Thunderstorm Wind, Beckham
- When
- April 22, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Beckham County
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -100.000
Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 22, 1957
12 tornado, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- $783,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 18
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, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Beckham
- When
- April 22, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Beckham County
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -99.780
Tornado, Jackson
- When
- April 22, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 34.570, -99.580
Tornado, Greer
- When
- April 22, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Greer County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 34.870, -99.330
Tornado, Washita
- When
- April 22, 7:01 PM CST
- Where
- Washita County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.120, -99.220
Tornado, Alfalfa
- When
- April 22, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Alfalfa County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 36.500, -98.450
Tornado, Caddo
- When
- April 22, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Caddo County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.100, -98.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Washita
- When
- April 22, 8:07 PM CST
- Where
- Washita County
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -98.780
Tornado, Caddo
- When
- April 22, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Caddo County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 30.9 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.300, -98.500
Tornado, Lincoln
- When
- April 22, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 35.620, -96.830
Tornado, Kingfisher
- When
- April 22, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kingfisher County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3.6 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.870, -97.930
Hail, Canadian
- When
- April 22, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Canadian County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.580, -98.080
Tornado, Kay
- When
- April 22, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kay County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 36.750, -97.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Kay
- When
- April 22, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Kay County
- Measured
- 72 kt (83 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.700, -97.080
Tornado, Creek
- When
- April 22, 11:04 PM CST
- Where
- Creek County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 35.980, -96.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Osage
- When
- April 22, 11:15 PM CST
- Where
- Osage County
- Coordinates
- 36.780, -96.000
Tornado, Tulsa
- When
- April 22, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 35.950, -95.880
Tornado, Carter
- When
- April 22, 11:40 PM CST
- Where
- Carter County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.100, -97.100
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 10094076, 10094077, 10094078, 10094079, 10094080, 10094081, 10094082, 10094083, 10094084, 10094085, 10094086, 10094087, 10094088, 10094089, 10094090, 10094091, 10094092, 10094093.