Tornado, Grady
- When
- April 20, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Grady County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 11.1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 35.270, -97.930
Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 20, 1974
5 tornado, 3 hail, 2 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 3
- Property damage
- $10 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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
5 tornado, 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Canadian
- When
- April 20, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Canadian County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 5.2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 35.320, -97.750
Hail, Oklahoma
- When
- April 20, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Oklahoma County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.400, -97.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Oklahoma
- When
- April 20, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Oklahoma County
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.400, -97.600
Hail, Oklahoma
- When
- April 20, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Oklahoma County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.420, -97.380
Tornado, Oklahoma
- When
- April 20, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Oklahoma County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 31.7 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 35.350, -97.670
Tornado, Jefferson
- When
- April 20, 4:33 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 6.1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.220, -98.030
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- April 20, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.700, -96.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- April 20, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Coordinates
- 35.700, -96.880
Tornado, Lincoln
- When
- April 20, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 15.6 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 35.530, -97.150
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, April 20, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, April 20, 1974
- Tornado in Texas, April 20, 1974
- Tornado in South Dakota, April 20, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, April 20, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, April 20, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, April 20, 1974
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 1974Every state in 1974This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Oklahoma, 1974
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: 10094722, 10094723, 10094724, 10094725, 10094726, 10093215, 10093216, 10093217, 10093218, 10093219.