Tornadoes · United States · Oklahoma

1999 tornadoes in Oklahoma

141 tornadoes touched down in Oklahoma in 1999, 139 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 42 people and injured 686. 3 were rated F4 or EF4 and above.

1998 2000 The whole country in 1999

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.

F040 to 72 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
F173 to 112 mph
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
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.
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.
F4207 to 260 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
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.
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 1999

February 11 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 11	10:30 AM CST	F1	McCurtain	0.9	0			$60,000

March 8 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
March 8	5:57 PM CST	F1	Tulsa	0.7	50		$100,000
March 8	6:07 PM CST	F2	McIntosh	1.2	200	4	$90,000
March 8	6:14 PM CST	F2	McIntosh	9.0	100		$910,000
March 8	6:18 PM CST	F1	Rogers	2.5	50		$30,000
March 8	6:43 PM CST	F0	McIntosh	0.5	30

April 2 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 2	3:45 PM CST	F0	Noble	1.0	0
April 2	7:07 PM CST	F0	Custer	0.3	0
April 2	7:25 PM CST	F1	Greer	7.5	150	$40,000
April 2	8:13 PM CST	F1	Greer	6.0	50	$50,000
April 2	8:50 PM CST	F1	Washita	1.1	0	$40,000
April 2	9:55 PM CST	F0	Custer	1.1	10	$10,000

April 5 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 5	4:15 AM CDT	F1	Alfalfa	7.0	200	$60,000
April 5	5:10 AM CDT	F0	Major	0.1	0
April 5	5:30 AM CDT	F0	Garfield	0.1	0
April 5	5:50 AM CDT	F0	Grant	3.0	100	$10,000
April 5	6:03 AM CDT	F1	McClain	3.0	0	$40,000
April 5	9:45 AM CDT	F0	Wagoner	0.5	0	$40,000

April 21 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
April 21	6:45 PM CDT	F2	Garfield	8.5	500		$1.5 million
April 21	7:58 PM CDT	F0	Garfield	0.1	0		$1,000
April 21	9:07 PM CDT	F1	Noble	5.0	50	1	$30,000

April 22 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 22	6:47 PM CDT	F1	Mayes	3.0	200	$3,000
April 22	7:05 PM CDT	F0	Wagoner	0.3	50
April 22	7:40 PM CDT	F0	Cherokee	0.3	50
April 22	7:50 PM CDT	F0	Muskogee	1.0	50	$1,000

