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Top Ten Costliest Oklahoma Tornadoes
(1950-Present)

Rank Location Date Damage ($)
1. Bridge Creek-OKC-Moore-Del City tornado 05/03/1999 $1 billion
2. Moore-OKC-Choctaw tornado 05/08/2003 $370 million
3. Altus-Altus AFB tornado 05/11/1982 $200 million
4. Ardmore tornado 05/07/1995 $100+ million
5. Cordell tornado 10/09/2001 $100 million
6. Tulsa tornado 04/19/1981 $75-100 million
7. Stroud tornado 05/03/1999 $60 million
8. Catoosa tornado 04/24/1993 $50+ million
9. Downtown Bartlesville 03/15/1982 $30-40 million
10. Picher/ Quapaw 05/10/2008 $15.6 million*
Note: Some of the damage costs listed here are estimates. Tornado climatologists are continuing their research to determine better damage costs for some of the events. In addition, the damage costs listed have not been adjusted for inflation to current dollar amounts.

* The tornado that struck Picher and Quapaw combined with another tornado and moved into Missouri. The total tornado damage in OK and MO was estimated at 60.6 million dollars.
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