Thunderstorm Wind, Garfield
- When
- April 26, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Garfield County
- Measured
- 80 kt (92 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.280, -97.900
Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 26, 1971
8 hail, 2 tornado, 1 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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
8 hail, 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Garfield
- When
- April 26, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Garfield County
- Measured
- 8 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.280, -97.900
Hail, Caddo
- When
- April 26, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Caddo County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.000, -98.280
Hail, Pawnee
- When
- April 26, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Pawnee County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.500, -96.680
Hail, Osage
- When
- April 26, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Osage County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.580, -96.680
Hail, Noble
- When
- April 26, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Noble County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.500, -97.080
Hail, Grady
- When
- April 26, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Grady County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.080, -98.000
Tornado, Osage
- When
- April 26, 7:56 PM CST
- Where
- Osage County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 36.600, -96.100
Tornado, Pawnee
- When
- April 26, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pawnee County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 36.300, -96.670
Hail, Osage
- When
- April 26, 9:26 PM CST
- Where
- Osage County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.380, -96.000
Hail, Rogers
- When
- April 26, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Rogers County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.380, -95.780
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 1971Every state in 1971This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Oklahoma, 1971
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: 10093414, 10093415, 10093416, 10093417, 10093418, 10093419, 10093420, 10094283, 10094284, 10094285, 10094286.