May 3 58 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 3	4:51 PM CDT	F0	Comanche	0.5	0
May 3	4:55 PM CDT	F0	Comanche	0.1	0
May 3	5:20 PM CDT	F3	Caddo	6.0	100		3	$50,000
May 3	5:26 PM CDT	F0	Caddo	0.1	0
May 3	5:36 PM CDT	F0	Kiowa	0.1	0
May 3	5:38 PM CDT	F0	Caddo	0.1	0
May 3	5:46 PM CDT	F3	Grady	9.0	880		4	$150,000
May 3	6:07 PM CDT	F0	Grady	1.0	0
May 3	6:12 PM CDT	F2	Grady	4.0	500		4	$500,000
May 3	6:20 PM CDT	F0	Caddo	2.0	0
May 3	6:26 PM CDT	F5	Bridge Creek–Moore tornado	37.0	1,430	36	583	$1.0 billion
May 3	6:38 PM CDT	F1	Caddo	7.0	150			$20,000
May 3	6:56 PM CDT	F0	Caddo	0.1	0
May 3	6:58 PM CDT	F0	Canadian	4.1	100			$10,000
May 3	7:00 PM CDT	F0	Canadian	0.2	0
May 3	7:10 PM CDT	F0	McClain	0.2	20
May 3	7:12 PM CDT	F0	Caddo	1.0	0
May 3	7:20 PM CDT	F0	Caddo	0.1	0
May 3	7:31 PM CDT	F0	Oklahoma	0.5	60			$3,000
May 3	7:34 PM CDT	F0	Caddo	0.5	0
May 3	7:37 PM CDT	F1	Grady	2.0	300			$1,000
May 3	7:37 PM CDT	F1	Caddo	5.0	50			$1,000
May 3	7:47 PM CDT	F1	Grady	4.0	60			$20,000
May 3	7:53 PM CDT	F2	Oklahoma	7.0	220		4	$3.2 million
May 3	7:55 PM CDT	F1	Grady	0.1	50			$10,000
May 3	8:03 PM CDT	F0	Canadian	0.1	0
May 3	8:09 PM CDT	F0	Oklahoma	2.0	50			$10,000
May 3	8:13 PM CDT	F0	Canadian	0.8	100
May 3	8:16 PM CDT	F0	Canadian	1.0	0
May 3	8:17 PM CDT	F1	Oklahoma	4.0	50			$60,000
May 3	8:21 PM CDT	F0	Blaine	0.1	0
May 3	8:25 PM CDT	F0	Canadian	0.1	0
May 3	8:29 PM CDT	F3	Blaine	21.0	0		4	$320,000
May 3	8:34 PM CDT	F1	Canadian	6.0	150			$50,000
May 3	8:34 PM CDT	F1	Cleveland	9.0	30			$80,000
May 3	8:48 PM CDT	F2	Canadian	8.1	200			$50,000
May 3	8:55 PM CDT	F0	Kingfisher	0.5	50
May 3	8:58 PM CDT	F1	Canadian	10.0	150			$10,000
May 3	9:03 PM CDT	F0	Kingfisher	0.1	0
May 3	9:05 PM CDT	F2	Pottawatomie	18.0	150	1	10	$750,000
May 3	9:10 PM CDT	F1	Logan	1.0	100			$2,000
May 3	9:10 PM CDT	F4	Kingfisher	15.0	880	1	11	$2.5 million
May 3	9:22 PM CDT	F0	Kingfisher	0.8	50
May 3	9:25 PM CDT	F4	Mulhall tornado	35.0	1,760	2	26	$13 million
May 3	9:30 PM CDT	F1	Kingfisher	4.0	440			$10,000
May 3	9:50 PM CDT	F0	Kingfisher	0.2	30
May 3	9:56 PM CDT	F0	Canadian	1.0	50			$30,000
May 3	9:57 PM CDT	F2	Kingfisher	1.0	150			$30,000
May 3	10:03 PM CDT	F3	Canadian	22.0	350			$180,000
May 3	10:10 PM CDT	F3	Lincoln	16.0	450		13	$60 million
May 3	10:18 PM CDT	F2	Logan	8.0	440			$40,000
May 3	10:28 PM CDT	F1	Major	1.0	200			$10,000
May 3	10:38 PM CDT	F0	Kingfisher	3.1	150			$1,000
May 3	10:40 PM CDT	F0	Kingfisher	0.5	50			$4,000
May 3	10:50 PM CDT	F3	Logan	13.0	880		13	$10 million
May 3	11:33 PM CDT	F2	Logan	2.0	440			$50,000
May 3	11:58 PM CDT	F0	Creek	2.0	50			$40,000
May 3	12:08 AM CDT	F1	Tulsa	7.0	150			$8.5 million

May 4 11 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 4	1:59 AM CDT	F0	Muskogee	0.5	50
May 4	2:00 AM CDT	F1	Cherokee	3.0	100	$40,000
May 4	3:11 AM CDT	F1	Adair	0.5	50	$1,000
May 4	7:00 AM CDT	F0	Cleveland	2.0	50	$1,000
May 4	7:30 AM CDT	F0	Osage	0.5	50
May 4	10:50 AM CDT	F1	Pushmataha	1.0	50	$1,000
May 4	11:30 AM CDT	F1	Latimer	14.0	100	$40,000
May 4	12:00 PM CDT	F0	Haskell	9.0	80	$40,000
May 4	12:21 PM CDT	F1	LeFlore	0.5	0	$110,000
May 4	12:34 PM CDT	F1	Sequoyah	2.0	80	$90,000
May 4	12:54 PM CDT	F3	Sequoyah to AR	38.2	0	$100,000

