Tornadoes · United States · Oklahoma

2012 tornadoes in Oklahoma

63 tornadoes touched down in Oklahoma in 2012, about the average of the record for the state. They killed 6 people and injured 32.

2011 2013 The whole country in 2012

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 2012

March 18 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
March 18	6:50 PM CDT	EF0	Greer	3.9	150
March 18	7:10 PM CDT	EF0	Greer	0.1	50
March 18	7:27 PM CDT	EF0	Greer	1.4	75
March 18	7:37 PM CDT	EF0	Beckham	1.0	75

March 19 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 19	8:20 PM CDT	EF0	Sequoyah	0.1	50

April 9 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 9	5:23 PM CDT	EF0	Woodward	0.1	30
April 9	5:35 PM CDT	EF1	Woodward	0.2	100
April 9	5:45 PM CDT	EF0	Woodward	0.2	200
April 9	5:56 PM CDT	EF0	Woodward	0.2	200
April 9	6:06 PM CDT	EF1	Woodward	0.2	200	$5,000
April 9	6:27 PM CDT	EF0	Woodward	0.1	50

April 13 13 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
April 13	3:59 PM CDT	EF1	Cleveland	6.0	600
April 13	5:24 PM CDT	EF0	Pottawatomie	0.2	20
April 13	6:10 PM CDT	EF0	Jackson	0.5	25
April 13	6:14 PM CDT	EF0	Jackson	0.5	25
April 13	6:30 PM CDT	EF0	Jackson	2.0	400
April 13	7:25 PM CDT	EF0	Kiowa	0.5	300
April 13	7:27 PM CDT	EF0	Kiowa	0.2	100
April 13	7:28 PM CDT	EF1	Kiowa	5.0	500
April 13	7:52 PM CDT	EF0	Kiowa	6.0	500
April 13	8:36 PM CDT	EF0	Caddo	2.0	50
April 13	8:42 PM CDT	EF0	Caddo	0.3	50
April 13	8:50 PM CDT	EF0	Caddo	4.0	100
April 13	12:52 AM CDT	EF1	Canadian	2.0	75

April 14 17 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries
April 14	3:49 PM CDT	EF0	Woodward	4.0	30
April 14	3:59 PM CDT	EF1	Woodward	0.5	30
April 14	4:26 PM CDT	EF0	Woodward	0.2	30
April 14	4:33 PM CDT	EF0	Woods	0.3	30
April 14	5:18 PM CDT	EF0	Woodward	0.2	30
April 14	5:24 PM CDT	EF0	Woodward	0.2	30
April 14	6:15 PM CDT	EF0	Woodward	0.2	30
April 14	6:50 PM CDT	EF0	Woodward	0.1	20
April 14	6:51 PM CDT	EF0	Woodward	0.2	50
April 14	7:01 PM CDT	EF0	Major	0.1	30
April 14	7:06 PM CDT	EF1	Woods	7.2	150
April 14	7:19 PM CDT	EF0	Woods	1.0	75
April 14	7:30 PM CDT	EF0	Woods	9.0	400
April 14	7:47 PM CDT	EF1	Alfalfa	10.0	400
April 14	7:57 PM CDT	EF0	Alfalfa	12.0	400
April 14	8:19 PM CDT	EF1	Alfalfa	12.9	600
April 14	11:42 PM CDT	EF3	Ellis	34.0	400	6	29

April 15 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 15	5:49 AM CDT	EF1	Osage	4.2	200			$50,000
April 15	9:22 AM CDT	EF1	Cherokee	14.5	500			$75,000

April 29 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 29	8:57 PM CDT	EF1	Osage	1.3	220			$8,000

April 30 15 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 30	7:34 PM CDT	EF0	Alfalfa	0.1	20
April 30	7:40 PM CDT	EF0	Alfalfa	3.2	30
April 30	8:10 PM CDT	EF0	Nowata	0.1	50
April 30	8:12 PM CDT	EF1	Nowata	0.2	75
April 30	8:13 PM CDT	EF1	Grant	16.0	300
April 30	8:25 PM CDT	EF0	Nowata	0.1	50
April 30	8:33 PM CDT	EF0	Nowata	0.2	75	$5,000
April 30	8:59 PM CDT	EF1	Nowata	1.5	200	$2,000
April 30	9:06 PM CDT	EF1	Grant	1.0	50
April 30	9:10 PM CDT	EF1	Grant	14.0	400
April 30	9:29 PM CDT	EF1	Grant	12.0	200
April 30	10:05 PM CDT	EF0	Craig	1.0	75
April 30	10:07 PM CDT	EF1	Kay	2.0	50
April 30	10:25 PM CDT	EF1	Kay	7.0	100
April 30	12:42 AM CDT	EF1	Nowata	6.5	300	$10,000

May 1 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 1	1:30 AM CDT	EF2	Craig	1.0	150		1	$250,000

May 29 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 29	8:26 PM CDT	EF1	Canadian	1.0	30			$5,000
May 29	9:15 PM CDT	EF0	Canadian	1.0	30

October 13 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 13	5:46 PM CDT	EF1	Carter	5.1	75		2

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.