Tornadoes · United States · Oklahoma

2024 tornadoes in Oklahoma

151 tornadoes touched down in Oklahoma in 2024, 156 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 8 people and injured 137. 2 were rated F4 or EF4 and above.

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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.

  1. EF065 to 85 mph

    Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.

  2. EF186 to 110 mph

    Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. EF4166 to 200 mph

    Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.

  6. 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.

  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 2024

March 14 2 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
March 141:44 PM CDTEF0McIntosh2.7350$10,000
March 1411:00 PM CDTEF1McCurtain0.5200$50,000

April 1 5 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 17:17 PM CDTEF1Osage7.0600$20,000
April 17:28 PM CDTEF1Osage5.51,000$35,000
April 17:38 PM CDTEF1Osage2.2550$250,000
April 17:49 PM CDTEF1Washington4.9550$20,000
April 18:13 PM CDTEF1Nowata4.26001$20,000

April 26 8 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 264:49 AM CDTEF0Cleveland0.530$10,000
April 264:52 AM CDTEF0Pottawatomie2.440$5,000
April 264:53 AM CDTEF1Cleveland1.975$6,000
April 265:05 AM CDTEF0Pottawatomie2.450$30,000
April 265:28 AM CDTEF1Okfuskee9.9500$20,000
April 265:31 AM CDTEF0Lincoln0.230$10,000
April 266:18 AM CDTEF1Okmulgee6.9650$25,000
April 267:22 AM CDTEF1Pittsburg1.7250$50,000

April 27 33 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 2710:11 AM CDTEF1Roger Mills0.750$5,000
April 2710:18 AM CDTEF0Roger Mills0.110
April 271:21 PM CDTEF1Garfield0.8100$5,000
April 272:39 PM CDTEF1Kay2.630$20,000
April 272:54 PM CDTEF1Kay1.075$75,000
April 273:20 PM CDTEF0Payne5.230$10,000
April 274:10 PM CDTEF0Caddo0.820
April 274:29 PM CDTEF1Canadian6.8150$100,000
April 277:55 PM CDTUnratedComanche0.320
April 278:16 PM CDTUnratedOsage0.175
April 278:53 PM CDTEF1McClain4.4225$44,000
April 279:12 PM CDTEF1McClain0.540$2,000
April 279:16 PM CDTEF1Johnston4.7150$50,000
April 279:17 PM CDTEF0McClain1.740$2,000
April 279:20 PM CDTEF2McClain4.9125$200,000
April 279:29 PM CDTEF1Cleveland3.5200$100,000
April 279:42 PM CDTEF2Carter11.340019$20 million
April 279:45 PM CDTEF1Oklahoma8.5150$300,000
April 2710:15 PM CDTEF1Pontotoc1.530$10,000
April 2710:16 PM CDTEF1Lincoln10.3250$30,000
April 2710:23 PM CDTEF3Murray9.9440130$10 million
April 2710:36 PM CDTEF3Hughes27.91,76024$1.8 million
April 2710:37 PM CDTEF1Pontotoc8.4500$250,000
April 2710:45 PM CDTEF0Carter0.530
April 2711:07 PM CDTEF1Murray5.9250$200,000
April 2711:08 PM CDTEF4Love26.890016$151 million
April 2711:21 PM CDTEF1Murray3.5100$2,000
April 2712:01 AM CDTEF1Okmulgee11.31,400$2.0 million
April 2712:14 AM CDTEF1Okmulgee8.91,100$75,000
April 2712:22 AM CDTUnratedJohnston1.1200
April 2712:28 AM CDTEF1Muskogee6.2800
April 2712:40 AM CDTEF1Wagoner9.8750$30,000
April 2712:55 AM CDTEF1Wagoner1.6400$5,000

April 28 4 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 281:23 AM CDTEF1Cherokee4.3350
April 285:23 PM CDTUnratedPittsburg2.0100
April 286:50 PM CDTUnratedMcIntosh1.375
April 288:01 PM CDTEF0LeFlore4.3200

April 30 5 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 305:32 PM CDTEF1Washita2.5200$250,000
April 307:25 PM CDTUnratedTillman2.450
April 307:35 PM CDTEF0Kiowa0.5100
April 309:32 PM CDTEF1Tillman6.41,200$50,000
April 3010:18 PM CDTEF1Tillman2.1200$2,000

May 1 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 112:04 AM CDTUnratedComanche0.540

May 6 13 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 66:04 PM CDTUnratedMajor3.830
May 66:41 PM CDTEF1Blaine11.1300$40,000
May 67:27 PM CDTEF0Garfield0.250
May 67:34 PM CDTEF0Garfield0.230$5,000
May 67:44 PM CDTEF1Garfield6.3300
May 68:44 PM CDTEF0Kay0.730$50,000
May 68:54 PM CDTEF1Kay8.075$100,000
May 69:12 PM CDTEF4Osage40.81,700233$25 million
May 610:56 PM CDTEF0Lincoln2.250$5,000
May 611:00 PM CDTEF0Ottawa to KS24.11,100$350,000
May 611:39 PM CDTEF1Oklahoma2.275$300,000
May 611:46 PM CDTEF1Oklahoma1.130$50,000
May 612:06 AM CDTEF1Okmulgee4.0350

May 7 2 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 71:05 AM CDTEF1Okfuskee2.8200$15,000
May 72:23 AM CDTEF2Adair to AR11.7800$75,000

