Storms in Oklahoma in 1973
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Oklahoma in 1973, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
Oklahoma in 1973 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 257
- Deaths
- 12
- Injuries
- 220
- Damage
- $33 million
- Episodes
- 59
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.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 108 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 85 | 12 | 220 | $33 million |
| Hail | 64 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1973
March 1973
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 6, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, March 8, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, March 13, 1973
- Tornado in Oklahoma, March 24, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, March 28, 1973
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 29, 1973
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 30, 1973
April 1973
- Tornado in Oklahoma, April 15, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 19, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, April 20, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, April 21, 1973
- Hail in Oklahoma, April 23, 1973
- Hail in Oklahoma, April 24, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 30, 1973
May 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 1, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 6, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 11, 1973
- Tornado in Oklahoma, May 18, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 21, 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 22, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, May 23, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 24, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 26, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 30, 1973
June 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 1, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 2, 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 3, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 4, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 14, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 15, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 16, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 18, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 19, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 22, 1973
July 1973
- Tornado in Oklahoma, July 6, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 8, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 10, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 20, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 21, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 22, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 23, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 25, 1973
August 1973
September 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, September 3, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, September 4, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, September 12, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, September 24, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, September 26, 1973
October 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, October 10, 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, October 11, 1973
- Hail in Oklahoma, October 26, 1973
November 1973
More
Every year in OklahomaEvery state in 1973Tornadoes in Oklahoma in 197319721974
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.