Tornado, Dewey
- When
- April 19, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Dewey County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 15.5 mi
- Path width
- 77 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 36.050, -99.050
Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 19, 1972
6 tornado, 4 hail, 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
- 5
- Injuries
- 6
- Property damage
- $100,000
- 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
6 tornado, 4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Alfalfa
- When
- April 19, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Alfalfa County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 36.800, -98.370
Hail, Major
- When
- April 19, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Major County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.280, -98.500
Tornado, Carter
- When
- April 19, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Carter County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 3.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 34.380, -97.550
Hail, Oklahoma
- When
- April 19, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Oklahoma County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -97.580
Tornado, Carter
- When
- April 19, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Carter County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 10.5 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.420, -97.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Comanche
- When
- April 19, 5:16 PM CST
- Where
- Comanche County
- Coordinates
- 34.580, -98.400
Tornado, Murray
- When
- April 19, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Murray County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 4.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 34.480, -97.350
Tornado, Garvin
- When
- April 19, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Garvin County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 10.1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Deaths
- 5 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -97.350
Hail, Garvin
- When
- April 19, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Garvin County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -97.500
Hail, Creek
- When
- April 19, 8:44 PM CST
- Where
- Creek County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.000, -96.080
What these are
- 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
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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: 10095756, 10095757, 10095758, 10095759, 10095760, 10095761, 10095762, 10095763, 10095764, 10095765, 10095766.