Oklahoma, 1955Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 26, 1955
May 26, 1955 · 10 events in 9 counties and zones
8 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- Property damage
- $103,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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.
Tornado, Stephens
- When
- May 26, 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Stephens County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 34.450, -97.670
Tornado, Grady
- When
- May 26, 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Grady County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.070, -97.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Oklahoma
- When
- May 26, 2:57 AM CST
- Where
- Oklahoma County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -97.580
Tornado, Oklahoma
- When
- May 26, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Oklahoma County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.420, -97.500
Tornado, Cleveland
- When
- May 26, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cleveland County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 11.6 mi
- Path width
- 70 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 35.250, -97.500
Tornado, Pottawatomie
- When
- May 26, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Pottawatomie County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.330, -97.000
Tornado, Payne
- When
- May 26, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Payne County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.980, -96.770
Tornado, Bryan
- When
- May 26, 5:20 AM CST
- Where
- Bryan County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 4.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 34.000, -96.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Cherokee
- When
- May 26, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County
- Coordinates
- 35.880, -95.000
Tornado, Sequoyah
- When
- May 26, 6:45 AM CST
- Where
- Sequoyah County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 14.2 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 35.450, -94.800
- 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.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 26, 195510 injured · $1.0 million · F3 · 8 events
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 26, 19553 injured · $775,000 · F2 · 7 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 26, 19551 injured · $275,000 · F2 · 7 events
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 26, 19553 injured · $55,000 · F2 · 11 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 26, 1955$25,000 · F2 · 4 events
- Tornadoes in Nebraska, May 26, 1955$25,000 · F2 · 2 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 26, 19550.75 in hail · 2 events
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: 10096420, 10096421, 10096422, 10096423, 10096424, 10096425, 10096426, 10096427, 10096428, 10096429.