Oklahoma, 1965Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 13, 1965
May 13, 1965 · 5 events in 5 counties and zones
4 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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.
Tornado, Blaine
- When
- May 13, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Blaine County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 36.130, -98.500
Tornado, Major
- When
- May 13, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Major County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 36.270, -98.470
Tornado, Ellis
- When
- May 13, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 36.400, -99.670
Tornado, Grant
- When
- May 13, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 36.900, -97.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Oklahoma
- When
- May 13, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Oklahoma County
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -97.580
- 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 in Kansas, May 13, 196510 injured · $1.0 million · F3 · 8 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 13, 1965$3,000 · F2 · 11 events
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 13, 196561 kt wind · 1 event
- Hail in New Mexico, May 13, 19651.75 in hail · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 13, 19651 event
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 13, 19651 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: 10093105, 10093106, 10093107, 10093108, 10093109.