Tornadoes · United States · Oklahoma

2019 tornadoes in Oklahoma

148 tornadoes touched down in Oklahoma in 2019, 151 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 4 people and injured 52.

2018 2020 The whole country in 2019

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 2019

April 17 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 17	4:47 PM CDT	EF1	Ellis	1.6	50			$20,000
April 17	4:49 PM CDT	EF0	Ellis	1.3	10			$1,000

April 30 20 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 30	11:53 AM CDT	EF1	Lincoln	3.0	30			$3,000
April 30	12:09 PM CDT	Unrated	Murray	0.3	50
April 30	12:13 PM CDT	EF1	Payne	0.5	20			$20,000
April 30	12:22 PM CDT	EF1	Murray	1.9	30			$1,000
April 30	2:03 PM CDT	EF0	Okmulgee	2.5	100			$30,000
April 30	2:14 PM CDT	EF0	Osage	1.2	50
April 30	2:29 PM CDT	EF1	Wagoner	2.3	150			$30,000
April 30	2:44 PM CDT	EF2	Washington	9.8	1,300			$125,000
April 30	2:51 PM CDT	Unrated	Rogers	0.1	50
April 30	2:57 PM CDT	EF1	Nowata	7.5	900
April 30	3:02 PM CDT	EF1	Wagoner	7.8	300			$20,000
April 30	3:51 PM CDT	Unrated	Mayes	0.1	50
April 30	3:51 PM CDT	Unrated	Tillman	0.2	30
April 30	4:15 PM CDT	EF1	Craig	6.3	800			$20,000
April 30	4:29 PM CDT	EF1	Ottawa	7.2	700			$100,000
April 30	5:33 PM CDT	EF1	Ottawa	4.1	1,100			$75,000
April 30	9:07 PM CDT	EF3	Bryan	27.6	1,400	2	16	$300,000
April 30	9:34 PM CDT	EF1	Coal	0.8	25			$5,000
April 30	10:41 PM CDT	EF2	Pittsburg	10.0	1,300		1	$1.5 million
April 30	11:51 PM CDT	EF1	LeFlore	4.4	1,000			$25,000

May 1 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 1	1:26 PM CDT	Unrated	Jefferson	0.5	20
May 1	2:08 PM CDT	Unrated	Jefferson	0.2	30
May 1	4:21 PM CDT	EF0	Love	3.2	50	$3,000
May 1	4:46 PM CDT	EF0	Love	0.8	30	$2,000
May 1	5:17 PM CDT	EF1	Love	6.8	150	$50,000

May 5 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 5	11:54 PM CDT	EF1	Noble	1.5	30			$30,000

May 7 8 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 7	8:12 PM CDT	Unrated	Beckham	2.0	100
May 7	8:32 PM CDT	Unrated	Custer	2.0	50
May 7	10:10 PM CDT	Unrated	Beckham	0.5	30
May 7	11:23 PM CDT	EF2	Kiowa	3.7	300	$75,000
May 7	11:32 PM CDT	EF2	Washita	8.8	400	$120,000
May 7	11:46 PM CDT	Unrated	Washita	0.5	40
May 7	11:57 PM CDT	EF1	Kay	2.1	60	$25,000
May 7	12:27 AM CDT	Unrated	Kiowa	0.5	30

May 17 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 17	7:32 PM CDT	Unrated	Beaver to KS	6.7	50

May 18 9 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
May 18	7:37 AM CDT	EF2	Comanche	0.5	60	1	$150,000
May 18	9:27 AM CDT	EF0	Payne	0.2	25		$10,000
May 18	9:33 AM CDT	EF0	Payne	0.4	50		$30,000
May 18	11:03 AM CDT	EF0	Tulsa	3.7	350		$5,000
May 18	11:18 AM CDT	EF0	Coal	0.5	50	3	$25,000
May 18	11:58 AM CDT	EF1	Rogers	10.1	400		$40,000
May 18	12:32 PM CDT	EF0	Mayes	2.1	100		$3,000
May 18	1:13 PM CDT	EF1	Haskell	1.2	100
May 18	1:55 PM CDT	EF1	Sebastian to AR	5.3	450		$260,000

