Tornadoes · United States · Oklahoma

Tornadoes in Haskell County, Oklahoma

34 tornadoes have crossed Haskell County since 1950, 72nd of the 77 counties in Oklahoma with a tornado on record, an average of one every 2.2 years. They have killed 16 people and injured 111. 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
34
Deaths
16
Injuries
111
F4 and above
1
Worst on record
F4, May 5, 1960

The deadliest in Haskell County

  1. F4, Latimer, Haskell and Sequoyah counties, OklahomaMay 5, 196016 killed, 106 injured

The strongest

  1. F4, Latimer, Haskell and Sequoyah counties, OklahomaMay 5, 1960F4, 62.4 mi (100 km)
  2. F2, Latimer and Haskell counties, OklahomaApril 2, 1957F2, 23.3 mi (37 km)
  3. F2, Haskell County, OklahomaJanuary 22, 1957F2, 6.1 mi (10 km)
  4. F2, Haskell County, OklahomaJune 8, 1998F2, 0.5 mi (1 km)

Every year with a tornado

The 22 years of the 76 in the record with a tornado in Haskell County. Each year links to every tornado in Oklahoma that year.

YearTornadoesDeathsInjuriesStrongest
20251Unrated
20241EF1
20201EF1
20191EF1
20092EF0
20081EF0
20061F0
20051F0
200331F1
20014F1
19992F1
19983F2
19971F0
19961F1
19911F0
19881F0
19862F0
19821F1
197312F1
1960116106F4
195722F2
19542F1

Every tornado that crossed Haskell County

34 tornadoes, newest first.

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 30, 202512:34 PM CDTUnratedHaskell0.1100
May 22, 20249:37 AM CDTEF1Haskell2.9300$25,000
November 24, 20208:54 PM CSTEF1Haskell3.0200$50,000
May 18, 20191:13 PM CDTEF1Haskell1.2100
June 10, 20096:11 PM CDTEF0Haskell0.450$30,000
June 10, 20096:00 PM CDTEF0Haskell0.130
April 9, 20089:03 PM CDTEF0Haskell0.175$1,000
April 6, 20067:18 PM CDTF0Haskell0.140
March 21, 20056:45 PM CSTF0Haskell0.740
May 16, 20033:43 PM CDTF1Haskell3.070$150,000
May 16, 20033:22 PM CDTF0Haskell2.0401$30,000
April 19, 20038:11 PM CDTF0Haskell0.250
May 20, 20017:30 PM CDTF0Haskell1.0100
May 20, 20016:54 PM CDTF0Haskell0.3150$3,000
May 20, 20016:30 PM CDTF0Haskell0.5200
April 11, 20017:26 AM CDTF1Haskell3.0400$100,000
May 4, 199912:00 PM CDTF0Haskell9.080$40,000
May 4, 199911:30 AM CDTF1Latimer14.0100$40,000
June 8, 19989:55 PM CDTF2Haskell0.550$60,000
June 8, 19989:41 PM CDTF0Haskell4.0100
May 6, 19988:40 PM CDTF0Haskell0.130
June 16, 19976:45 PM CDTF0Haskell0.130
April 21, 199610:00 PM CDTF1Haskell1.075
October 24, 19911:16 PM CDTF0Haskell0.120
November 15, 19883:30 PM CSTF0Haskell0.550$5,000 to $50,000
June 7, 19862:05 PM CDTF0Haskell0.273$5,000 to $50,000
May 16, 198612:30 AM CDTF0Haskell0.273$500 to $5,000
March 15, 19827:20 PM CSTF1Haskell0.110$50,000 to $500,000
June 16, 19736:30 PM CDTF1Pittsburg30.91002$5,000 to $50,000
May 5, 19608:10 PM GMT-5F4Latimer62.420016106$500,000 to $5 million
April 2, 19579:00 PM GMT-6F2Latimer23.38802$5,000 to $50,000
January 22, 19576:00 AM GMT-6F2Haskell6.150$500 to $5,000
June 28, 19547:00 PM GMT-5F1Haskell0.120$500 to $5,000
April 30, 195411:45 AM GMT-5F1Haskell0.110$500 to $5,000

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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.