Tornadoes · United States · Oklahoma

Tornadoes in LeFlore County, Oklahoma

78 tornadoes have crossed LeFlore County since 1950, 23rd of the 77 counties in Oklahoma with a tornado on record, an average of 1.0 a year. They have killed 20 people and injured 147. 3 were rated F4 or EF4 and above, 1 at the top of the scale.

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
78
Deaths
20
Injuries
147
F4 and above
3
Worst on record
F5, March 26, 1976

The deadliest in LeFlore County

  1. F4, LeFlore County, OklahomaMay 5, 196116 killed, 58 injured
  2. F5 Spiro tornado, OklahomaMarch 26, 19762 killed, 64 injured
  3. F4, Latimer and LeFlore counties, OklahomaMarch 26, 19761 killed, 4 injured
  4. F3, LeFlore and Sequoyah counties, OklahomaMay 5, 19601 killed

The strongest

  1. F5 Spiro tornado, OklahomaMarch 26, 1976F5, 11.9 mi (19 km)
  2. F4, LeFlore County, OklahomaMay 5, 1961F4, 26.4 mi (42 km)
  3. F4, Latimer and LeFlore counties, OklahomaMarch 26, 1976F4, 10.7 mi (17 km)
  4. F3, LeFlore and Sequoyah counties, OklahomaMay 5, 1960F3, 23.7 mi (38 km)
  5. F3, LeFlore County, OklahomaNovember 22, 1983F3, 19.0 mi (31 km)
  6. F3, LeFlore County, OklahomaApril 7, 1980F3, 0.5 mi (1 km)
  7. EF2, LeFlore County, OklahomaMay 25, 2015EF2, 15.5 mi (25 km)
  8. EF2, LeFlore County, OklahomaMay 24, 2011EF2, 12.0 mi (19 km)
  9. EF2, Polk and LeFlore counties, Oklahoma and ArkansasApril 9, 2009EF2, 10.7 mi (17 km)
  10. F2, Latimer, Pushmataha and LeFlore counties, OklahomaMay 28, 1962F2, 9.3 mi (15 km)

Every year with a tornado

The 41 years of the 76 in the record with a tornado in LeFlore County. Each year links to every tornado in Oklahoma that year.

YearTornadoesDeathsInjuriesStrongest
20252EF1
20241EF0
20224EF1
20205EF1
20192EF1
20171EF2
20155EF2
20142EF1
20132EF1
201193EF2
200924EF2
20081EF0
20061F1
20034F1
20012F1
20002F2
19991F1
199832F1
19971F0
19961F0
19942F1
199111F1
19831F3
19822F2
198019F3
19762368F5
19741F2
19731F2
19721F1
19711F1
19701F1
196821F2
19671F1
19641F2
19621F2
196121658F4
196011F3
195821F2
19571F0
19561F2
19531F2

Every tornado that crossed LeFlore County

78 tornadoes, newest first.

