OKLAHOMA: Tornadoes causing 15 deaths before 1953; five or more deaths after and including
1953MAY 8, 1882 6:15 pm 21 dead 42 injured
Most of the mining community of McAlester (now in Pittsburg County) was destroyed. APR 25, 1893 6:30 pm 31 dead 100 injured
The pioneer town of Moore, Cleveland County was nearly obliterated by a mile-wide tornado.
MAY 10, 1905 6:45 pm 97 dead 150 injured
This large and violent tornado began near Olustee, Jackson County and devastated Snyder.
JAN 4, 1917 11:00 AM 16 dead 20 injured
The poorly constructed Choctaw Indian Baptist Mission school was destroyed at Vireton.
MAY 2, 1920 8:35 pm 71 dead 100 injured
The small town of Peggs, Cherokee County was destroyed and a third of the population was killed.
NOV 19, 1930 9:30 AM 23 dead 125 injured
The tornado moved northwest from Oklahoma City, hitting Bethany, destroying a fourth of the town.
APR 27, 1942 3:15 pm 52 dead 350 injured
About a third of Pryor, a wartime boomtown of poorly built homes, was destroyed.
MAY 2, 1942 3:30 pm 16 dead 80 injured
Small homes were destroyed near Paden, Boley, and Welty; 12 died at Childsville.
JUN 12, 1942 8:41 pm 35 dead 100 injured
This funnel cut an erratic path in southwest Oklahoma City, destroying more than 70 homes.
APR 12, 1945 5:40 pm 69 dead 353 injured
At Antlers, Pushmataha County, about a third of that town, more than 600 buildings, were destroyed.
APR 9, 1947 6:05 pm 113 dead 900 injured
This deadliest tornado of the 1940s killed at least 107 people in the northern half of Woodward.
MAY 25, 1955 9:26 pm 20 dead 280 injured
A tornado moved northwest through the heart of Blackwell. About 400 homes were destroyed.
MAY 5, 1960 7:10 pm 16 dead 106 injured
The tornado swept through Wilburton killing 13 people and destroying 82 homes; three died at Keota.
MAY 5, 1961 5:20 pm 16 dead 58 injured
Twelve people were killed at Howe and four died at Reichert, LeFlore County.
JUN 8, 1974 3:55 pm 14 dead 150 injured
The tornado hit the northwest part of Drumright. Six people were killed in a nursing home.
APR 24, 1993 5:50 pm 7 dead 100 injured
This tornado, largely hidden by rain and dust, hit Tulsa and western Rogers County.
MAY 3, 1999 5:23 pm 38 dead 800 injured
An massive F5 tornado devastated Bridge Creek (10) parts of Moore (8), Del City (5), and Oklahoma City (12).
Article from The Tornado Project
