Tornadoes in Oklahoma, October 17, 1994

Name: Tornadoes in Oklahoma, October 17, 1994
Start: 1994-10-17T15:47
End: 1994-10-17T17:02
Location: Oklahoma

October 17, 1994 · 3 events in 2 counties and zones

3 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $15,000
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.

Event by event

3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Alfalfa

When: October 17, 3:47 PM CST
Where: Alfalfa County, Aline
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 30 yd
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 36.480, -98.500

Tornado, Alfalfa

When: October 17, 3:50 PM CST
Where: Alfalfa County, Carmen
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 30 yd
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 36.550, -98.530

Tornado, Major

When: October 17, 5:02 PM CST
Where: Major County, Ringwood
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 30 yd
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 36.312, -98.536 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Isolated severe thunderstorms produced 3 tornadoes in northcentral Oklahoma. In Alfalfa County, two brief tornados caused minor damage to a barn 5 miles southwest of Aline and destroyed a cow shed and corrals 4 miles WSW of Carmen. No damage was reported with the tornado 7 miles WNW of Ringwood in Major County.

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Oklahoma in 1994 Every state in 1994 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Oklahoma, 1994 Warnings in Oklahoma, October 1994

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: 10339175, 10339176, 10341258.