Oklahoma, 1971Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, May 6, 1971
May 6, 1971 · 4 events in 4 counties and zones
3 hail, 1 tornado, 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
- 4
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, Muskogee
- When
- May 6, 5:26 PM CST
- Where
- Muskogee County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.500, -95.280
Hail, Garvin
- When
- May 6, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Garvin County
- Measured
- 4 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.580, -97.400
Tornado, Sequoyah
- When
- May 6, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sequoyah County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 35.500, -94.800
Hail, Pottawatomie
- When
- May 6, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pottawatomie County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.080, -96.780
- 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 Indiana, May 6, 19711 death · 3 injured · $530,000 · F2 · 10 events
- Tornado in Ohio, May 6, 19713 injured · $250,000 · F2 · 1 event
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, May 6, 1971$50,000 · F2 · 3 events
- Tornado and Hail in Kentucky, May 6, 1971$250,000 · F1 · 12 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 6, 1971$25,000 · F1 · 18 events
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, May 6, 1971$250 · F1 · 2 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 6, 19711.5 in hail · 4 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 6, 19711.75 in hail · 4 events
- Hail in Nebraska, May 6, 19711 in hail · 2 events
- Hail in Missouri, May 6, 19714 in hail · 1 event
- Hail in Mississippi, May 6, 19712.5 in hail · 1 event
- Tornado in Tennessee, May 6, 1971F0 · 1 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: 10094518, 10094519, 10094520, 10094521.