Tornadoes · United States · Oklahoma

2007 tornadoes in Oklahoma

53 tornadoes touched down in Oklahoma in 2007, 10 percent below the average of the record for the state. They killed 2 people and injured 7.

2006 2008 The whole country in 2007

The rating scale

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

EF065 to 85 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
EF186 to 110 mph
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
EF2111 to 135 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.
EF3136 to 165 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
EF4166 to 200 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
EF5over 200 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 2007

March 23 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 23	5:11 PM CDT	EF0	Texas	1.4	440

March 28 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 28	7:28 PM CDT	EF2	Beaver	16.0	150	2		$102,000
March 28	8:04 PM CDT	EF2	Beaver	6.0	100			$58,000

March 29 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
March 29	3:05 PM CDT	EF1	Blaine	2.3	20		$50,000
March 29	4:05 PM CDT	EF2	Canadian	7.5	50	5	$500,000
March 29	4:20 PM CDT	EF0	Garfield	3.0	20		$30,000

April 23 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 23	6:14 PM CDT	EF0	Harper	0.2	30
April 23	6:51 PM CDT	EF0	Harper	0.2	30

April 24 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 24	3:27 PM CDT	EF0	Osage	5.5	100

May 4 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 4	6:21 PM CDT	EF1	Ellis	4.0	50			$110,000
May 4	6:45 PM CDT	EF0	Ellis	0.2	30			$3,000

May 5 13 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
May 5	7:40 PM CDT	EF0	Roger Mills	0.8	100
May 5	8:03 PM CDT	EF0	Roger Mills	0.3	40
May 5	8:04 PM CDT	EF3	Beckham	2.5	150	1	$5.0 million
May 5	8:12 PM CDT	EF3	Roger Mills	5.2	150		$150,000
May 5	8:16 PM CDT	EF0	Roger Mills	5.0	200		$10,000
May 5	8:32 PM CDT	EF1	Roger Mills	8.5	300
May 5	8:39 PM CDT	EF0	Ellis	0.3	30
May 5	8:56 PM CDT	EF0	Ellis	2.0	50
May 5	9:05 PM CDT	EF1	Roger Mills	7.5	500		$5,000
May 5	9:34 PM CDT	EF1	Roger Mills	0.8	100		$5,000
May 5	9:36 PM CDT	EF2	Ellis	7.3	300	1	$612,000
May 5	10:50 PM CDT	EF0	Ellis	1.0	100
May 5	10:51 PM CDT	EF2	Woodward	16.0	600		$315,000

May 6 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 6	9:23 PM CDT	EF0	Seminole	0.2	20			$40,000
May 6	9:38 PM CDT	EF0	Seminole	0.2	20			$15,000

May 7 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 7	2:32 AM CDT	EF0	Oklahoma	1.5	30			$25,000
May 7	3:15 AM CDT	EF0	Pottawatomie	0.1	20			$8,000

May 8 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 8	8:15 PM CDT	EF0	Comanche	0.2	30
May 8	10:54 PM CDT	EF1	Grady	1.5	30	$70,000
May 8	11:26 PM CDT	EF0	Canadian	2.2	40	$100,000
May 8	11:43 PM CDT	EF1	Canadian	1.8	150	$3.0 million
May 8	12:08 AM CDT	EF1	Canadian	0.6	80
May 8	12:21 AM CDT	EF1	Canadian	0.2	30	$25,000

May 31 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 31	6:55 PM CDT	EF0	Cimarron	0.1	100
May 31	7:11 PM CDT	EF0	Cimarron	0.3	100
May 31	7:42 PM CDT	EF0	Texas	0.1	50
May 31	7:49 PM CDT	EF0	Texas	0.1	75
May 31	7:58 PM CDT	EF0	Texas	0.5	150
May 31	8:06 PM CDT	EF1	Texas	5.3	300	$18,000
May 31	8:24 PM CDT	EF0	Texas	0.1	75

June 13 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
June 13	6:31 PM CDT	EF0	Major	0.2	25
June 13	6:34 PM CDT	EF0	Major	0.2	75
June 13	6:42 PM CDT	EF0	Major	0.2	50
June 13	8:06 PM CDT	EF0	Blaine	0.1	30

June 19 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 19	9:38 PM CDT	EF0	Texas	2.2	50

July 9 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 9	4:15 PM CDT	EF1	Muskogee	0.3	50			$100,000

August 18 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
August 18	4:46 PM CDT	EF1	Kiowa	6.0	50	$50,000
August 18	5:10 PM CDT	EF0	Washita	4.0	30
August 18	8:44 PM CDT	EF1	Grady	2.0	30	$15,000

August 19 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 19	2:00 AM CDT	EF0	Canadian	3.0	30			$10,000
August 19	2:32 AM CDT	EF1	Canadian	7.0	75			$50,000

October 17 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 17	5:14 PM CDT	EF0	Choctaw	0.1	50

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.