 1 ENE Fairfax
144 10/09/2018 0658-0700 1 100 EF1 0 0 Love Marietta
145 10/09/2018 0724-0725 1 10 EF0 0 0 Oklahoma Oklahoma City (near NE 23rd/Kelley - near NE 30th/Prospect)
146 10/09/2018 0728-0746 10 20 EF1 0 0 Oklahoma 2 SSW Midwest City (near SE 29th and Town Center Drive) - 1 SW Jones
147 10/09/2018 0730-0734 4 50 EF0 0 0 Cleveland Norman (just N of Lindsay Ave between 84th SE and 108th SE - just E of 120th SE/Rock Creek)
148 10/09/2018 0731-0733 3 40 EF1 0 0 Cleveland Norman (northeast) - Oklahoma City (southeast) (just SE of Oklahoma City SE 164th and Norman 72nd Ave NE - NE f SE 149th Street and Hiwassee Road)
149 10/09/2018 0733-0742 6 70 EF0 0 0 Oklahoma Oklahoma City/Edmond (SE of NE 122nd/I-35 - SE of Danforth/Midwest)
150 10/09/2018 0742 5 20 EF0 0 0 Oklahoma Choctaw (just S of NE 23rd/Choctaw) - 5 NE Choctaw
151 10/09/2018 0837 0.2 10 EF0 0 0 Lincoln Prague
152 10/20/2019 2101-2102 0.25 150 EF1 0 0 Pontotoc 5 S Asher
153 10/20/2019 2112-2115 2.8 100 EF1 0 0 Seminole 3 ENE - 5 ENE Konawa
154 10/20/2019 2208-2215 7.2 1100 EF1 0 0 Wagoner 5 E Coweta - 4.5 NW Wagoner
155 10/20/2019 2212-2222 8.3 400 EF0 0 0 Muskogee 1.7 SE Boynton - 3.4 SSE Taft
156 10/20/2019 2239-2243 2.9 600 EF1 0 0 Cherokee 6.7 WNW - 4.1 NW Scraper
157 10/20/2019 2300-2309 9.1 900 EF1 0 0 Adair OK/ Benton AR 5.7 NW Watts OK - 2.5 SE Siloam Springs AR
158 10/10/2021 1659 0.1 20 EF? 0 0 Kiowa 4 SSW Cooperton
159 10/10/2021 1713-1718 3 200 EF1 0 0 Kiowa 8 E - 11 E Cooperton (Saddle Mountain area)
160 10/10/2021 1720-1725 4 50 EF1 0 0 Caddo 9 W - 6 WNW Boone
161 10/10/2021 1745-1759 8 100 EF2 0 0 Caddo 4 SW - 5 E Anadarko
162 10/10/2021 1802-1805 1.8 50 EF? 0 0 Caddo/ Grady 3 SW - 1 SSE Verden
163 10/10/2021 1816 0.2 50 EF? 0 0 Grady 3 N Chickasha
164 10/10/2021 1921-1926 3 250 EF0 0 0 Oklahoma/ Lincoln 3 NNW - 5.5 NNE Harrah
165 10/10/2021 1941-1942 1.1 30 EF0 0 0 Lincoln 1 SW - 0.5 N Warwick
166 10/10/2021 1941-1943 1.6 50 EF0 0 0 Pottawatomie 1.5 SSW - 0.5 W Dale
167 10/10/2021 1954-1958 1.6 50 EF0 0 0 Pottawatomie 2 WSW - 0.5 NW Johnson
168 10/10/2021 2026-2032 2.7 300 EF1 0 0 Okfuskee 5 N Paden - 7 WSW Welty
169 10/10/2021 2026-2036 7 300 EF1 0 0 Pontotoc 2.5 W Ada - 1 ENE Byng
170 10/10/2021 2042-2043 1 100 EF? 0 0 Creek 10 S Bristow
171 10/10/2021 2105-2112 2.2 300 EF0 0 0 Okmulgee .7 SSE - 1.9 ENE Beggs
172 10/10/2021 2130-2132 0.7 100 EF? 0 0 Tulsa 6 SSE - 5.7 SSE Bixby
173 10/10/2021 2145-2152 3.4 700 EF1 0 0 Wagoner 1.1 SSE - 2.4 NE Coweta
174 10/10/2021 2230-2247 13.7 900 EF1 0 0 Muskogee/Sequoyah 3.3 ESE Warner - 1.5 NW Paradise Hill
175 10/10/2021 2310-2318 5.9 200 EF1 0 0 Delaware 6.8 SE - 6.7 ESE Eucha
176 10/12/2021 1748 0.1 10 EF0 0 0 Beckham 4 NNW Retrop
177 10/12/2021 1824 0.1 25 EF? 0 0 Washita 3 S Foss
178 10/12/2021 1838 0.4 30 EF0 0 0 Tillman 5 SW Frederick
179 10/12/2021 1841-1858 7 300 EF1 0 0 Tillman 3.5 WSW Frederick - 5 E Tipton
180 10/12/2021 1855-1925 10 400 EF1 0 0 Custer Clinton (east) - Clinton airport (KCLK) - 2 SSE Custer City
181 10/12/2021 1901 0.2 20 EF? 0 0 Custer 2 NE Clinton
182 10/12/2021 1919-1921 0.9 300 EF1 0 0 Tillman/ Kiowa 7 NE Manitou - 5 SE Snyder
183 10/12/2021 1926-1944 8 900 EF1 0 0 Kiowa/ Comanche 6 ESE Snyder - 9 NNW Indiahoma
184 10/12/2021 2000-2007 2.6 50 EF? 0 0 Comanche 6 W - 5 WNW Meers
185 10/12/2021 2035-2036 0.5 30 EF? 0 0 Caddo 5 NW Boone
186 10/13/2021 0359-0408 6 150 EF1 0 0 Canadian west Mustang (SE of SH-152 and Frisco Road) - southwest Oklahoma City (SW of SW 29th St and County Line Road)
187 10/13/2021 0415-0419 3 75 EF1 0 0 Oklahoma Oklahoma City (SE of NW 10th Street and May Avenue - SE of NE 23rd Street and Interstate 235)
188 10/13/2021 0422-0428 4 50 EF0 0 0 Oklahoma Forest Park (near NE 36th Street and Bryant Ave) - northeast Oklahoma City (NW of NE 63rd Street and Midwest Boulevard)
189 10/26/2021 1955 0.2 50 EF? 0 0 Roger Mills 8 WNW Leedey (16 NE Roll)
190 10/26/2021 2254 0.3 20 EF0 0 0 Canadian Union City (southeast side)
191 10/26/2021 2336-2345 7 50 EF1 0 0 Cleveland northeast Norman (0.5 mi NW of 24th Ave NE and Rock Creek Road) - southwest Oklahoma City (0.5 mi NW of SE 164th Street and Anderson Road)
192 10/24/2022 0727-0733 3 50 EF0 0 0 Canadian 6.5 W - 4 W Mustang
193 10/24/2022 0932-0932 0.1 10 EF0 0 0 Pottawatomie 4 E Macomb
194 10/25/2023 1600-1600 0.3 20 EF0 0 0 Garvin 5 SSW Wynnewood
195 10/25/2023 1730-1731 0.5 20 EF0 0 0 Pottawatomie 3 ESE Johnson