Tornadoes · United States · Oklahoma

Tornadoes in Beaver County, Oklahoma

79 tornadoes have crossed Beaver County since 1950, 3 of them surveyed so far this year and still preliminary, 21st of the 77 counties in Oklahoma with a tornado on record, an average of 1.0 a year. They have killed 2 people and injured 20. 1 was rated F4 or EF4 and above.

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The United States rated tornadoes on Ted Fujita’s F scale until 31 January 2007 and on the Enhanced Fujita scale after it. Both run from 0 to 5, and both rate the damage rather than measure the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

  1. F0 / EF040 to 72 mph on the F scale, 65 to 85 mph on the EF scale

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

  2. F1 / EF173 to 112 mph on the F scale, 86 to 110 mph on the EF scale

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

  3. F2 / EF2113 to 157 mph on the F scale, 111 to 135 mph on the EF scale

    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. F3 / EF3158 to 206 mph on the F scale, 136 to 165 mph on the EF scale

    Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.

  5. F4 / EF4207 to 260 mph on the F scale, 166 to 200 mph on the EF scale

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

  6. F5 / EF5261 to 318 mph on the F scale, over 200 mph on the EF scale

    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.

Now

Tornadoes
79
Deaths
2
Injuries
20
F4 and above
1
Worst on record
F4, March 18, 1982

The deadliest in Beaver County

The strongest

Every year with a tornado

The 44 years of the 76 in the record with a tornado in Beaver County. Each year links to every tornado in Oklahoma that year.

YearTornadoesDeathsInjuriesStrongest
20263EF0
20232EF1
20222EF0
20193EF3
20181EF0
20171EF0
20153EF1
20143EF1
20133EF0
20111EF0
20105EF0
20082EF2
200722EF2
20063F0
20051F0
20031F0
20021F0
20014F2
199712F1
19953F1
19932F0
19911F0
19901F0
198716F2
19831F0
1982212F4
19801F0
19771F2
19721F1
19712F1
19701F2
19691F0
19682F2
19671F1
19632F3
19626F1
19611F2
19601F1
19571F0
19551F0
19531F1
19521F1
19511F1
19501F1

Every tornado that crossed Beaver County

79 tornadoes, newest first. 3 of them touched down in a neighboring state and ran in, so the record files them under that state rather than Oklahoma. The 3 at the top are this year's, from the surveying office rather than SPC's published database, and their ratings are marked as preliminary.

