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Oklahoma and Western North Texas Tornado Table
for the 25-26 May 1955 Great Plains Tornado Outbreak

May 25-26, 1955 Tornadoes by Intensity
F0
F1
F2
F3
F4
F5
Total
5 8 3 1 1 2 20

# Date Time
(CST)
Path
Length
(miles)
Path
Width
(yards)
F-
Scale
Killed Injured Property
Damage
$
Crop
Damage
$
County Location
1 05/25/1955 1800 5 400
F1
0 0     Ellis Near Shattuck
2 05/25/1955 1800 N/A N/A
F1
0 0     Grady Near Rush Springs
3 05/25/1955 1700 46 1100
F4
2 18(8)     Collingsworth TX/ Wheeler TX/ Roger Mills 10 N Wellington TX - 12 SW of Cheyenne
4 05/25/1955 1805 4 300
F0
0 0     Beckham Near Mayfield
5 05/25/1955 1900 N/A N/A
F1
0 0     Kingfisher Near Kingfisher
6 05/25/1955 2030 5 300
F2
0 1     Dewey Near Camargo
7 05/25/1955 2100 13 440
F3
0 1     Grant Deer Creek
8 05/25/1955 2100 3 500
F2
0 0     Kay NE of Tonkawa
9 05/25/1955 2126 28 500
F5
20 280     Kay/ Sumner KS Blackwell - into Kansas
10 05/25/1955 2200 56 1320
F5
80(0) 273(0)     Kay/ Sumner KS/ Cowley KS S of Ashton KS - Udall KS - N of Atlanta KS
11 05/25/1955 2300 6 300
F1
0 0     Jackson Near Duke
12 05/25/1955 2330 12 300
F2
0 0     Knox 9 W Knox City
13 05/26/1955 0230 N/A N/A
F0
0 0     Stephens Near Velma
14 05/26/1955 0230 N/A N/A
F1
0 0     Grady Near Chickasha
15 05/26/1955 0300 0.5 50
F1
0 0     Oklahoma SE part of Oklahoma City
16 05/26/1955 0300 12 17
F1
0 0     Cleveland Near Norman
17 05/26/1955 0330 N/A N/A
F0
0 0     Pottawatomie Near Shawnee
18 05/26/1955 0400 N/A N/A
F0
0 0     Payne Near Cushing
19 05/26/1955 0520 5 50
F0
0 0     Bryan Near Durant
20 05/26/1955 0645 14 400
F1
0 2     Sequoyah Sallisaw
* The tornado track officially listed near Tonkawa is probably part of the Blackwell tornado track.

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