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Top Ten Costliest Oklahoma Tornadoes (1950 - 2009)
| 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 |
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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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