Tornado and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 1, 1974

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

$250,000

Crop damage

None recorded

Events

3

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.

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.

• Tornado in Georgia, August 1, 1974$25,000 · F1 · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 1, 19742 in hail · 3 events
• Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, August 1, 1974$3,000 · F0 · 2 events
• Damaging Winds in Louisiana, August 1, 19742 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, August 1, 19740.75 in hail · 2 events
• Hail in Arkansas, August 1, 19740.75 in hail · 1 event
• Hail in Alabama, August 1, 19741.75 in hail · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 1, 197465 kt wind · 1 event
• Tornado in Texas, August 1, 1974F0 · 1 event

Every storm in Oklahoma in 1974Every state in 1974This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Oklahoma, 1974

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: 10092986, 10092987, 10092988.