Tornadoes · United States · Oklahoma

2015 tornadoes in Oklahoma

109 tornadoes touched down in Oklahoma in 2015, 85 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 2 people and injured 55.

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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 2015

March 25 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 25	5:21 PM CDT	EF2	Tulsa	11.1	800	1	30	$2.1 million
March 25	6:01 PM CDT	EF0	Tulsa	2.3	600			$200,000
March 25	6:12 PM CDT	EF0	Canadian	0.7	50
March 25	6:29 PM CDT	EF0	Oklahoma	0.2	30			$1,000
March 25	6:34 PM CDT	EF2	Cleveland	11.2	50		7	$50 million
March 25	7:02 PM CDT	EF0	Mayes	0.1	50
March 25	8:06 PM CDT	EF0	Adair	0.1	50

April 2 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 2	9:59 PM CDT	EF1	Craig	12.3	800		1	$275,000

April 8 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 8	8:58 PM CDT	EF0	Custer	0.2	30

April 9 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 9	9:08 PM CDT	EF0	Custer	0.2	30

April 16 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 16	8:00 PM CDT	EF0	Beckham	4.5	150

April 18 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 18	4:06 PM CDT	EF1	Woods	0.5	40

May 6 16 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries
May 6	2:58 AM CDT	EF0	Creek	1.5	100
May 6	2:45 PM CDT	EF0	Caddo	2.0	50
May 6	2:53 PM CDT	EF0	Caddo	0.5	50
May 6	4:33 PM CDT	EF3	Grady	10.3	1,500
May 6	4:37 PM CDT	EF0	Major	0.1	20
May 6	4:48 PM CDT	EF0	Grady to KS, NE	0.3	50
May 6	5:15 PM CDT	EF0	Garfield	0.1	10
May 6	5:33 PM CDT	EF1	McClain	1.0	200
May 6	5:46 PM CDT	EF0	Cleveland	0.5	25
May 6	5:53 PM CDT	EF1	Cleveland	3.3	1,000
May 6	6:33 PM CDT	EF0	Dewey	0.3	30
May 6	6:41 PM CDT	EF0	Caddo	3.5	200
May 6	6:56 PM CDT	EF0	Grant	0.3	20
May 6	7:49 PM CDT	EF0	Grady	0.5	40
May 6	8:11 PM CDT	EF0	Grady	3.5	200
May 6	8:41 PM CDT	EF3	Oklahoma	2.0	700	12

May 8 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
May 8	6:04 PM CDT	EF0	Cotton	0.2	50
May 8	6:16 PM CDT	EF0	Cotton	0.2	50
May 8	6:40 PM CDT	EF0	Jefferson	0.5	50
May 8	7:08 PM CDT	EF0	Jefferson	0.2	50

May 9 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
May 9	5:30 PM CDT	EF0	Love	0.3	30
May 9	5:50 PM CDT	EF0	Love	0.3	30
May 9	6:09 PM CDT	EF0	Cotton	1.0	100
May 9	6:24 PM CDT	EF0	Marshall	3.0	200
May 9	7:25 PM CDT	EF1	Bryan	5.3	200
May 9	8:24 PM CDT	EF0	Roger Mills	2.0	100

May 10 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 10	9:01 AM CDT	EF1	Pittsburg	3.8	240	$35,000
May 10	6:18 PM CDT	EF0	Pushmataha	1.7	100
May 10	7:18 PM CDT	EF2	Latimer	15.0	880	$100,000
May 10	7:46 PM CDT	EF0	Latimer	3.7	75

May 16 19 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
May 16	4:49 PM CDT	EF1	Roger Mills	3.5	100
May 16	5:05 PM CDT	EF1	Dewey	0.5	50
May 16	5:47 PM CDT	EF0	Beckham	0.2	30
May 16	6:05 PM CDT	EF0	Tillman	0.2	20
May 16	6:22 PM CDT	EF1	Major	16.0	400
May 16	7:14 PM CDT	EF1	Comanche	7.1	400
May 16	7:55 PM CDT	EF0	Caddo	2.0	50
May 16	7:58 PM CDT	EF0	Comanche	6.0	50
May 16	8:01 PM CDT	EF0	Caddo	2.5	50
May 16	10:20 PM CDT	EF1	Okfuskee	1.4	110
May 16	11:26 PM CDT	EF2	Wagoner	16.0	1,000		$2.0 million
May 16	11:43 PM CDT	EF2	Rogers	9.8	1,500		$1.0 million
May 16	11:52 PM CDT	EF1	Rogers	3.3	300		$30,000
May 16	12:00 AM CDT	EF1	Mayes	2.3	450		$10,000
May 16	12:10 AM CDT	EF1	Mayes	4.5	600		$75,000
May 16	12:24 AM CDT	EF1	Delaware	4.6	550		$100,000
May 16	12:30 AM CDT	EF1	Ottawa	6.7	1,100		$20,000
May 16	12:38 AM CDT	EF1	Ottawa	11.5	650	1	$125,000
May 16	12:51 AM CDT	EF1	Ottawa to MO	12.2	200		$200,000