May 20 25 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
May 20	3:31 PM CDT	Unrated	Kingfisher	0.5	40
May 20	3:43 PM CDT	Unrated	Kingfisher	3.7	150
May 20	3:46 PM CDT	Unrated	Kingfisher	0.5	50
May 20	3:50 PM CDT	EF1	Logan	6.0	70		$3,000
May 20	3:54 PM CDT	Unrated	Logan	1.0	40
May 20	4:08 PM CDT	EF1	Logan	0.3	40		$1,000
May 20	4:23 PM CDT	EF1	Noble to KS, MO	3.0	100		$75,000
May 20	4:36 PM CDT	EF0	Kingfisher	0.1	20
May 20	4:37 PM CDT	Unrated	Harmon	0.5	50
May 20	4:38 PM CDT	EF0	Kingfisher	0.1	20
May 20	4:45 PM CDT	Unrated	Harmon	0.3	30
May 20	4:55 PM CDT	EF0	Kingfisher	1.4	20
May 20	4:59 PM CDT	Unrated	Harmon	0.1	20
May 20	5:05 PM CDT	EF1	Noble	7.7	100		$75,000
May 20	5:09 PM CDT	EF0	Logan	0.3	50		$1,000
May 20	5:12 PM CDT	EF2	Greer	11.0	1,200		$300,000
May 20	5:38 PM CDT	Unrated	Noble	0.2	30
May 20	5:38 PM CDT	Unrated	Greer	0.2	40
May 20	6:14 PM CDT	Unrated	Kiowa	0.5	30
May 20	9:05 PM CDT	EF0	Tulsa	0.5	100		$2,000
May 20	10:01 PM CDT	EF1	Okmulgee	4.4	450		$25,000
May 20	10:09 PM CDT	EF0	Wagoner	0.8	75
May 20	10:29 PM CDT	EF2	Cherokee	21.0	2,700	1	$950,000
May 20	10:35 PM CDT	EF1	Mayes	3.6	1,100		$10,000
May 20	10:54 PM CDT	EF1	Delaware	6.9	600		$50,000

May 21 13 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
May 21	3:45 AM CDT	EF1	McClain	3.8	250		$31,000
May 21	3:57 AM CDT	EF1	Cleveland	4.1	50		$6,000
May 21	4:13 AM CDT	EF0	Cleveland	0.3	20		$3,000
May 21	4:22 AM CDT	EF1	Cleveland	1.4	30
May 21	4:33 AM CDT	EF2	Pottawatomie	2.6	150
May 21	4:50 AM CDT	EF0	Lincoln	2.3	30		$7,000
May 21	6:08 AM CDT	EF1	Creek	1.6	75
May 21	6:25 AM CDT	Unrated	Marshall	0.5	20
May 21	6:29 AM CDT	EF0	Tulsa	0.4	75
May 21	6:31 AM CDT	EF1	Tulsa	2.3	550	1	$125,000
May 21	6:37 AM CDT	EF1	Tulsa	0.7	75
May 21	6:48 AM CDT	EF0	Tulsa	0.6	100
May 21	7:03 AM CDT	EF1	Atoka	1.6	100		$7,000

May 22 22 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 22	4:29 PM CDT	EF1	Seminole	1.0	50	$3,000
May 22	4:34 PM CDT	Unrated	Okfuskee	0.5	100
May 22	4:41 PM CDT	Unrated	Okfuskee	1.0	50
May 22	4:47 PM CDT	EF1	Okfuskee	0.8	75	$25,000
May 22	5:10 PM CDT	EF1	Okfuskee	0.6	125	$10,000
May 22	5:23 PM CDT	EF1	Okfuskee	6.0	650	$40,000
May 22	5:32 PM CDT	EF1	Okfuskee	7.7	400	$10,000
May 22	6:03 PM CDT	EF0	Okmulgee	0.2	75
May 22	6:07 PM CDT	EF0	Tulsa	0.2	75
May 22	6:36 PM CDT	EF0	Muskogee	0.2	75
May 22	6:44 PM CDT	EF1	Craig	5.1	350
May 22	6:59 PM CDT	EF1	Craig	1.5	150	$3,000
May 22	7:25 PM CDT	Unrated	Rogers to KS	1.8	75
May 22	7:25 PM CDT	EF1	Ottawa to KS	7.3	1,100	$75,000
May 22	8:09 PM CDT	EF1	Mayes	3.1	650	$25,000
May 22	8:28 PM CDT	Unrated	Osage	0.2	100
May 22	8:31 PM CDT	Unrated	Osage	0.2	75
May 22	8:44 PM CDT	Unrated	Mayes	0.2	100
May 22	8:52 PM CDT	EF1	Mayes	5.3	400
May 22	9:34 PM CDT	EF2	Delaware to MO	16.6	1,100	$500,000
May 22	12:39 AM CDT	EF0	Craig	0.5	150	$5,000
May 22	12:48 AM CDT	EF1	Craig	8.6	1,100	$100,000

