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1959 Oklahoma Tornadoes

Tornadoes by Month
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
0 2 16 3 35 1 3 5 2 1 1 0 70

Tornadoes by Intensity
F0
F1
F2
F3
F4
F5
Total
12 29 21 6 2 0 70

Tornado
Number		 Date Time
(CST)		 Length
of Path
(miles)		 width
of Path
(yards)		 F-Scale Killed Injured Property
Damage
$		 Crop
Damage
$		 County Location
1 02/09/1959 2100 N/A N/A
F1
 0 0     Garvin 4 W Erin Springs
2 02/09/1959 2130 4 500
F1
 0 0     Lincoln Just E of Prague
3 03/04/1959 2300 0.8 50
F2
 0 0     McCurtain Near Idabel
4 03/20/1959 1345 N/A N/A
F0
 0 0     Kiowa 3 S Mountain View
5 03/25/1959 1230 2 50
F0
 0 0     Woods Alva
6 03/25/1959 1300 N/A N/A
F0
 0 0     Jackson SW of Blair
7 03/25/1959 1445 0.5 200
F1
 0 0     Canadian 1 N El Reno
8 03/25/1959 1448 6 40
F0
 0 0     Caddo Near Anadarko
9 03/25/1959 1730 1.0 20
F1
 0 0     Jefferson Terral
10 03/25/1959 1610 4 50
F2
 0 0     Carter Near Ardmore
11 03/25/1959 1905 12 75
F2
 0 0     Custer/ Blaine Just N of Weatherford - Just N of Hydro
12 03/25/1959 2130 N/A N/A
F2
 0 0     Muskogee 4 E Warner
13 03/31/1959 1655 3 N/A
F2
 0 0     Noble 1 W - 2 N Morrison
14 03/31/1959 1700 N/A N/A
F1
 0 1     Pawnee 3 NW Pawnee
15 03/31/1959 1810 4 100
F3
 0 3     Creek Silver City
16 03/31/1959 1900 N/A N/A
F0
 0 0     Love Enville
17 03/31/1959 2000 2 50
F1
 0 0     Pittsburg 7 NW McAlester
18 03/31/1959 2050 13 600
F3
 0 10     Marshall Willis
19 04/17/1959 1835 1.0 300
F1
 0 0     Craig Near White Oak
20 04/18/1959 1635 N/A N/A
F0
 0 0     Payne 5 W Stillwater
21 04/18/1959 1902 N/A N/A
F0
 0 0     Tulsa 8 S Tulsa
22 05/02/1959 1630 N/A N/A
F1
 0 0     Payne 1 N Cushing
23 05/02/1959 1650 0.3 N/A
F1
 0 0     Payne 10 NE Stillwater
24 05/03/1959 1930 N/A N/A
F1
 0 0     Dewey 3 N Leedey
25 05/04/1959 1600 N/A N/A
F2
 0 0     Custer Stafford
26 05/04/1959 1630 7 300
F1
 0 0     Dewey 6 SE - 9 E Vici
27 05/04/1959 1700 0.3 100
F1
 0 0     Dewey SE of Seiling
28 05/04/1959 1730 N/A N/A
F2
 0 0     Alfalfa Just SW of Helena
29 05/04/1959 1930 10 200
F2
 0 1     Beckham 1.5 SW Carter - Carter - 8 NE Carter
30 05/04/1959 2115 6 300
F2
 0 0     Kay 3 W - 4 NNE Blackwell
31 05/04/1959 2200 N/A N/A
F1
 0 0     Washita S of Sentinel
32 05/08/1959 2300 0.5 20
F0
 0 0     Oklahoma Oklahoma City
33 05/09/1959 1535 8 N/A
F1
 0 0     Osage 3 W - 6 N Hominy
34 05/09/1959 1600 5 N/A
F1
 0 0     Osage W and N of Wynona