May 19 10 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
May 19	2:40 PM CDT	EF0	McClain	0.1	20
May 19	2:51 PM CDT	EF0	McClain	0.1	20
May 19	3:22 PM CDT	EF0	Cleveland	0.1	20
May 19	3:54 PM CDT	EF0	Tillman	1.0	400
May 19	4:19 PM CDT	EF0	Pottawatomie	0.1	20
May 19	6:16 PM CDT	EF0	Jefferson	1.0	400
May 19	6:23 PM CDT	EF0	Jefferson	1.0	250
May 19	6:40 PM CDT	EF0	Jefferson	2.0	200
May 19	8:55 PM CDT	EF0	Carter	0.3	30
May 19	9:35 PM CDT	EF0	Carter	1.5	50

May 23 11 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
May 23	5:12 PM CDT	EF1	Grady	6.0	500
May 23	5:59 PM CDT	EF0	Murray	3.0	40
May 23	6:05 PM CDT	EF0	Pontotoc	0.2	20
May 23	6:10 PM CDT	EF0	Murray	0.5	50
May 23	6:11 PM CDT	EF1	McClain	2.0	50
May 23	6:16 PM CDT	EF0	Garvin	0.2	50
May 23	6:25 PM CDT	EF1	Pontotoc	3.8	100
May 23	6:30 PM CDT	EF0	McClain	0.5	50
May 23	7:05 PM CDT	EF1	Garvin	0.5	50
May 23	7:13 PM CDT	EF0	Hughes	0.2	50
May 23	8:44 PM CDT	EF0	Latimer	1.6	75

May 25 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 25	2:42 PM CDT	EF3	Bryan	18.8	700	1	1
May 25	3:29 PM CDT	EF2	Atoka	8.0	1,000
May 25	4:06 PM CDT	EF1	Atoka	1.0	400
May 25	4:52 PM CDT	EF2	Pushmataha	13.3	1,000			$45,000
May 25	5:17 PM CDT	EF1	LeFlore	6.4	600			$10,000
May 25	5:34 PM CDT	EF1	LeFlore	7.5	250
May 25	5:48 PM CDT	EF2	LeFlore	15.5	1,700			$500,000

May 26 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 26	6:32 PM CDT	EF0	Custer	0.1	30
May 26	6:32 PM CDT	EF0	Caddo	0.1	30

May 28 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 28	9:58 AM CDT	EF1	LeFlore	0.5	75			$50,000

May 29 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 29	1:51 PM CDT	EF1	Muskogee	5.0	400	$30,000
May 29	2:16 PM CDT	EF0	Sequoyah	1.5	100	$20,000
May 29	2:27 PM CDT	EF1	Mayes	9.5	1,500	$60,000

June 17 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 17	2:25 PM CDT	EF0	McCurtain	0.1	66			$150,000

July 7 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 7	5:42 PM CDT	EF1	LeFlore	0.3	75			$15,000

July 9 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 9	5:08 PM CDT	EF1	Cherokee	5.5	220
July 9	5:18 PM CDT	EF1	Adair	3.7	500

November 5 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 5	2:22 PM CST	EF0	Okfuskee	2.5	100			$2,000
November 5	9:18 PM CST	EF1	McCurtain	4.3	256			$10,000

November 16 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
November 16	7:10 PM CST	EF0	Beaver	4.2	100
November 16	9:18 PM CST	EF2	Harper	27.2	400	$7,000
November 16	9:24 PM CST	EF1	Beaver	8.9	500
November 16	10:09 PM CST	EF1	Woods	3.3	200

November 17 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 17	5:43 AM CST	EF1	McIntosh	4.7	300			$150,000

December 12 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
December 12	6:03 PM CST	EF1	Choctaw	3.3	250
December 12	7:17 PM CST	EF2	McCurtain	7.3	600		3	$2.0 million

December 26 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
December 26	1:57 PM CST	EF0	McClain	0.1	20

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)
May 16	5:26 PM CDT	EF3	Hardeman, TX to OK	40.4	1,600
November 16	7:00 PM CST	EF1	Ochiltree, TX to OK	5.2	400
November 16	8:20 PM CST	EF1	Hemphill, TX to OK	43.0	200

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.