Thunderstorm Wind, Tulsa
- When
- May 17, 12:05 AM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County
- Coordinates
- 36.250, -95.950
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 17, 1986
17 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $275,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 19
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
17 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Tulsa
- When
- May 17, 12:05 AM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.150, -96.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Rogers
- When
- May 17, 12:15 AM CST
- Where
- Rogers County
- Coordinates
- 36.170, -95.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Rogers
- When
- May 17, 12:15 AM CST
- Where
- Rogers County
- Coordinates
- 36.320, -95.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Pittsburg
- When
- May 17, 12:20 AM CST
- Where
- Pittsburg County
- Coordinates
- 35.120, -95.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Rogers
- When
- May 17, 12:25 AM CST
- Where
- Rogers County
- Coordinates
- 36.320, -95.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Tulsa
- When
- May 17, 12:28 AM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County
- Coordinates
- 36.250, -95.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Okmulgee
- When
- May 17, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Okmulgee County
- Coordinates
- 35.450, -95.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Okmulgee
- When
- May 17, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Okmulgee County
- Coordinates
- 35.750, -95.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Pittsburg
- When
- May 17, 12:39 AM CST
- Where
- Pittsburg County
- Coordinates
- 34.920, -95.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Pittsburg
- When
- May 17, 12:39 AM CST
- Where
- Pittsburg County
- Coordinates
- 34.980, -95.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Pontotoc
- When
- May 17, 12:50 AM CST
- Where
- Pontotoc County
- Coordinates
- 34.720, -96.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Tulsa
- When
- May 17, 12:50 AM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County
- Coordinates
- 36.250, -95.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Pontotoc
- When
- May 17, 12:50 AM CST
- Where
- Pontotoc County
- Coordinates
- 34.630, -96.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Cherokee
- When
- May 17, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County
- Coordinates
- 35.920, -95.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Okmulgee
- When
- May 17, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Okmulgee County
- Coordinates
- 35.750, -95.970
Tornado, Latimer
- When
- May 17, 1:20 AM CST
- Where
- Latimer County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 34.950, -95.080
Tornado, Sequoyah
- When
- May 17, 2:10 AM CST
- Where
- Sequoyah County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 123 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -94.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Le Flore
- When
- May 17, 2:35 AM CST
- Where
- Le Flore County
- Coordinates
- 34.900, -94.930
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
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: 10109548, 10109549, 10105246, 10105247, 10105248, 10105249, 10105250, 10105251, 10105252, 10105253, 10105254, 10105255, 10105256, 10105257, 10105258, 10105259, 10105260, 10105261, 10105262.