Tornado, Nowata
- When
- November 17, 5:30 AM CST
- Where
- Nowata County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 36.850, -95.600
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, November 17, 1958
12 tornado, 3 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
- 23
- Property damage
- $303,000
- 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
12 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Jackson
- When
- November 17, 6:15 AM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 14.8 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.480, -99.650
Tornado, Caddo
- When
- November 17, 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- Caddo County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 5.4 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.870, -98.430
Tornado, Cotton
- When
- November 17, 7:35 AM CST
- Where
- Cotton County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 65.8 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 34.280, -99.400
Tornado, Garfield
- When
- November 17, 8:08 AM CST
- Where
- Garfield County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 18.7 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 36.350, -97.720
Tornado, Murray
- When
- November 17, 8:30 AM CST
- Where
- Murray County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3.6 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 34.480, -97.170
Tornado, Garvin
- When
- November 17, 8:30 AM CST
- Where
- Garvin County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 8.8 mi
- Path width
- 500 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 34.800, -96.950
Tornado, Kay
- When
- November 17, 8:45 AM CST
- Where
- Kay County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 20.5 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 36.530, -97.470
Tornado, Carter
- When
- November 17, 8:47 AM CST
- Where
- Carter County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Injuries
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 34.180, -96.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Kay
- When
- November 17, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Kay County
- Coordinates
- 36.780, -97.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Murray
- When
- November 17, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Murray County
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -97.000
Tornado, Seminole
- When
- November 17, 9:23 AM CST
- Where
- Seminole County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 18.3 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Injuries
- 15 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.150, -96.670
Tornado, Jackson
- When
- November 17, 9:30 AM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.570, -99.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Atoka
- When
- November 17, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Atoka County
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -96.180
Tornado, Craig
- When
- November 17, 11:20 AM CST
- Where
- Craig County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3.6 mi
- Path width
- 127 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 36.700, -95.050
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Missouri, November 17, 1958
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, November 17, 1958
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Kansas, November 17, 1958
- Tornado in Arkansas, November 17, 1958
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, November 17, 1958
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, November 17, 1958
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, November 17, 1958
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: 10093598, 10093599, 10093600, 10093601, 10093602, 10093603, 10093604, 10093605, 10093606, 10093607, 10093608, 10093609, 10093610, 10093611, 10093612.