Tornado, Jefferson
- When
- April 21, 5:30 PM CST to 5:33 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Ringling to 4 mi NE of Ringling
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2.5 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.230, -97.580
Tornadoes in Oklahoma, April 21, 1996
A tornado touched down 4 miles north of Ringling in Jefferson County and moved northeast across the county line to 4 miles northwest of Healdton in Carter County. )A mobile home was damaged and windows were blown out of homes north of Ringling.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 4 miles north of Ringling in Jefferson County and moved northeast across the county line to 4 miles northwest of Healdton in Carter County. (Storm Data entries under both Carter and Jefferson Counties.)A mobile home was damaged and windows were blown out of homes north of Ringling. Trees were downed north of Ringling and northwest of Healdton.
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 126 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:31 UTC.
Event by event
2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Carter
- When
- April 21, 5:33 PM CST to 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Carter County, Healdton to 7 mi NW of Healdton
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.230, -97.600
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
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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: 5560530, 5560531.