Oklahoma, 1971Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 5, 1971
May 5, 1971 · 5 events in 5 counties and zones
4 tornado, 1 hail, 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
- $275,000
- 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.
Hail, Rogers
- When
- May 5, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Rogers County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.280, -95.680
Tornado, Ottawa
- When
- May 5, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Ottawa County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 36.980, -94.830
Tornado, Mayes
- When
- May 5, 5:08 PM CST
- Where
- Mayes County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 17 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 36.270, -95.330
Tornado, Muskogee
- When
- May 5, 5:43 PM CST
- Where
- Muskogee County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 37 mi
- Path width
- 600 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.820, -95.750
Tornado, Wagoner
- When
- May 5, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Wagoner County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.900, -95.600
- 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.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 5, 19711 death · 78 injured · $15 million · F3 · 18 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 5, 197113 injured · $300,000 · F3 · 7 events
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 5, 1971$3,000 · F2 · 2 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 5, 1971$28,000 · F0 · 5 events
- Tornado in Mississippi, May 5, 1971$3,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 5, 19713 in hail · 4 events
- Hail in Illinois, May 5, 19710.75 in hail · 1 event
- Hail in Indiana, May 5, 19711.5 in hail · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 5, 19711 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: 10094513, 10094514, 10094515, 10094516, 10094517.