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 19, 20257:34 PM CDTEF1Sebastian to AR21.41,000$1.5 million
May 19, 20257:21 PM CDTEF1LeFlore11.91,100
April 28, 20248:01 PM CDTEF0LeFlore4.3200
November 4, 20226:33 PM CDTEF1LeFlore6.5900$75,000
November 4, 20225:51 PM CDTEF1McCurtain11.31,600$70,000
May 2, 20225:18 PM CDTEF1LeFlore5.61,400$100,000
April 11, 20227:11 PM CDTUnratedLeFlore0.8100
November 24, 20209:50 PM CSTEF1LeFlore4.0250$5,000
May 22, 202010:15 PM CDTEF1LeFlore2.7200
May 22, 202010:05 PM CDTEF1LeFlore3.0225$30,000
May 22, 20209:58 PM CDTEF1LeFlore0.9100
May 22, 20208:55 PM CDTUnratedLeFlore1.775
May 18, 20191:55 PM CDTEF1Sebastian to AR5.3450$260,000
April 30, 201911:51 PM CDTEF1LeFlore4.41,000$25,000
April 28, 201710:36 PM CDTEF2LeFlore8.1750$150,000
July 7, 20155:42 PM CDTEF1LeFlore0.375$15,000
May 28, 20159:58 AM CDTEF1LeFlore0.575$50,000
May 25, 20155:48 PM CDTEF2LeFlore15.51,700$500,000
May 25, 20155:34 PM CDTEF1LeFlore7.5250
May 25, 20155:17 PM CDTEF1LeFlore6.4600$10,000
October 6, 20141:01 AM CDTEF1LeFlore0.875$50,000
April 27, 20145:31 PM CDTEF1LeFlore1.5250
May 20, 20138:44 PM CDTEF1LeFlore8.5500$5,000
May 20, 20138:33 PM CDTEF0LeFlore0.7260
May 24, 201110:44 PM CDTEF2LeFlore12.01,760$100,000
May 24, 201110:14 PM CDTEF0LeFlore1.5100
April 24, 20117:03 PM CDTEF0LeFlore0.3150$5,000
April 19, 20116:48 PM CDTEF0LeFlore3.0125
April 19, 20116:45 PM CDTEF0LeFlore0.175
April 19, 20116:07 PM CDTEF1Pushmataha3.5100
April 14, 20119:35 PM CDTEF1LeFlore1.5300$10,000
April 14, 20119:23 PM CDTEF1LeFlore7.04403$40,000
April 14, 20118:28 PM CDTEF1Latimer4.6600$25,000
April 9, 20097:26 PM CDTEF2Polk to AR10.78004$350,000
April 9, 20096:55 PM CDTEF1LeFlore7.5400$20,000
April 9, 200810:07 PM CDTEF0LeFlore0.175
March 11, 200612:12 AM CSTF1LeFlore1.5100$700,000
May 16, 20033:43 PM CDTF1Haskell3.070$150,000
May 8, 20036:04 AM CDTF1LeFlore4.0100$30,000
May 4, 20036:58 PM CDTF0LeFlore to AR18.830
May 1, 20037:33 PM CDTF0LeFlore to AR2.575
May 20, 20018:50 PM CDTF1LeFlore1.0200$1,000
May 20, 20017:55 PM CDTF0LeFlore0.325
April 23, 20003:25 PM CDTF0LeFlore0.250
March 26, 20006:45 PM CSTF2LeFlore4.0300$1.2 million
May 4, 199912:21 PM CDTF1LeFlore0.50$110,000
November 10, 199812:35 AM CSTF1Sebastian to AR5.0200$760,000
June 8, 199810:56 PM CDTF0LeFlore0.530
May 6, 19988:38 PM CDTF1LeFlore0.81502$100,000
February 20, 19977:50 PM CSTF0LeFlore0.130
June 6, 19969:20 PM CDTF0LeFlore0.125
April 25, 19947:40 PM CDTF0LeFlore0.110
April 25, 19947:35 PM CDTF1LeFlore2.030
March 21, 19917:25 PM CSTF1LeFlore2.0501
November 22, 19835:40 PM CSTF3LeFlore19.0100$50,000 to $500,000
December 23, 198210:00 PM CSTF1LeFlore0.550$50 to $500
May 28, 19823:30 AM CDTF2LeFlore5.0450$50,000 to $500,000
April 7, 19804:30 PM CSTF3LeFlore0.51279$500,000 to $5 million
March 26, 19763:28 PM CSTF5Spiro tornado11.9440264$500,000 to $5 million
March 26, 19762:50 PM CSTF4Latimer10.744014$50,000 to $500,000
May 14, 19744:00 PM CDTF2LeFlore1.077$5,000 to $50,000
May 26, 197310:00 PM CDTF2LeFlore1.533$5,000 to $50,000
July 1, 197212:10 PM CDTF1LeFlore0.113
December 14, 19719:30 PM CSTF1LeFlore0.110$5,000 to $50,000
October 8, 19701:15 PM CDTF1LeFlore0.533$500 to $5,000
May 7, 19689:35 PM GMT-5F0LeFlore0.110
April 19, 19682:30 PM GMT-6F2LeFlore1.01001$5,000 to $50,000
January 26, 19674:10 AM GMT-6F1LeFlore0.5500$5,000 to $50,000
April 3, 196411:45 AM GMT-6F2LeFlore0.110$500 to $5,000
May 28, 196212:50 AM GMT-5F2Latimer9.3200$5,000 to $50,000
May 6, 196110:30 PM GMT-5F0LeFlore0.110
May 5, 19616:20 PM GMT-5F4LeFlore26.44001658$50,000 to $500,000
May 5, 196010:30 PM GMT-5F3LeFlore23.7101$50,000 to $500,000
June 25, 19589:30 AM GMT-5F2LeFlore0.52001$5,000 to $50,000
May 2, 19584:20 PM GMT-5F2LeFlore0.3100$5,000 to $50,000
April 2, 19579:50 PM GMT-6F0LeFlore0.110under $50
March 27, 19567:20 PM GMT-6F2LeFlore1.0500$50,000 to $500,000
March 13, 195310:00 PM GMT-6F2LeFlore0.1100$500 to $5,000

Nearby

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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.