Tornadoes · United States · Oklahoma

1958 tornadoes in Oklahoma

42 tornadoes touched down in Oklahoma in 1958, 29 percent below the average of the record for the state. None of them killed anybody.

1957 1959 The whole country in 1958

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

  1. F040 to 72 mph

    Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.

  2. F173 to 112 mph

    Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.

  3. F2113 to 157 mph

    Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.

  4. F3158 to 206 mph

    Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.

  5. F4207 to 260 mph

    Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.

  6. F5261 to 318 mph

    Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.

  7. Unrated

    The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.

Every tornado in Oklahoma in 1958

February 26 2 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
February 262:00 PM GMT-6F0Pittsburg0.110$500 to $5,000
February 263:30 PM GMT-6F0Sequoyah0.120$500 to $5,000

April 2 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 25:55 PM GMT-6F1Comanche15.48801$5,000 to $50,000

April 21 3 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 2112:30 PM GMT-6F1Grant1.027under $50
April 213:35 PM GMT-6F0Grady0.110under $50
April 214:05 PM GMT-6F0Grady0.110under $50

May 2 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 24:20 PM GMT-5F2LeFlore0.3100$5,000 to $50,000

May 16 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 1611:48 AM GMT-5F0Caddo0.110under $50

May 17 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 175:02 PM GMT-5F0Seminole0.110under $50

May 24 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 244:10 PM GMT-5F2Oklahoma1.010$500 to $5,000

June 6 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 67:55 PM GMT-5F1Caddo0.533$500 to $5,000

June 11 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 116:30 PM GMT-5F0Kiowa1.033$500 to $5,000

June 19 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 194:30 PM GMT-5F1Dewey1.530$5,000 to $50,000

June 21 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 212:15 AM GMT-5F3Ellis0.567$50,000 to $500,000

June 24 3 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 243:00 AM GMT-5F0Garfield0.110under $50
June 2411:15 PM GMT-5F0Woodward0.5200
June 2412:45 AM GMT-5F1Woods0.530

June 25 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 259:30 AM GMT-5F2LeFlore0.52001$5,000 to $50,000

July 1 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
July 16:00 PM GMT-5F1Texas4.9440$500 to $5,000

July 6 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
July 65:15 PM GMT-5F1Blaine0.110under $50

July 11 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
July 1111:00 PM GMT-5F1Nowata0.110$50 to $500

July 12 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
July 123:25 PM GMT-5F0Grant0.330under $50

July 22 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
July 227:30 PM GMT-5F1Texas0.110

July 27 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
July 277:45 PM GMT-5F1Tillman0.110$5,000 to $50,000

August 20 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
August 204:20 PM GMT-5F2Tulsa0.133$500 to $5,000

August 23 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
August 233:00 PM GMT-5F1Woods25.210under $50

September 1 2 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
September 16:00 PM GMT-5F0Kay0.110under $50
September 17:45 PM GMT-5F1Washington0.320

September 7 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
September 75:00 PM GMT-5F1Texas3.6100under $50

September 23 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
September 236:05 PM GMT-5F0Harmon0.110under $50

November 16 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
November 163:00 PM GMT-6F0Craig0.210under $50

November 17 11 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
November 175:30 AM GMT-6F2Nowata0.110$500 to $5,000
November 176:15 AM GMT-6F2Jackson14.8100
November 177:00 AM GMT-6F2Caddo5.410
November 177:35 AM GMT-6F3Cotton65.8504
November 178:08 AM GMT-6F3Garfield39.210under $50
November 178:30 AM GMT-6F2Murray3.6300$5,000 to $50,000
November 178:30 AM GMT-6F2Pontotoc8.8500under $50
November 178:47 AM GMT-6F1Carter0.1204under $50
November 179:23 AM GMT-6F3Seminole18.330015$50,000 to $500,000
November 179:30 AM GMT-6F2Jackson1.010
November 1711:20 AM GMT-6F1Craig3.6127$5,000 to $50,000

Nearby

Every tornado in Oklahoma since 1950Warnings in force in OklahomaThe live radar over Oklahoma

What this means

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.

Sources

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.