Tornado, Comanche
- When
- May 22, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Comanche County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 34.420, -98.670
Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 22, 1957
11 tornado, 6 hail, 1 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $80,000
- 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
11 tornado, 6 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Kiowa
- When
- May 22, 6:15 AM CST
- Where
- Kiowa County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 14.7 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.100, -98.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Kay
- When
- May 22, 6:30 AM CST
- Where
- Kay County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.700, -97.080
Tornado, Kay
- When
- May 22, 6:38 AM CST
- Where
- Kay County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 23 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 36.700, -97.150
Tornado, Kiowa
- When
- May 22, 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- Kiowa County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -99.070
Tornado, Noble
- When
- May 22, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Noble County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 36.280, -97.300
Tornado, Oklahoma
- When
- May 22, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Oklahoma County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.650, -97.220
Tornado, Pawnee
- When
- May 22, 8:58 AM CST
- Where
- Pawnee County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 36.200, -96.700
Tornado, Canadian
- When
- May 22, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Canadian County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 35.450, -97.700
Hail, Murray
- When
- May 22, 10:36 AM CST
- Where
- Murray County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.580, -97.000
Tornado, Lincoln
- When
- May 22, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.880, -97.000
Hail, Seminole
- When
- May 22, 5:16 PM CST
- Where
- Seminole County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -96.580
Hail, Johnston
- When
- May 22, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Johnston County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.200, -96.780
Hail, Murray
- When
- May 22, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Murray County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.580, -97.080
Hail, Carter
- When
- May 22, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Carter County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.200, -97.080
Hail, Carter
- When
- May 22, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Carter County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.200, -97.080
Tornado, Sequoyah
- When
- May 22, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sequoyah County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -94.600
Tornado, Sequoyah
- When
- May 22, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sequoyah County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.370, -94.600
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.
- 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.
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes in Texas, May 22, 1957
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 22, 1957
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 22, 1957
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 22, 1957
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 22, 1957
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 22, 1957
- Tornado in South Carolina, May 22, 1957
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 22, 1957
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 22, 1957
- Hail in Illinois, May 22, 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: 10098783, 10098784, 10098785, 10098786, 10096529, 10096530, 10096531, 10096532, 10096533, 10096534, 10096535, 10096536, 10096537, 10096538, 10096539, 10096540, 10096541, 10096542.