Tornado in Oklahoma, February 11, 1999

Name: Tornado in Oklahoma, February 11, 1999
Start: 1999-02-11T10:30
End: 1999-02-11T10:32
Location: Oklahoma

February 11, 1999 · NWS SHV · 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: $60,000
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.

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 156 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:31 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, McCurtain

When: February 11, 10:30 AM CST to 10:32 AM CST
Where: McCurtain County, Idabel to 3 mi NE of Idabel
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.9 mi
Path width: 25 yd
Property damage: $60,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 33.930, -94.800

The tornado, witnessed by dozens of people, touched down on new road construction, crossed the road and slammed into the ET Dunlap Center, peeled back the roof and destroyed the interior of the school as well as mangling a satellite dish. Six parked cars were pushed sideways into each other doing little damage. The tornado then moved across the Kiamichi Technology Center damaging the building before moving across Hwy 259 destroying several signs and bending three telephone pools to a 45 degree angle. The tornado then continued into a wooded region. The tornado was described by Randy Barton, an eyewitness, as an upside down bowl which came to a point on the ground. Several eyewitness were within 15 yards of the tornado. The school administrated said there would have been numerous injuries from a collapsing roof except one instructor called in sick cancelling class for the day and other classes were scheduled for just after the event.

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 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Oklahoma, 1999 Warnings in Oklahoma, February 1999

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: 5683628.