Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, January 22, 1957

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, January 22, 1957
Start: 1957-01-22T02:00
End: 1957-01-22T06:45
Location: Oklahoma

January 22, 1957 · 6 events in 5 counties and zones

5 tornado, 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

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The toll

Deaths: 10
Injuries: 20
Property damage: $328,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 6

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

5 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, McClain

When: January 22, 2:00 AM CST
Where: McClain County
Coordinates: 35.000, -97.400

Tornado, Pottawatomie

When: January 22, 3:30 AM CST
Where: Pottawatomie County
Rating: F2
Path length: 21.5 mi
Path width: 440 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 35.070, -96.870

Tornado, Hughes

When: January 22, 4:15 AM CST
Where: Hughes County
Rating: F2
Path length: 16.6 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 35.150, -96.500

Tornado, Hughes

When: January 22, 5:00 AM CST
Where: Hughes County
Rating: F2
Path length: 25.6 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 35.250, -96.230

Tornado, Haskell

When: January 22, 6:00 AM CST
Where: Haskell County
Rating: F2
Path length: 6.1 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 35.250, -95.300

Tornado, Sequoyah

When: January 22, 6:45 AM CST
Where: Sequoyah County
Rating: F4
Path width: 880 yd
Deaths: 10 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 20 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 35.400, -94.680

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Oklahoma in 1957 Every state in 1957 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Oklahoma, 1957

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: 10092656, 10092657, 10092658, 10092659, 10092660, 10092661.