Tornado, Grady
- When
- April 8, 12:10 AM CST
- Where
- Grady County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1.3 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 35.080, -98.100
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 8, 1965
7 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
- 2
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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
7 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Grady
- When
- April 8, 12:15 AM CST
- Where
- Grady County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 4.9 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.080, -98.080
Tornado, Grady
- When
- April 8, 12:20 AM CST
- Where
- Grady County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 7.7 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.150, -98.070
Tornado, Grady
- When
- April 8, 12:20 AM CST
- Where
- Grady County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 35.230, -97.800
Tornado, Grady
- When
- April 8, 12:20 AM CST
- Where
- Grady County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 35.250, -97.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Oklahoma
- When
- April 8, 12:22 AM CST
- Where
- Oklahoma County
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -97.500
Tornado, Grady
- When
- April 8, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Grady County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 35.250, -97.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- April 8, 1:15 AM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.880, -97.080
Tornado, Muskogee
- When
- April 8, 1:55 AM CST
- Where
- Muskogee County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.770, -95.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Seminole
- When
- April 8, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Seminole County
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -96.680
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 Hail in Ohio, April 8, 1965
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, April 8, 1965
- Tornado and Hail in Kentucky, April 8, 1965
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, April 8, 1965
- Tornado in Arkansas, April 8, 1965
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, April 8, 1965
- Hail in Texas, April 8, 1965
- Hail in Illinois, April 8, 1965
- Tornado in California, April 8, 1965
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: 10091984, 10091985, 10092848, 10092849, 10092850, 10092851, 10092852, 10092853, 10092854, 10092855.