May 8 4 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 82:10 PM CDTUnratedOttawa0.175
May 82:12 PM CDTUnratedOttawa0.175
May 82:15 PM CDTEF1Ottawa4.0450$50,000
May 82:51 PM CDTEF1Ottawa0.360$30,000

May 13 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 134:35 AM CDTEF0Lincoln0.220$20,000

May 19 17 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 196:19 PM CDTEF0Roger Mills0.230$5,000
May 196:27 PM CDTEF0Roger Mills0.530$5,000
May 196:43 PM CDTEF0Roger Mills1.930$10,000
May 196:58 PM CDTUnratedCuster0.5100
May 197:28 PM CDTEF2Custer6.71,760$250,000
May 197:39 PM CDTEF1Custer6.7400$150,000
May 198:05 PM CDTEF1Custer5.0440$200,000
May 198:13 PM CDTEF1Custer2.830
May 198:24 PM CDTEF0Caddo1.040$25,000
May 198:37 PM CDTEF1Blaine0.650$5,000
May 198:37 PM CDTEF1Blaine0.550$2,000
May 199:32 PM CDTEF2Canadian3.5300$100,000
May 199:41 PM CDTEF0Canadian1.2300$2,000
May 199:41 PM CDTEF0Canadian2.930$5,000
May 1910:10 PM CDTEF0Oklahoma0.110
May 1910:53 PM CDTEF1Woods2.7300$10,000
May 1911:01 PM CDTEF1Woods1.540$10,000

May 21 2 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 215:27 PM CDTEF1Rogers5.3500$100,000
May 215:39 PM CDTEF1Rogers1.0100$10,000

May 22 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 229:37 AM CDTEF1Haskell2.9300$25,000

May 23 3 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 236:17 PM CDTEF0Harmon0.820
May 237:04 PM CDTEF2Jackson15.12,000$300,000
May 237:25 PM CDTEF0Jackson0.940$10,000

May 25 9 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 256:14 PM CDTEF1Woodward2.650$40,000
May 256:29 PM CDTUnratedMajor3.4200
May 257:54 PM CDTUnratedLove0.330
May 258:06 PM CDTUnratedLove0.550
May 2511:19 PM CDTEF3Rogers23.92,000223$45 million
May 2512:07 AM CDTEF1Mayes6.12,000$1.0 million
May 2512:25 AM CDTEF1Mayes2.4300$3.8 million
May 2512:36 AM CDTEF1Delaware1.8650
May 2512:59 AM CDTEF3Delaware to AR7.93,2002$6.2 million

May 29 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 2912:34 AM CDTUnratedCimarron0.750

July 21 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
July 214:50 PM CDTUnratedDelaware0.175

September 5 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
September 52:30 PM CDTEF0Kingfisher0.110

October 30 2 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
October 3010:25 PM CDTEF1Ottawa2.1350
October 3010:30 PM CDTEF1Ottawa7.8750$100,000

November 2 2 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
November 211:10 PM CDTEF0Pottawatomie1.030$10,000
November 211:24 PM CDTUnratedPottawatomie0.330

November 3 14 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
November 31:20 AM CDTEF3Cleveland2.44006$16 million
November 31:37 AM CDTUnratedOklahoma0.110
November 31:05 AM CSTEF3Stephens21.75006$5.0 million
November 31:11 AM CSTEF1McClain7.0200$5.0 million
November 31:28 AM CSTEF1Stephens1.350$50,000
November 31:45 AM CSTEF2Stephens4.8300$250,000
November 31:57 AM CSTEF3Oklahoma25.11,0007$40 million
November 31:58 AM CSTEF0Cleveland1.130$5,000
November 32:17 AM CSTEF1Garvin0.850$10,000
November 32:22 AM CSTEF1Garvin2.5300$50,000
November 33:04 AM CSTEF1Seminole1.030$20,000
November 33:46 AM CSTEF0Creek4.6400$25,000
November 35:15 PM CSTUnratedCoal0.330
November 36:39 PM CSTUnratedCoal0.550

November 4 10 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
November 410:26 AM CSTEF0Cleveland1.330$2,000
November 411:49 AM CSTEF0Murray0.210
November 412:20 PM CSTEF1Osage2.2100$40,000
November 412:47 PM CSTEF1Washington0.6150$20,000
November 412:49 PM CSTEF1Rogers9.6400
November 42:34 PM CSTUnratedMuskogee0.275
November 42:42 PM CSTUnratedMuskogee0.175
November 42:57 PM CSTUnratedSequoyah0.2100
November 43:21 PM CSTEF2Cherokee to AR32.91,200$280,000
November 45:01 PM CSTEF1McCurtain3.1150

November 18 10 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
November 182:48 AM CSTEF1Harmon3.450$10,000
November 182:58 AM CSTEF1Harmon4.0150$15,000
November 183:09 AM CSTEF0Jackson7.550
November 183:11 AM CSTUnratedHarmon2.730
November 183:23 AM CSTEF0Greer4.475$5,000
November 183:35 AM CSTUnratedGreer1.430
November 183:44 AM CSTUnratedKiowa3.030
November 183:48 AM CSTUnratedKiowa2.430
November 184:20 AM CSTUnratedWashita1.050
November 185:36 AM CSTEF1Blaine1.7100$50,000

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 276:43 PM CDTEF1Wichita, TX to OK6.5100$32,000

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.