Tornado, Jefferson
- When
- April 19, 2:25 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3.8 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 34.150, -97.870
Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 19, 1976
7 hail, 4 tornado, 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $300,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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
7 hail, 4 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Cotton
- When
- April 19, 2:35 PM CST
- Where
- Cotton County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.420, -98.130
Hail, Cleveland
- When
- April 19, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Cleveland County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.370, -97.530
Hail, Oklahoma
- When
- April 19, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Oklahoma County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -97.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Oklahoma
- When
- April 19, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Oklahoma County
- Coordinates
- 35.520, -97.480
Tornado, Love
- When
- April 19, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Love County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 5.1 mi
- Path width
- 60 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 34.030, -97.030
Tornado, Love
- When
- April 19, 6:24 PM CST
- Where
- Love County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 6.1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.870, -97.430
Hail, Cotton
- When
- April 19, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cotton County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.180, -98.580
Hail, Jackson
- When
- April 19, 8:24 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.600, -99.370
Hail, Jackson
- When
- April 19, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.630, -99.330
Hail, Bryan
- When
- April 19, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Bryan County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.930, -96.400
Hail, Stephens
- When
- April 19, 10:18 PM CST
- Where
- Stephens County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.370, -97.970
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
More
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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: 10093346, 10093347, 10093348, 10093349, 10093350, 10093351, 10094211, 10094212, 10094213, 10094214, 10094215, 10094216.