Tornado, Murray
- When
- April 21, 6:28 PM CST to 6:37 PM CST
- Where
- Murray County, Sulphur to 2 mi NE of Sulphur
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $280,000
- Coordinates
- 34.520, -97.000
Tornado in Oklahoma, April 21, 1996
A tornado touched down 2 miles west of Sulphur, moved east-northeast for about 3 miles through the north side of Sulphur, and lifted 1 mile northeast of Sulphur. A church on Highway 7 between Sulphur and Davis was damaged.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
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- Wind
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $280,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS OUN wrote it up.
A tornado touched down 2 miles west of Sulphur, moved east-northeast for about 3 miles through the north side of Sulphur, and lifted 1 mile northeast of Sulphur. Preliminary damage estimates in Sulphur exceeded $275,000.A church on Highway 7 between Sulphur and Davis was damaged. An apartment complex on the west side of Sulphur and a small restaurant received roof damage. Eight high tension power poles were blown over onto 3 houses, resulting in roof damage. A car wash sustained $15,000 in damage. Numerous outbuildings, radio antennas, and trees were destroyed. At least 12 homes sustained minor to major damage.
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:29 UTC.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
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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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: 5560529.