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Wichita Falls, Texas Tornadoes (1890-Present)

SPC
ID #		 Date Time
(CST)		 Path
Length
(miles)		 Path
Width
(yards)		 F-Scale Killed Injured County Path
  06/06/1936 1720   440   0 2 Wichita Near Wichita Falls
51-2 04/20/1951 1510 1.5 17 F2 0 0 Wichita Near Wichita Falls
51-3 05/09/1951 1700 5 33 F2 0 0 Wichita Iowa Park - near Wichita Falls
52-3 03/17/1952 1930 n/a 33 F1 0 0 Wichita 5.5 SSW Wichita Falls Airport
53-20 08/11/1953 1900 n/a 880 F2 0 0 Wichita/ Clay Wichita Falls and Suburban Areas
55-62 05/26/1955 0138 1.3 33 F2 0 0 Wichita Near Wichita Falls
58-10 04/02/1958 1755 16 333 F3 1 14 Wichita/ Clay Wichita Falls - near "Deandale"
58-72 11/17/1958 0715 5 200 F2 0 0 Wichita Near Iowa Park - 4 W Wichita Falls
61-25 04/08/1961 1600 3 33 F2 0 2 Wichita Near Kamay - Wichita Valley Airport - Sheppard AFB
61-98 07/21/1961 1759 0.2 525 F1 0 0 Wichita Wichita Falls (3 SE Airport)
62-21 04/26/1962 2245 3 100 F3 0 13 Wichita Sheppard AFB
64-8 04/03/1964 1435 5 500 F5 7 111 Wichita NW Wichita Falls (FM-369/ Seymour Highway)- Sheppard AFB
73-17 03/03/1973 1800 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Wichita Wichita Falls (near Midwestern University)
74-20 04/20/1974 1630 0.5 100 F1 0 0 Wichita Wichita Falls (5 ENE NWS Office)
77-12 04/16/1977 1706 2 75 F1 0 0 Wichita W of Wichita Falls
79-43 04/10/1979 1750 47 1760 F4 42 1740 Archer/ Wichita/ Clay/ Jefferson OK 3 ENE Holliday- Wichita Falls- 4 E Byers- NNE of Waurika OK
94-2 02/21/1994 1501 0.5 13 F0 0 0 Wichita Near Sheppard AFB
  06/16/1997 2035 0.7 60 F1 0 0 Wichita 5 SE Burkburnett
  04/10/2001 2346 4.5 100 F1 0 0 Wichita Wichita Falls (4 SSW - 1 E center of town)
  05/30/2001 1830 0.2 15 F0 0 0 Wichita 6 SW Wichita Falls

Records taken from the Storm Prediction Center archive data, "Storm Data", and data from the National Weather Service office in Norman. Data modified as described in NOAA Tech Memo NWS SR-209 (Speheger, D., 2001: "Corrections to the Historic Tornado Database").

Historic data, especially before 1950, are likely incomplete.

Compilation © 2012 Doug Speheger. Used with permission.

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