Oklahoma, 1960Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 19, 1960
May 19, 1960 · 17 events in 12 counties and zones
12 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $55,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 17
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, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Comanche
- When
- May 19, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Comanche County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -98.400
Tornado, Caddo
- When
- May 19, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Caddo County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.900, -98.250
Tornado, Caddo
- When
- May 19, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Caddo County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 34.900, -98.250
Tornado, Cleveland
- When
- May 19, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Cleveland County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.330, -97.500
Tornado, Stephens
- When
- May 19, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Stephens County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -97.900
Hail, Comanche
- When
- May 19, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Comanche County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -98.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Kay
- When
- May 19, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kay County
- Measured
- 91 kt (105 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.700, -97.080
Tornado, Tulsa
- When
- May 19, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 36.200, -95.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Tulsa
- When
- May 19, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County
- Measured
- 77 kt (89 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.200, -95.900
Tornado, Rogers
- When
- May 19, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Rogers County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 36.420, -95.550
Tornado, Muskogee
- When
- May 19, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Muskogee County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 35.650, -95.650
Tornado, Wagoner
- When
- May 19, 7:22 PM CST
- Where
- Wagoner County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.870, -95.530
Tornado, Mayes
- When
- May 19, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Mayes County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 36.300, -95.430
Tornado, Sequoyah
- When
- May 19, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Sequoyah County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.400, -94.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Oklahoma
- When
- May 19, 9:18 PM CST
- Where
- Oklahoma County
- Measured
- 77 kt (89 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -97.580
Tornado, Tulsa
- When
- May 19, 11:20 PM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.950, -95.800
Tornado, Tulsa
- When
- May 19, 11:20 PM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.950, -95.800
- 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.
- 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.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 19, 19601 death · 106 injured · $28 million · F4 · 14 events
- Tornado in Indiana, May 19, 1960$25,000 · F2 · 1 event
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 19, 1960$33,000 · F1 · 7 events
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, May 19, 1960$25,000 · F1 · 2 events
- Tornado in Nebraska, May 19, 1960$3,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 19, 19601 event
- Tornado in Minnesota, May 19, 1960F0 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, May 19, 196065 kt wind · 1 event
- Hail in Texas, May 19, 19602.5 in hail · 1 event
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: 10095114, 10095115, 10095116, 10095117, 10095118, 10095119, 10095120, 10095121, 10095122, 10095123, 10095124, 10095125, 10095126, 10095127, 10095128, 10095129, 10095130.