Tornadoes · United States · Oklahoma

Tornadoes in Woodward County, Oklahoma

65 tornadoes have crossed Woodward County since 1950, 37th of the 77 counties in Oklahoma with a tornado on record, an average of one every 1.2 years. They have killed 6 people and injured 32. None was rated F4 or 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
65
Deaths
6
Injuries
32
F4 and above
0
Worst on record
EF3, April 14, 2012

The deadliest in Woodward County

The strongest

Every year with a tornado

The 31 years of the 76 in the record with a tornado in Woodward County. Each year links to every tornado in Oklahoma that year.

YearTornadoesDeathsInjuriesStrongest
20251Unrated
20241EF1
20231EF1
20171EF0
20161EF0
201215629EF3
20102EF0
20091EF0
20071EF2
20051F1
20045F1
20021F3
20011F0
20001F0
19971F0
19951F1
19936F0
19926F1
19913F3
19853F1
19841F3
19821F0
197911F1
19701F0
19651F0
19621F0
19601F1
19581F0
19551F1
19531F0
195022F2

Every tornado that crossed Woodward County

65 tornadoes, newest first.

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 24, 20256:21 PM CDTUnratedWoodward0.330
May 25, 20246:14 PM CDTEF1Woodward2.650$40,000
July 7, 20234:35 AM CDTEF1Woodward0.550
May 18, 20174:23 PM CDTEF0Woodward8.6200$10,000
May 23, 20168:25 PM CDTEF0Woodward2.7400$10,000
April 14, 201211:42 PM CDTEF3Ellis34.0400629
April 14, 20126:51 PM CDTEF0Woodward0.250
April 14, 20126:50 PM CDTEF0Woodward0.120
April 14, 20126:15 PM CDTEF0Woodward0.230
April 14, 20125:24 PM CDTEF0Woodward0.230
April 14, 20125:18 PM CDTEF0Woodward0.230
April 14, 20124:26 PM CDTEF0Woodward0.230
April 14, 20123:59 PM CDTEF1Woodward0.530
April 14, 20123:49 PM CDTEF0Woodward4.030
April 9, 20126:27 PM CDTEF0Woodward0.150
April 9, 20126:06 PM CDTEF1Woodward0.2200$5,000
April 9, 20125:56 PM CDTEF0Woodward0.2200
April 9, 20125:45 PM CDTEF0Woodward0.2200
April 9, 20125:35 PM CDTEF1Woodward0.2100
April 9, 20125:23 PM CDTEF0Woodward0.130
May 24, 20108:48 PM CDTEF0Woodward0.230
May 11, 20108:27 PM CDTEF0Woodward0.110
April 26, 20095:28 PM CDTEF0Woodward0.250
May 5, 200710:51 PM CDTEF2Woodward16.0600$315,000
October 19, 20055:47 PM CDTF1Harper13.0400$40,000
March 27, 20042:55 PM CSTF0Woodward0.110
March 27, 20042:27 PM CSTF0Woodward0.130
March 27, 20042:02 PM CSTF1Woodward1.0100$1,000
March 27, 20041:54 PM CSTF0Woodward0.110
March 27, 20041:33 PM CSTF1Woodward4.0250$10,000
April 17, 200211:33 PM CDTF3Dewey8.0600$30,000
June 5, 20017:34 PM CDTF0Woodward0.125
June 13, 200011:56 PM CDTF0Woodward0.320$3,000
May 29, 19978:55 PM CDTF0Woodward0.110
June 7, 199510:50 PM CDTF1Woodward0.250$5,000 to $50,000
May 1, 19931:08 AM CDTF0Woodward0.530
April 30, 199312:52 AM CDTF0Woodward0.120
April 30, 199311:40 PM CDTF0Woodward0.120
April 30, 199311:27 PM CDTF0Woodward0.120
April 30, 199311:15 PM CDTF0Woodward0.120
April 30, 199310:58 PM CDTF0Woodward0.120
September 5, 19927:50 PM CDTF0Woodward0.130
April 9, 19925:50 PM CDTF0Woodward3.060$500 to $5,000
April 9, 19925:35 PM CDTF0Woodward3.060
April 9, 19925:20 PM CDTF0Woodward0.130
April 9, 19925:15 PM CDTF0Woodward0.560
April 9, 19925:15 PM CDTF1Woodward0.323$5,000 to $50,000
May 26, 19916:59 PM CDTF1Woodward1.050$500 to $5,000
May 26, 19916:58 PM CDTF3Woodward12.51,000$50,000 to $500,000
May 26, 19916:53 PM CDTF1Woodward2.077$5,000 to $50,000
May 6, 198510:40 PM CDTF0Woodward0.110$5,000 to $50,000
April 20, 198510:01 PM CSTF0Woodward15.3100$5,000 to $50,000
April 20, 19859:42 PM CSTF1Woodward3.6100$5,000 to $50,000
October 31, 19845:56 PM CSTF3Woodward20.0250$50,000 to $500,000
May 30, 19828:25 PM CDTF0Woodward0.110under $50
May 9, 19799:30 PM CDTF1Woodward0.3131$5,000 to $50,000
July 16, 19707:00 PM CDTF0Woodward0.110
May 25, 19657:00 PM GMT-5F0Woodward0.110$50 to $500
June 5, 19626:08 PM GMT-5F0Woodward0.110
May 3, 19608:30 PM GMT-5F1Woodward0.5100
June 24, 195811:15 PM GMT-5F0Woodward0.5200
July 23, 19552:15 AM GMT-5F1Woodward2.0200$500 to $5,000
April 28, 19534:00 PM GMT-5F0Woodward0.127
May 24, 195010:30 PM GMT-5F2Woodward1.0332$5,000 to $50,000
May 4, 195010:45 PM GMT-5F2Woodward1.0100$50,000 to $500,000

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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.