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Cherokee County, Oklahoma Tornadoes (1875-2012)

SPC
ID #		 Date Time
(CST)		 Path
Length
(miles)		 Path
Width
(yards)		 F-Scale Killed Injured County Path
20-2 05/02/1920 2035 3 800 F4 60 80 Cherokee Peggs
  05/13/1933 1530 15 880   0 12 Cherokee Hulbert
  11/09/1935 1600 20 50   0 5 Wagoner/ Cherokee Porter - S of Wagoner - 4 N Hulbert (intermittent)
45-5 04/12/1945 1700 4 220   4 8 Cherokee Near Hulbert
56-1 02/24/1956 2330 n/a n/a F1 0 0 Muskogee/ Cherokee Near Fort Gibson - near "Elm Grove"
60-57 05/05/1960 2040 5 n/a F1 0 0 Cherokee Near Welling
60-98 11/15/1960 1420 1.0 50 F2 0 0 Cherokee 11 SE Tahlequah
64-35 05/10/1964 2215 2 440 F3 0 0 Cherokee 3 S Tahlequah
66-3 04/11/1966 2000 7 20 F2 0 0 Cherokee Near- 6 SE Fort Gibson Dam
71-15 05/05/1971 1743 37 600 F3 0 0 Muskogee/ Wagoner/ Cherokee 4 W Haskell - Okay - Sequoyah State Park - 7 W Tahlequah
72-2 04/13/1972 100 41 50 F1 0 0 Cherokee 15 W Tahlequah - Tailholt
73-19 05/01/1973 1345 n/a n/a F1 0 0 Cherokee Near Moodys
73-37 06/02/1973 1455 0.5 100 F1 0 0 Cherokee 2 W Hulbert
82-22 04/16/1982 1620 n/a n/a F0 0 0 Cherokee Near Cookson
84-4 03/15/1984 1603 0.3 50 F1 0 0 Cherokee Tahlequah
85-16 04/30/1985 1155 0.1 5 F0 0 0 Cherokee 3 W Tahlequah
93-63 10/08/1993 1836 0.1 30 F0 0 0 Cherokee 7 NE Tahlequah
95-18 04/17/1995 2232 0.2 50 F1 0 0 Cherokee 3 S Peggs
95-19 04/17/1995 2235 7 200 F2 0 0 Cherokee Near Qualls- 8 S Tahlequah
95-77 10/26/1995 1816 2 75 F0 0 0 Cherokee 8 SW- 6 SW Tahlequah
95-78 10/26/1995 1843 0.1 30 F0 0 0 Cherokee 5 S Tahlequah
  04/22/1999 1840 0.3 50 F0 0 0 Cherokee 5.5 N Hulbert
  05/04/1999 0100 3 100 F1 0 0 Cherokee 2.5 WNW - 3 N Hulbert
  06/01/1999 1635 2 350 F3 2 5 Cherokee 6.5 WNW - 6.5 WSW Hulbert
  03/12/2006 2109 29 440 F3 0 8 Cherokee/ Delaware 1 N Peggs - 4 NE Colcord
  01/07/2008 2228 1.8 500 EF0 0 0 Cherokee 2 NW - 2.4 N Moodys
  06/06/2008 1447 0.1 75 EF0 0 0 Cherokee 4 S Hulbert
  05/13/2010 0437 4 200 EF1 0 0 Cherokee 1 E - 4.5 NE Hulbert
  05/13/2010 0451 4 200 EF1 0 0 Cherokee 2.5 E - 6.5 E Moodys
  04/22/2011 1818 1 200 EF1 0 0 Cherokee 1.8 SE - 2.7 ESE Moodys
  05/22/2011 1827 3 250 EF1 0 0 Cherokee 2.1 ESE - 5 E Peggs
  05/22/2011 1850 0.1 50 EF1 0 0 Cherokee 3.2 W Scraper
  08/10/2011 0232 5 400 EF2 1 2 Mayes/ Cherokee/ Mayes 4.5 SSE - 5.5 ESE Locust Grove
  04/15/2012 0922 14.5 500 EF1 0 0 Cherokee/ Adair 9.1 SSE Tahlequah - 3.8 WSW Christie

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.


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