Tornadoes in Oklahoma, May 25, 1955

Name: Tornadoes in Oklahoma, May 25, 1955
Start: 1955-05-25T05:00
End: 1955-05-25T23:00
Location: Oklahoma

May 25, 1955 · 12 events in 9 counties and zones

12 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The toll

Deaths: 22
Injuries: 290
Property damage: $26 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 12

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

Event by event

12 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Jackson

When: May 25, 5:00 AM CST
Where: Jackson County
Rating: F0
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $250
Coordinates: 34.670, -99.300

Tornado, Roger Mills

When: May 25, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Roger Mills County
Rating: F4
Path length: 10.6 mi
Path width: 400 yd
Deaths: 2 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 8 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 35.470, -100.000

Tornado, Ellis

When: May 25, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Ellis County
Rating: F1
Path length: 4.9 mi
Path width: 400 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 36.250, -99.870

Tornado, Grady

When: May 25, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Grady County
Rating: F1
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 34.800, -97.920

Tornado, Beckham

When: May 25, 6:05 PM CST
Where: Beckham County
Rating: F0
Path length: 3.8 mi
Path width: 300 yd
Property damage: $250
Coordinates: 35.350, -99.870

Tornado, Kingfisher

When: May 25, 7:00 PM CST
Where: Kingfisher County
Rating: F1
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 35.870, -97.900

Tornado, Dewey

When: May 25, 8:30 PM CST
Where: Dewey County
Rating: F2
Path length: 5.1 mi
Path width: 300 yd
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 36.020, -99.300

Tornado, Kay

When: May 25, 9:00 PM CST
Where: Kay County
Rating: F2
Path length: 2.7 mi
Path width: 500 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 36.700, -97.300

Tornado, Grant

When: May 25, 9:00 PM CST
Where: Grant County
Rating: F3
Path length: 13.3 mi
Path width: 440 yd
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 36.700, -97.620

Tornado, Kay

When: May 25, 9:26 PM CST
Where: Kay County
Rating: F5
Path length: 19.6 mi
Path width: 500 yd
Deaths: 20 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 280 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25 million
Coordinates: 36.720, -97.280

Tornado, Kay

When: May 25, 10:00 PM CST
Where: Kay County
Rating: F5
Path length: 8 mi
Path width: 660 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 36.880, -97.150

Tornado, Jackson

When: May 25, 11:00 PM CST
Where: Jackson County
Rating: F1
Path length: 6.2 mi
Path width: 300 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 34.700, -99.500

What these are

Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Oklahoma in 1955 Every state in 1955 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Oklahoma, 1955

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10096408, 10096409, 10096410, 10096411, 10096412, 10096413, 10096414, 10096415, 10096416, 10096417, 10096418, 10096419.