Tornado, Washington
- When
- June 12, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 36.800, -95.930
Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 12, 1957
8 hail, 5 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
- $30,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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
8 hail, 5 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Washington
- When
- June 12, 12:40 AM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.780, -95.900
Hail, Nowata
- When
- June 12, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Nowata County
- Measured
- 2.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.780, -95.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Tillman
- When
- June 12, 2:15 AM CST
- Where
- Tillman County
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.280, -98.780
Tornado, Lincoln
- When
- June 12, 4:45 AM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 6.8 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 35.900, -96.880
Tornado, Payne
- When
- June 12, 4:55 AM CST
- Where
- Payne County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 6.8 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 36.080, -97.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Oklahoma
- When
- June 12, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Oklahoma County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -97.580
Tornado, Mayes
- When
- June 12, 7:40 AM CST
- Where
- Mayes County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 8.4 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 36.430, -95.270
Tornado, Canadian
- When
- June 12, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Canadian County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.600, -98.230
Hail, Tillman
- When
- June 12, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Tillman County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.280, -98.900
Hail, Jackson
- When
- June 12, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -99.580
Hail, Jackson
- When
- June 12, 5:12 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -99.280
Hail, Beckham
- When
- June 12, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Beckham County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -99.900
Hail, Tillman
- When
- June 12, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Tillman County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.200, -98.680
Hail, Kay
- When
- June 12, 10:10 PM CST
- Where
- Kay County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.780, -97.280
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 12, 1957
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 12, 1957
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 12, 1957
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 12, 1957
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 12, 1957
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 12, 1957
- Hail in Nebraska, June 12, 1957
- Tornado in South Dakota, June 12, 1957
More
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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: 10096573, 10096574, 10096575, 10096576, 10096577, 10096578, 10096579, 10096580, 10096581, 10096582, 10096583, 10096584, 10096585, 10096586, 10096587.