Tornado, Pottawatomie
- When
- May 26, 12:40 AM CST
- Where
- Pottawatomie County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.370, -97.100
Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 26, 1962
9 hail, 7 tornado, 6 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
- $275,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 22
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
9 hail, 7 tornado, 6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Pottawatomie
- When
- May 26, 12:50 AM CST
- Where
- Pottawatomie County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.100, -97.120
Hail, Cleveland
- When
- May 26, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cleveland County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -97.400
Hail, Canadian
- When
- May 26, 2:10 AM CST
- Where
- Canadian County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.500, -98.000
Hail, Canadian
- When
- May 26, 2:35 AM CST
- Where
- Canadian County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.580, -97.780
Hail, Canadian
- When
- May 26, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Canadian County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.580, -97.780
Hail, Greer
- When
- May 26, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Greer County
- Measured
- 3.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.000, -99.500
Tornado, Jackson
- When
- May 26, 5:02 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.780, -99.320
Tornado, Washita
- When
- May 26, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Washita County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.220, -99.180
Tornado, Greer
- When
- May 26, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Greer County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.870, -99.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Kiowa
- When
- May 26, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Kiowa County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.000, -99.080
Hail, Jackson
- When
- May 26, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.780, -99.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Comanche
- When
- May 26, 7:36 PM CST
- Where
- Comanche County
- Measured
- 64 kt (74 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -98.400
Tornado, Cotton
- When
- May 26, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cotton County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 10.1 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.150, -98.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Caddo
- When
- May 26, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Caddo County
- Coordinates
- 34.880, -98.180
Hail, Oklahoma
- When
- May 26, 8:18 PM CST
- Where
- Oklahoma County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -97.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Oklahoma
- When
- May 26, 8:18 PM CST
- Where
- Oklahoma County
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -97.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Grady
- When
- May 26, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Grady County
- Coordinates
- 34.880, -98.000
Tornado, McClain
- When
- May 26, 8:58 PM CST
- Where
- McClain County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 6.8 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.170, -97.450
Hail, Comanche
- When
- May 26, 9:32 PM CST
- Where
- Comanche County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.580, -98.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Comanche
- When
- May 26, 9:32 PM CST
- Where
- Comanche County
- Measured
- 73 kt (84 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.580, -98.400
Hail, Comanche
- When
- May 26, 10:20 PM CST
- Where
- Comanche County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.780, -98.400
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 26, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 26, 1962
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, May 26, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, May 26, 1962
- Tornado and Hail in Illinois, May 26, 1962
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, May 26, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 26, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 26, 1962
- Hail in Colorado, May 26, 1962
- Tornado in Kentucky, May 26, 1962
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, May 26, 1962
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: 10093792, 10093793, 10093794, 10093795, 10093796, 10093797, 10093798, 10093799, 10093800, 10093801, 10093802, 10093803, 10093804, 10093805, 10093806, 10093807, 10093808, 10093809, 10093810, 10093811, 10093812, 10093813.