Tornadoes · United States · Oklahoma

2001 tornadoes in Oklahoma

60 tornadoes touched down in Oklahoma in 2001, about the average of the record for the state. They killed 1 people and injured 16.

2000 2002 The whole country in 2001

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 2001

April 10 3 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 1011:40 PM CDTF2Beaver12.0200$450,000
April 1012:00 AM CDTF1Beaver6.0100$250,000
April 1012:10 AM CDTF0Beaver2.050$100,000

April 11 6 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 113:00 AM CDTF1Pottawatomie5.050$40,000
April 114:40 AM CDTF2Pontotoc14.5400$520,000
April 114:45 AM CDTF2Johnston19.05004$2.5 million
April 114:47 AM CDTF0Bryan0.325$10,000
April 115:25 AM CDTF2Coal13.020011$80,000
April 117:26 AM CDTF1Haskell3.0400$100,000

May 4 3 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 44:05 PM CDTF1Tillman0.52001$250,000
May 47:05 PM CDTF0Grady0.225
May 47:20 PM CDTF0Grady0.750

May 5 2 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 58:11 PM CDTF0Washita0.115
May 58:15 PM CDTF0Washita0.575

May 6 3 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 63:58 PM CDTF0Carter1.0220
May 65:04 PM CDTF0Love1.075
May 65:30 PM CDTF1Marshall0.125$1,000

May 19 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 192:23 PM CDTF0Jackson0.525

May 20 12 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 204:20 PM CDTF2Hughes11.0250$230,000
May 206:30 PM CDTF0Haskell0.5200
May 206:30 PM CDTF0Osage0.325
May 206:51 PM CDTF0Pontotoc0.325
May 206:54 PM CDTF0Haskell0.3150$3,000
May 206:58 PM CDTF0Pittsburg0.3100
May 207:15 PM CDTF0Coal0.1150
May 207:30 PM CDTF0Haskell1.0100
May 207:37 PM CDTF0Latimer0.325
May 207:40 PM CDTF0Coal0.230
May 207:55 PM CDTF0LeFlore0.325
May 208:50 PM CDTF1LeFlore1.0200$1,000

May 27 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 2711:03 PM CDTF1Carter9.0320$120,000

May 30 3 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 307:56 PM CDTF0Pittsburg0.225
May 309:10 PM CDTF0Pittsburg0.225
May 309:30 PM CDTF0Latimer0.225

June 5 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 57:34 PM CDTF0Woodward0.125

September 7 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
September 73:25 PM CDTF0Alfalfa2.050

September 8 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
September 83:33 PM CDTF0Atoka0.325

September 17 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
September 174:53 PM CDTF0Cimarron0.125

September 18 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
September 181:20 AM CDTF1Major0.510$30,000

September 19 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
September 197:30 PM CDTF0Beaver0.125

September 20 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
September 206:20 PM CDTF0Woods0.125

October 9 19 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
October 92:39 PM CDTF0Beckham1.050$1,000
October 92:42 PM CDTF0Beckham0.125
October 92:42 PM CDTF0Beckham4.5200$2,000
October 92:50 PM CDTF0Beckham0.125
October 93:12 PM CDTF1Beckham3.050$20,000
October 94:30 PM CDTF3Beckham11.5600$60,000
October 94:52 PM CDTF0Kiowa1.050
October 95:08 PM CDTF3Washita6.05009$100 million
October 95:15 PM CDTF0Custer0.125
October 95:32 PM CDTF1Washita2.0200$10,000
October 95:36 PM CDTF3Kiowa13.04401$610,000
October 95:42 PM CDTF0Custer0.125
October 95:57 PM CDTF0Custer0.550
October 96:18 PM CDTF1Caddo2.0300$150,000
October 96:28 PM CDTF0Caddo0.425
October 96:57 PM CDTF1Caddo0.850$1,000
October 97:05 PM CDTF1Caddo2.0440$120,000
October 97:15 PM CDTF0Caddo1.5580$20,000
October 97:20 PM CDTF1Caddo1.5850$70,000

Crossed into Oklahoma

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

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 113:55 AM CDTF1Cooke, TX to OK19.0150$20,000

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.