Tornado, Greer
- When
- March 13, 11:53 AM CST
- Where
- Greer County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 4.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 34.950, -99.400
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, March 13, 1973
9 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 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
- 6
- Property damage
- $2.6 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 14
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
9 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Ellis
- When
- March 13, 12:05 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.300, -99.770
Tornado, Comanche
- When
- March 13, 12:27 PM CST
- Where
- Comanche County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 5 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -98.430
Tornado, Cotton
- When
- March 13, 12:35 PM CST
- Where
- Cotton County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 6.6 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 34.300, -98.250
Tornado, Jefferson
- When
- March 13, 12:50 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 34.150, -98.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Oklahoma
- When
- March 13, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Oklahoma County
- Measured
- 80 kt (92 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -97.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Garfield
- When
- March 13, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Garfield County
- Coordinates
- 36.330, -97.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Garfield
- When
- March 13, 2:14 PM CST
- Where
- Garfield County
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.330, -97.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Payne
- When
- March 13, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Payne County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.120, -97.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Kay
- When
- March 13, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Kay County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.730, -97.100
Tornado, Kay
- When
- March 13, 3:08 PM CST
- Where
- Kay County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 16.5 mi
- Path width
- 250 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 36.800, -97.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Creek
- When
- March 13, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Creek County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.830, -96.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Creek
- When
- March 13, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Creek County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.050, -96.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Pushmataha
- When
- March 13, 5:08 PM CST
- Where
- Pushmataha County
- Measured
- 78 kt (90 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.250, -95.600
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.
- 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.
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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: 10092294, 10092295, 10092296, 10092297, 10092298, 10092299, 10092300, 10092301, 10092302, 10092303, 10092304, 10092305, 10092306, 10092307.