May 10 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 10	3:11 AM CDT	F0	Adair	0.5	50			$1,000

May 11 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 11	8:30 PM CDT	F0	Choctaw	1.0	50	$1,000
May 11	9:00 PM CDT	F0	Muskogee	0.5	50	$1,000
May 11	9:16 PM CDT	F0	Muskogee	0.5	50	$1,000
May 11	10:37 PM CDT	F0	Sequoyah	0.5	50	$1,000

May 25 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
May 25	6:15 PM CDT	F0	Harmon	0.1	0
May 25	6:31 PM CDT	F0	Harmon	0.2	0
May 25	6:51 PM CDT	F0	Greer	0.1	0
May 25	7:04 PM CDT	F0	Greer	0.2	0
May 25	7:35 PM CDT	F0	Jackson	1.5	50
May 25	8:16 PM CDT	F0	Tillman	1.5	50

May 31 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 31	6:58 PM CDT	F0	Beckham	0.1	0
May 31	7:18 PM CDT	F0	Beckham	0.5	50
May 31	7:57 PM CDT	F0	Greer	1.0	200
May 31	8:24 PM CDT	F1	Jackson	2.5	100	$10,000
May 31	8:37 PM CDT	F0	Jackson	0.2	50
May 31	8:51 PM CDT	F0	Kiowa	2.0	440
May 31	11:07 PM CDT	F0	Alfalfa	2.0	0	$2,000

June 1 9 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 1	5:18 AM CDT	F0	Okfuskee	0.5	50
June 1	5:35 PM CDT	F3	Cherokee	2.0	350	2	5	$1.5 million
June 1	6:16 PM CDT	F1	Muskogee	2.3	100			$2.0 million
June 1	6:46 PM CDT	F1	McIntosh	1.3	0			$1.6 million
June 1	6:50 PM CDT	F3	McIntosh	4.5	350			$700,000
June 1	6:57 PM CDT	F2	McIntosh	2.0	0			$40,000
June 1	7:11 PM CDT	F0	McIntosh	2.3	100
June 1	7:22 PM CDT	F0	Pittsburg	0.5	0
June 1	7:30 PM CDT	F0	Pittsburg	0.5	0

June 4 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 4	9:37 PM CDT	F0	Texas	0.1	0

June 18 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 18	6:35 PM CDT	F0	Harper	0.0	0
June 18	7:06 PM CDT	F0	Ellis	0.0	0

June 29 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 29	4:44 PM CDT	F0	Texas	0.1	0
June 29	5:35 PM CDT	F0	Texas	0.1	0

August 26 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 26	4:30 PM CDT	F1	Rogers	0.5	50			$10,000

September 10 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 10	6:47 PM CDT	F1	Okfuskee	3.5	150			$80,000
September 10	6:55 PM CDT	F0	Major	1.0	0

October 31 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
October 31	4:15 PM CST	F0	Creek	0.5	50	$2,000
October 31	4:23 PM CST	F0	Creek	0.5	50
October 31	4:35 PM CST	F0	Creek	0.5	50	$1,000
October 31	5:00 PM CST	F0	Creek	0.5	50	$1,000

November 22 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
November 22	4:44 PM CST	F0	Choctaw	0.5	50
November 22	4:53 PM CST	F0	Choctaw	0.5	50
November 22	5:54 PM CST	F0	Tulsa	0.5	50
November 22	6:25 PM CST	F0	Tulsa	0.5	50
November 22	7:47 PM CST	F1	Rogers	3.0	0	$150,000

December 2 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
December 2	6:36 PM CST	F1	Logan	4.0	30		$3,000
December 2	6:43 PM CST	F2	Logan	12.0	100	1	$280,000
December 2	7:30 PM CST	F1	Noble	11.0	300		$40,000

Crossed into Oklahoma

Tornadoes that touched down in a neighboring state and ran into Oklahoma. They are counted under the state they began in.

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 4	12:45 PM CDT	F2	Red River, TX to OK	14.6	100		7	$600,000

Nearby

Every tornado in Oklahoma since 1950 Warnings in force in Oklahoma The 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.