Oklahoma, 1965Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 8, 1965
May 8, 1965 · 6 events in 6 counties and zones
4 tornado, 1 hail, 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
- $30,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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
4 tornado, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Jackson
- When
- May 8, 12:25 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -99.280
Tornado, Cotton
- When
- May 8, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cotton County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 34.130, -98.430
Tornado, Osage
- When
- May 8, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Osage County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 36.500, -96.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Tulsa
- When
- May 8, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County
- Coordinates
- 36.200, -95.900
Tornado, McIntosh
- When
- May 8, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- McIntosh County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 35.400, -95.700
Tornado, Love
- When
- May 8, 9:10 PM CST
- Where
- Love County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.900, -97.100
- 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 Nebraska, May 8, 19654 deaths · 53 injured · $100 million · F4 · 22 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, May 8, 19653 injured · $2.6 million · F5 · 18 events
- Tornado in Arkansas, May 8, 19658 injured · $250,000 · F2 · 1 event
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, May 8, 1965$25,000 · F2 · 2 events
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 8, 1965$250,000 · F1 · 3 events
- Tornadoes in Kansas, May 8, 1965$28,000 · 2 events
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 8, 1965$25,000 · 2 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 8, 19651.75 in hail · 2 events
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 8, 19652 events
- Hail in Wyoming, May 8, 19651.75 in hail · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 8, 196552 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 8, 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: 10093096, 10093097, 10093098, 10093099, 10093100, 10093101.