35 05/09/1959 1725 23 880
F3
 0 3     Mayes/ Delaware NE of Strang - just W of Grove
36 05/09/1959 1728 N/A N/A
F1
 0 0     Mayes 4 E Chouteau
37 05/09/1959 1740 19 300
F2
 0 0     Tulsa/ Rogers/ Nowata 5 N Collinsville - 1 E Watovia
38 05/09/1959 1800 23 50
F3
 0 0     Rogers/ Nowata 4 W Talala - 3 SE Nowata
39 05/09/1959 1800 N/A N/A
F1
 0 0     Pittsburg SW part of McAlester
40 05/09/1959 1800 0.8 880
F2
 0 0     Delaware 4 SE Grove
41 05/09/1959 1800 N/A N/A
F2
 0 0     Hughes Gerty
42 05/09/1959 1840 6 900
F4
 7 12     Pontotoc N of Harden City - 3 N Stonewall
43 05/09/1959 2145 N/A N/A
F0
 0 0     Craig 5 N Vinita
44 05/10/1959 1500 2 300
F2
 0 0     Seminole 5 S Konawa
45 05/10/1959 1810 1.5 50
F2
 0 1     Sequoyah 1 N Sallisaw
46 05/17/1959 1830 5 N/A
F2
 0 0     Grant W to NE of Jefferson
47 05/17/1959 1855 N/A N/A
F0
 0 0     Kay 8 W Braman
48 05/17/1959 2030 2 200
F2
 0 0     Grant Wakita
49 05/19/1959 1900 23 880
F1
 0 0     Kiowa/ Comanche E Kiowa County - NW Comanche County (11 E Mountain Park)
50 05/22/1959 0220 N/A N/A
F2
 0 0     Grady 5 W Minco
51 05/22/1959 0253 0.5 100
F1
 0 0     Oklahoma Bethany
52 05/25/1959 2030 4 440
F2
 0 0     Roger Mills 1 NW - 3 NNE Berlin
53 05/25/1959 2305 9 150
F2
 0 0     Custer 6 SW Arapaho - Arapaho - 2 NE Arapaho
54 05/26/1959 1918 3 60
F3
 0 8     Carter 1 S Clemscot - Graham
55 05/26/1959 2010 2 100
F1
 0 0     Jefferson 14 E Waurika
56 05/26/1959 2230 N/A N/A
F1
 0 0     Hughes Between Calvin and Stuart
57 06/21/1959 1830 0.1 50
F0
 0 0     Kiowa Near Hobart
58 07/22/1959 1830 N/A N/A
F1
 0 0     Kiowa Near Mountain Park
59 07/22/1959 1830 N/A N/A
F1
 0 0     Kiowa Near Mountain Park
60 07/22/1959 1900 0.5 440
F1
 0 0     Caddo 1 W Albert
61 08/27/1959 0115 2 100
F1
 0 0     Choctaw SW of Hugo - Hugo
62 08/27/1959 0120 N/A 100
F1
 0 0     Pushmataha 5 E Antlers
63 08/30/1959 1820 2 100
F3
 0 1     Cotton Devol
64 08/30/1959 1830 N/A N/A
F2
 0 0     Cotton Randlett
65 08/31/1959 1330 2 100
F1
 0 0     Okfuskee Just NW of Castle
66 09/03/1959 0745 N/A N/A
F0
 0 0     McClain Near Purcell
67 09/27/1959 1800 20 440
F4
 1(0) 1(0)     Craig/ Labette KS S of Hollow - SW of Chetopa KS - 3 SE Oswego KS
68 10/02/1959 1000 2 N/A
F1
 0 0     Nowata 8 NW Nowata
69 10/04/1959 0725 4 200
F2
 0 2     Bryan 2 W Yuba
70 11/03/1959 1800 N/A N/A
F1
 0 0     McCurtain 5 E Idabel
 
Oklahoma Tornadoes by Year (1950-2009)
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