Tornadoes in Oklahoma, May 26, 1996

Name: Tornadoes in Oklahoma, May 26, 1996
Start: 1996-05-26T18:38
End: 1996-05-26T19:30
Location: Oklahoma

May 26, 1996 · NWS TSA · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

3 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

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 1
Property damage: $295,000
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.

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 43 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:34 UTC.

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Event by event

3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Rogers

When: May 26, 6:38 PM CST to 6:45 PM CST
Where: Rogers County, Talala to 1 mi S of Watova
Rating: F1
Path length: 4 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $20,000
Coordinates: 36.550, -95.700

Tornado, Nowata

When: May 26, 6:45 PM CST to 7:15 PM CST
Where: Nowata County, Watova to 1 mi NE of Childers
Rating: F2
Path length: 18 mi
Path width: 880 yd
Property damage: $200,000
Coordinates: 36.600, -95.650

Tornado, Craig

When: May 26, 7:15 PM CST to 7:30 PM CST
Where: Craig County, Childers to 7 mi N of Centralia
Rating: F2
Path length: 8 mi
Path width: 880 yd
Property damage: $75,000
Coordinates: 36.830, -95.480

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 1996 Every state in 1996 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Oklahoma, 1996 Warnings in Oklahoma, May 1996

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: 5563138, 5563139, 5563140.