Tornadoes · United States · Oklahoma

1967 tornadoes in Oklahoma

49 tornadoes touched down in Oklahoma in 1967, 17 percent below the average of the record for the state. They killed 4 people and injured 14. 2 were rated F4 or EF4 and above.

1966 1968 The whole country in 1967

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 1967

January 25 3 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
January 256:40 PM GMT-6F2Custer25.5150$50,000 to $500,000
January 2510:20 PM GMT-6F2Rogers35.8102$5,000 to $50,000
January 2511:03 PM GMT-6F2Ottawa2.0106$5,000 to $50,000

January 26 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
January 264:10 AM GMT-6F1LeFlore0.5500$5,000 to $50,000

April 9 5 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 93:20 PM GMT-6F1Tillman0.5300$5,000 to $50,000
April 96:28 PM GMT-6F0Rogers13.310
April 96:52 PM GMT-6F0Rogers0.110
April 97:00 PM GMT-6F0Okmulgee0.110$5,000 to $50,000
April 98:25 PM GMT-6F0Muskogee0.110

April 11 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 1111:50 PM GMT-6F1Blaine1.510$5,000 to $50,000

April 12 3 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 121:45 AM GMT-6F1Cotton6.610$500 to $5,000
April 122:30 AM GMT-6F2Osage0.350$5,000 to $50,000
April 125:45 PM GMT-6F2McCurtain28.777$5,000 to $50,000

April 16 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 168:40 PM GMT-6F2Seminole11.5103$50,000 to $500,000

April 20 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 201:40 PM GMT-6F3Caddo1.0200

April 28 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 284:05 PM GMT-6F0McCurtain0.110

May 5 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 510:00 AM GMT-5F1Beckham0.3200$50 to $500

May 29 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 295:00 PM GMT-5F0Ottawa0.110

May 31 2 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 317:10 PM GMT-5F1Kay0.3217$5,000 to $50,000
May 3110:10 PM GMT-5F1Beaver0.8440$5,000 to $50,000

June 10 13 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 101:10 AM GMT-5F2Ellis0.110$500 to $5,000
June 104:30 PM GMT-5F1Ellis3.8100$500 to $5,000
June 105:30 PM GMT-5F0Ellis0.110
June 106:04 PM GMT-5F4Custer8.730041$50,000 to $500,000
June 106:09 PM GMT-5F0Custer0.110
June 107:30 PM GMT-5F1Custer0.110$50 to $500
June 109:30 PM GMT-5F2Blaine0.310$50,000 to $500,000
June 109:45 PM GMT-5F4Blaine0.110$500,000 to $5 million
June 1010:00 PM GMT-5F0Garfield0.110
June 1010:30 PM GMT-5F0Custer0.110
June 1010:35 PM GMT-5F0Canadian16.910$500,000 to $5 million
June 1010:35 PM GMT-5F0Oklahoma0.110$5,000 to $50,000
June 1011:00 PM GMT-5F3Kingfisher16.7101$500,000 to $5 million

June 11 7 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 111:32 AM GMT-5F1Nowata0.110
June 112:36 AM GMT-5F0Ottawa0.110
June 116:05 PM GMT-5F0Pottawatomie0.510
June 117:45 PM GMT-5F0Lincoln0.110
June 117:45 PM GMT-5F1Lincoln0.110
June 117:55 PM GMT-5F0Lincoln0.350$5,000 to $50,000
June 117:55 PM GMT-5F2Lincoln0.110under $50

June 14 2 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 1410:24 PM GMT-5F0Texas0.110
June 1410:45 PM GMT-5F0Texas0.3150$50 to $500

June 16 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 167:28 PM GMT-5F0Seminole0.110

July 3 4 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
July 34:00 PM GMT-5F0Cimarron6.810
July 34:00 PM GMT-5F0Cimarron0.110
July 34:00 PM GMT-5F0Cimarron0.110
July 37:00 PM GMT-5F2Texas0.1101$5,000 to $50,000

September 18 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
September 185:10 PM GMT-5F0Mayes0.5200$50 to $500

September 26 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
September 263:30 PM GMT-5F0Kay0.110

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.