Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 26, 1963

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 26, 1963
Start: 1963-05-26T01:00
End: 1963-05-26T22:10
Location: Oklahoma

May 26, 1963 · 35 events in 14 counties and zones

16 hail, 15 tornado, 4 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

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The toll

Deaths: 1
Injuries: 11
Property damage: $53,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 35

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

16 hail, 15 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Creek

When: May 26, 1:00 AM CST
Where: Creek County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 35.780, -96.580

Thunderstorm Wind, Creek

When: May 26, 1:00 AM CST
Where: Creek County
Measured: 77 kt (89 mph)
Coordinates: 35.780, -96.580

Tornado, Payne

When: May 26, 1:30 AM CST
Where: Payne County
Rating: F1
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 35.980, -96.770

Hail, Payne

When: May 26, 1:30 AM CST
Where: Payne County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 36.000, -96.780

Tornado, Creek

When: May 26, 1:50 AM CST
Where: Creek County
Rating: F1
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 35.980, -96.580

Hail, Payne

When: May 26, 3:00 PM CST
Where: Payne County
Measured: 2 in hail
Coordinates: 36.080, -97.400

Hail, Beaver

When: May 26, 3:30 PM CST
Where: Beaver County
Measured: 2.5 in hail
Coordinates: 36.580, -100.500

Tornado, Blaine

When: May 26, 3:35 PM CST
Where: Blaine County
Rating: F1
Path length: 8.6 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $30
Coordinates: 36.100, -98.600

Hail, Blaine

When: May 26, 3:35 PM CST
Where: Blaine County
Measured: 2.5 in hail
Coordinates: 36.080, -98.580

Tornado, Oklahoma

When: May 26, 3:36 PM CST
Where: Oklahoma County
Rating: F1
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $30
Coordinates: 35.700, -97.630

Hail, Oklahoma

When: May 26, 3:36 PM CST
Where: Oklahoma County
Measured: 2 in hail
Coordinates: 35.580, -97.500

Tornado, Blaine

When: May 26, 3:40 PM CST
Where: Blaine County
Rating: F1
Path length: 1 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $30
Coordinates: 36.170, -98.530

Hail, Blaine

When: May 26, 3:40 PM CST
Where: Blaine County
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Coordinates: 36.080, -98.500

Hail, Oklahoma

When: May 26, 3:43 PM CST
Where: Oklahoma County
Measured: 2 in hail
Coordinates: 35.380, -97.580

Tornado, Logan

When: May 26, 3:45 PM CST
Where: Logan County
Rating: F3
Path length: 1.3 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Injuries: 4 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 35.730, -97.430

Tornado, Oklahoma

When: May 26, 3:50 PM CST
Where: Oklahoma County
Rating: F3
Path length: 5.7 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 35.730, -97.420

Tornado, Oklahoma

When: May 26, 4:00 PM CST
Where: Oklahoma County
Rating: F3
Path length: 11 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 35.680, -97.330

Hail, Oklahoma

When: May 26, 4:00 PM CST
Where: Oklahoma County
Measured: 4 in hail
Coordinates: 35.380, -97.400

Tornado, Oklahoma

When: May 26, 4:20 PM CST
Where: Oklahoma County
Rating: F3
Path length: 2.3 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 35.570, -97.200

Hail, Oklahoma

When: May 26, 4:20 PM CST
Where: Oklahoma County
Measured: 3 in hail
Coordinates: 35.500, -97.500

Hail, Oklahoma

When: May 26, 4:20 PM CST
Where: Oklahoma County
Measured: 2.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.500, -97.400

Tornado, Lincoln

When: May 26, 4:30 PM CST
Where: Lincoln County
Rating: F3
Path length: 14 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 35.570, -97.150

Hail, Oklahoma

When: May 26, 4:30 PM CST
Where: Oklahoma County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 35.380, -97.400

Tornado, Lincoln

When: May 26, 4:45 PM CST
Where: Lincoln County
Rating: F1
Path length: 5.7 mi
Path width: 333 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 35.720, -97.420

Hail, Kay

When: May 26, 4:50 PM CST
Where: Kay County
Measured: 2.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.780, -97.280

Tornado, Oklahoma

When: May 26, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Oklahoma County
Rating: F3
Path width: 33 yd
Injuries: 5 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 35.400, -97.320

Tornado, Pottawatomie

When: May 26, 5:30 PM CST
Where: Pottawatomie County
Rating: F2
Path length: 2.5 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 35.230, -96.880

Thunderstorm Wind, Okfuskee

When: May 26, 5:30 PM CST
Where: Okfuskee County
Coordinates: 35.380, -96.580

Tornado, Pottawatomie

When: May 26, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Pottawatomie County
Rating: F2
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 35.150, -96.820

Hail, Seminole

When: May 26, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Seminole County
Measured: 2.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.200, -96.680

Thunderstorm Wind, Pottawatomie

When: May 26, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Pottawatomie County
Measured: 70 kt (81 mph)
Coordinates: 35.280, -96.900

Tornado, Seminole

When: May 26, 6:15 PM CST
Where: Seminole County
Rating: F3
Path width: 33 yd
Injuries: 2 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 35.150, -96.670

Hail, Hughes

When: May 26, 7:30 PM CST
Where: Hughes County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.000, -96.280

Hail, Pittsburg

When: May 26, 8:00 PM CST
Where: Pittsburg County
Measured: 2.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.700, -95.900

Thunderstorm Wind, Le Flore

When: May 26, 10:10 PM CST
Where: Le Flore County
Measured: 62 kt (71 mph)
Coordinates: 34.880, -94.580

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Tornado, Oklahoma	1963-05-26				Direct

What these are

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.
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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Oklahoma in 1963 Every state in 1963 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Oklahoma, 1963

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: 10095009, 10095010, 10095882, 10095883, 10095884, 10095885, 10095886, 10095887, 10095888, 10096102, 10096103, 10096104, 10096105, 10096106, 10096107, 10096108, 10096109, 10096110, 10096111, 10096112, 10096113, 10096114, 10096115, 10096116, 10096117, 10096118, 10096119, 10096120, 10096121, 10096122, 10096123, 10096124, 10096125, 10096126, 10096127.