May 23 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 23	9:32 PM CDT	Unrated	Harper	0.5	50
May 23	9:43 PM CDT	Unrated	Harper	0.5	75
May 23	10:42 PM CDT	EF1	Harper	2.0	150	$20,000

May 24 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 24	6:35 PM CDT	EF0	Jackson	0.5	20			$20,000

May 25 13 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 25	7:04 PM CDT	Unrated	Greer	0.3	30
May 25	7:14 PM CDT	Unrated	Beckham	0.2	50
May 25	10:28 PM CDT	EF3	Canadian	2.2	75	2	29	$400,000
May 25	10:46 PM CDT	EF0	Oklahoma	0.9	50			$20,000
May 25	10:49 PM CDT	EF0	Oklahoma	0.7	50			$20,000
May 25	10:53 PM CDT	EF0	Oklahoma	0.5	30			$10,000
May 25	10:56 PM CDT	EF0	Cleveland	0.7	30			$10,000
May 25	10:57 PM CDT	EF0	Oklahoma	0.2	30			$2,000
May 25	12:04 AM CDT	EF1	Creek	2.6	200			$40,000
May 25	12:14 AM CDT	EF1	Creek	10.7	1,000			$250,000
May 25	12:21 AM CDT	EF1	Creek	12.5	1,400			$760,000
May 25	12:27 AM CDT	EF1	Tulsa	12.3	2,200			$1.1 million
May 25	12:51 AM CDT	EF0	Tulsa	1.8	400			$175,000

May 26 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 26	1:15 AM CDT	EF0	McIntosh	0.2	75
May 26	1:44 AM CDT	EF0	Mayes	3.2	300

May 29 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 29	4:21 PM CDT	EF0	McCurtain	1.1	75

June 2 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 2	8:18 PM CDT	EF0	Cimarron	0.0	20

June 15 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 15	8:40 PM CDT	EF1	Dewey	3.1	100	$4,000
June 15	9:06 PM CDT	EF2	Custer	6.3	500	$80,000
June 15	9:16 PM CDT	EF0	Custer	1.3	300	$2,000
June 15	9:42 PM CDT	EF1	Custer	1.5	400	$50,000
June 15	11:51 PM CDT	EF1	Lincoln	5.2	50	$60,000

June 16 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
June 16	2:18 PM CDT	EF0	Kingfisher	0.2	20
June 16	2:19 PM CDT	EF0	Kingfisher	0.2	20
June 16	5:50 PM CDT	EF0	McClain	0.2	20

June 19 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 19	2:21 AM CDT	EF1	Seminole	1.0	50			$100,000
June 19	6:24 PM CDT	EF1	McCurtain	0.4	75			$50,000

August 23 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 23	8:10 PM CDT	EF0	Beaver	1.9	50

August 26 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 26	8:12 PM CDT	EF1	Logan	2.2	50			$75,000
August 26	8:55 PM CDT	EF1	Logan	3.5	500			$150,000

October 20 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
October 20	10:01 PM CDT	EF1	Pontotoc	0.3	150	$5,000
October 20	10:12 PM CDT	EF1	Seminole	2.8	100	$10,000
October 20	11:08 PM CDT	EF1	Wagoner	7.2	1,100	$10,000
October 20	11:12 PM CDT	EF0	Muskogee	8.3	400	$2,000
October 20	11:39 PM CDT	EF1	Cherokee	2.9	600
October 20	12:00 AM CDT	EF1	Adair to AR	9.1	900	$225,000

December 28 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
December 28	3:28 PM CST	EF0	Coal	0.2	20
December 28	3:30 PM CST	EF0	Tulsa	1.2	160			$42,000

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 23	8:26 PM CDT	EF3	Lipscomb, TX to OK	15.7	1,500			$170,000

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.