Tornado in Oklahoma, May 30, 1993

Name: Tornado in Oklahoma, May 30, 1993
Start: 1993-05-30T12:50
End: 1993-05-30T12:58
Location: Oklahoma

May 30, 1993 · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $500,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Delaware

When: May 30, 12:50 PM CST to 12:58 PM CST
Where: Delaware County to - 11 Ese Jay
Rating: F0
Path length: 3 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $500,000
Coordinates: 36.420, -94.630

An isolated severe thunderstorm developed in Delaware County during the early afternoon of May 30th. This storm produced a tornado which first touched down eight miles east of Jay at 1250 CST. The tornado moved southeast, destroying two equipment sheds and damaging one other equipment shed 9.5 miles east of Jay. The tornado continued southeast, and damaged a chicken house 11 miles east southeast of Jay before lifting at 1258 CST. Several trees were also downed along the path of the tornado. This F0 tornado remained on the ground for three miles and was 100 yards wide. Damage caused by the tornado was estimated to be up to $100,000.

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Oklahoma in 1993 Every state in 1993 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Oklahoma, 1993 Warnings in Oklahoma, May 1993

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: 10343052.