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 25, 20264:18 PM CDTUnratedBeaver0.730
June 25, 20264:29 PM CDTEF0Beaver2.1100
June 25, 20264:52 PM CDTUnratedBeaver1.50
June 17, 20237:42 PM CDTEF1Harper8.5300$42,000
June 17, 20236:08 PM CDTUnratedBeaver2.250
December 12, 20229:38 PM CSTEF0Beaver0.750
December 12, 20229:21 PM CSTUnratedBeaver1.250
August 23, 20198:10 PM CDTEF0Beaver1.950
May 23, 20198:26 PM CDTEF3Lipscomb to OK15.71,500$170,000
May 17, 20197:32 PM CDTUnratedBeaver to KS6.750
June 22, 20187:17 PM CDTEF0Beaver0.110
May 16, 20172:45 PM CDTEF0Beaver0.125
November 16, 20159:24 PM CSTEF1Beaver8.9500
November 16, 20157:10 PM CSTEF0Beaver4.2100
November 16, 20157:00 PM CSTEF1Ochiltree to OK5.2400
June 22, 20146:31 PM CDTEF0Beaver0.450
June 22, 20146:03 PM CDTEF1Beaver3.8150
June 22, 20145:42 PM CDTEF0Beaver2.0100
August 7, 20137:36 PM CDTEF0Beaver0.125
May 28, 20133:29 PM CDTEF0Beaver1.825
May 28, 20133:08 PM CDTEF0Beaver0.825
June 11, 20117:50 PM CDTEF0Beaver0.125
June 13, 20104:41 PM CDTEF0Beaver2.825
June 13, 20104:22 PM CDTEF0Beaver2.525
June 13, 20104:17 PM CDTEF0Beaver3.125
June 13, 20103:52 PM CDTEF0Beaver5.125
April 22, 20105:51 PM CDTEF0Beaver0.225
June 18, 20089:00 PM CDTEF2Beaver12.0200$200,000
June 15, 20086:37 PM CDTEF0Beaver3.250
March 28, 20078:04 PM CDTEF2Beaver6.0100$58,000
March 28, 20077:28 PM CDTEF2Beaver16.01502$102,000
June 21, 20066:27 PM CDTF0Beaver0.150
June 21, 20066:27 PM CDTF0Beaver0.150
June 18, 20068:30 PM CDTF0Beaver1.0100$10,000
June 9, 20058:06 PM CDTF0Beaver0.125
May 15, 20039:00 PM CDTF0Beaver0.820
June 15, 20026:03 PM CDTF0Beaver0.225
September 19, 20017:30 PM CDTF0Beaver0.125
April 10, 200112:10 AM CDTF0Beaver2.050$100,000
April 10, 200112:00 AM CDTF1Beaver6.0100$250,000
April 10, 200111:40 PM CDTF2Beaver12.0200$450,000
June 15, 19977:10 PM CDTF1Beaver0.51002$150,000
May 17, 19953:16 PM CDTF0Beaver2.0100
March 25, 19956:15 PM CSTF0Beaver0.550
March 25, 19953:25 PM CSTF1Beaver3.0100$50,000 to $500,000
September 18, 19937:14 PM CDTF0Beaver0.5100$5,000 to $50,000
June 2, 199310:30 PM CDTF0Beaver0.550
June 18, 19916:40 PM CDTF0Beaver0.530
July 15, 19905:45 PM CDTF0Beaver0.120
March 22, 19877:32 PM CSTF2Beaver10.0836$5,000 to $50,000
June 13, 19834:03 PM CDTF0Beaver0.110under $50
May 24, 19825:45 PM CDTF0Beaver4.010under $50
March 18, 198211:55 PM CSTF4Moore to OK88.088012$500,000 to $5 million
May 20, 19805:25 PM CDTF0Beaver0.110
May 1, 19774:50 PM CDTF2Beaver2.7100
April 25, 197211:45 PM CSTF1Beaver0.117$5,000 to $50,000
June 9, 19719:45 PM CDTF1Beaver0.110$500 to $5,000
June 9, 19716:06 PM CDTF0Beaver0.110$500 to $5,000
September 6, 19708:25 PM CDTF2Beaver0.110$5,000 to $50,000
June 10, 19698:00 PM GMT-5F0Beaver0.110
June 8, 19686:30 PM GMT-5F2Beaver0.810$500 to $5,000
May 3, 19684:10 AM GMT-5F0Beaver0.110
May 31, 196710:10 PM GMT-5F1Beaver0.8440$5,000 to $50,000
July 15, 19639:20 PM GMT-5F2Beaver0.110under $50
July 15, 19639:15 PM GMT-5F3Beaver0.110
June 22, 196211:53 PM GMT-5F0Beaver0.110
June 8, 19629:15 PM GMT-5F1Beaver0.110
June 8, 19629:15 PM GMT-5F0Beaver0.110
June 8, 19629:15 PM GMT-5F0Beaver0.110
June 8, 19629:10 PM GMT-5F1Beaver0.110
May 27, 19626:30 PM GMT-5F0Beaver0.110
June 3, 19617:00 PM GMT-5F2Beaver1.310$50 to $500
June 15, 19602:00 AM GMT-5F1Beaver0.110$500 to $5,000
October 13, 19576:20 PM GMT-5F0Beaver0.110under $50
May 22, 195510:00 PM GMT-5F0Beaver0.110$50 to $500
June 22, 195311:00 PM GMT-5F1Beaver1.0300$50 to $500
July 16, 19526:30 PM GMT-5F1Beaver0.130$5,000 to $50,000
April 26, 19517:15 PM GMT-6F1Beaver0.110$50 to $500
May 11, 19507:30 PM GMT-5F1Beaver0.577$50 to $500

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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.