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1955 Oklahoma Tornadoes

Tornadoes by Month
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
1 1 0 15 32 22 4 2 0 0 0 0 77

Tornadoes by Intensity
F0
F1
F2
F3
F4
F5
Total
25 34 14 1 1 2 77

Tornado
Number		 Date Time
(CST)		 Length
of Path
(miles)		 width
of Path
(yards)		 F-Scale Killed Injured Property
Damage
$		 Crop
Damage
$		 County Location
1 01/05/1955 0500 N/A N/A
F0
 0 0     Grady Chickasha
2 02/28/1955 2130 2 N/A
F2
 0 0     Pittsburg Near Lake McAlester
3 04/11/1955 2130 2 N/A
F0
 0 0     Stephens Near Comanche
4 04/11/1955 2130 15 N/A
F0
 0 0     Stephens Near Duncan
5 04/12/1955 0200 46 N/A
F0
 0 0     Pawnee/ Osage Near Pawnee - Near Pawhuska (* only scattered damage)
6 04/12/1955 0230 6 N/A
F2
 0 0     Pushmataha Antlers
7 04/22/1955 1900 N/A N/A
F1
 0 2     Stephens Near Duncan
8 04/22/1955 2230 N/A N/A
F2
 0 0     Noble 11 SE Billings
9 04/23/1955 0230 N/A N/A
F1
 0 0     Bryan Near Durant
10 04/23/1955 0600 N/A N/A
F1
 0 0     Seminole E of Wewoka
11 04/26/1955 0130 0.1 100
F1
 0 0     Pittsburg Near Kiowa
12 04/26/1955 1200 N/A N/A
F1
 0 0     Pottawatomie Near Shawnee
13 04/26/1955 1815 N/A N/A
F2
 0 0     Caddo 1 N Carnegie
14 04/26/1955 1815 N/A N/A
F0
 0 0     Caddo S of Carnegie
15 04/26/1955 1830 2 N/A
F2
 0 0     Caddo Near Gracemont
16 04/27/1955 2100 N/A N/A
F1
 0 1     Garfield Near Garber
17 04/27/1955 2100 N/A N/A
F0
 0 0     Garfield Near Garber
18 05/08/1955 2100 16 N/A
F1
 0 0     Jackson Near Duke - near Blair
19 05/11/1955 1015 N/A N/A
F0
 0 0     Kiowa Near Hobart
20 05/11/1955 1500 N/A N/A
F0
 0 0     Jackson Near Altus
21 05/11/1955 1610 N/A N/A
F0
 0 0     Oklahoma W Oklahoma City
22 05/19/1955 1459 N/A N/A
F0
 0 0     Oklahoma 1 SE Will Rogers Airport
23 05/22/1955 2100 N/A N/A
F0
 0 0     Beaver Near Balko
24 05/25/1955 0500 N/A N/A
F0
 0 0     Jackson Near Altus
25 05/25/1955 1800 5 400
F1
 0 0     Ellis Near Shattuck
26 05/25/1955 1800 N/A N/A
F1
 0 0     Grady Near Rush Springs
27 05/25/1955 1700 46 1100
F4
 2 18(8)     Collingsworth TX/ Wheeler TX/ Roger Mills 10 N Wellington TX - 12 SW of Cheyenne
28 05/25/1955 1805 4 300
F0
 0 0     Beckham Near Mayfield
29 05/25/1955 1900 N/A N/A
F1
 0 0     Kingfisher Near Kingfisher
30 05/25/1955 2030 5 300
F2
 0 1     Dewey Near Camargo
31 05/25/1955 2100 13 440
F3
 0 1     Grant Deer Creek
32 05/25/1955 2100 3 500
F2
 0 0     Kay NE of Tonkawa
33 05/25/1955 2126 28 500
F5
 20 280     Kay/ Sumner KS Blackwell - into Kansas
34 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
35 05/25/1955 2300 6 300
F1
 0 0     Jackson Near Duke
36 05/26/1955 0230 N/A N/A
F0
 0 0     Stephens Near Velma
37 05/26/1955 0230 N/A N/A
F1
 0 0     Grady Near Chickasha
38 05/26/1955 0300 0.5 50
F1
 0 0     Oklahoma SE part of Oklahoma City
39 05/26/1955 0300 12 70
F1
 0 0     Cleveland Near Norman
40 05/26/1955 0330 N/A N/A
F0
 0 0     Pottawatomie Near Shawnee
41 05/26/1955 0400 N/A N/A
F0
 0 0     Payne Near Cushing
42 05/26/1955 0520 5 50
F0
 0 0     Bryan Near Durant
43 05/26/1955 0645 14 400
F1
 0 2     Sequoyah Sallisaw
44 05/27/1955 2100 N/A 400
F0
 0 0     Grant 15 NE Medford
45 05/27/1955 2115 22 300
F1
 0 0     Grant/ Kay eastern Grant and NW Kay counties
46 05/27/1955 2130 N/A N/A
F0
 0 0     Kay between Blackwell and Braman
47 05/27/1955 2200 N/A N/A
F0
 0 0     Kay Near Tonkawa
48 05/28/1955 0130 N/A N/A
F0
 0 0     Osage Near Hess Station
49 05/30/1955 2359 4 300
F1
 0 0     Custer Near Clinton
50 06/01/1955 1730 12 400
F1
 0 2     Harmon Hollis
51 06/01/1955 1830 6 200
F0
 0 0     Greer Near Granite
52 06/02/1955 1500 N/A N/A
F0
 0 0     Beckham E of Erick
53 06/03/1955 1830 N/A N/A
F1
 0 0     Ellis W of Shattuck
54 06/03/1955 2115 6 200
F1
 0 0     Major 30 S Waynoka
55 06/04/1955 1900 N/A 300
F2
 0 0     Caddo Near Hydro
56 06/04/1955 2030 2 100
F1
 0 0     Woods Near Waynoka
57 06/04/1955 2200 6 300
F1
 0 0     Major Near Fairview
58 06/08/1955 1130 1.0 500
F1
 0 0     Beckham 2.5 SE Sayre
59 06/14/1955 2030 18 500
F2
 0 0     Kiowa Snyder
60 06/15/1955 2000 6 500
F2
 0 0     Ellis Near Arnett
61 06/16/1955 1830 N/A N/A
F1
 0 0     Ellis W of Arnett
62 06/17/1955 1730 4 500
F2
 0 0     Woods Near Alva
63 06/17/1955 1748 1.0 N/A
F1
 0 0     Major NE of Ringwood
64 06/17/1955 2030 1.0 100
F2
 0 0     Major 11 SE Aline
65 06/17/1955 2040 0.5 50
F0
 0 0     Kiowa Near Lugert
66 06/17/1955 2220 0.8 440
F2
 0 0     Tillman Near Manitou
67 06/18/1955 0030 N/A N/A
F1
 0 0     Garvin W of Wynnewood
68 06/18/1955 1730 2 100
F1
 0 0     Alfalfa Near Cherokee
69 06/18/1955 1730 N/A N/A
F0
 0 0     Alfalfa Near Cherokee
70 06/18/1955 1930 4 100
F2
 0 0     Woods Near Freedom
71 06/22/1955 2100 N/A N/A
F1
 0 0     Ellis 12 N Gage
72 07/04/1955 1500 N/A N/A
F1
 0 0     Ellis 20 SW Vici
73 07/15/1955 1420 1.5 300
F1
 1 2     Murray Sulphur
74 07/23/1955 0115 2 200
F1
 0 0     Woodward Near Fort Supply
75 07/31/1955 1530 N/A N/A
F1
 0 0     Oklahoma Near Arcadia
76 08/05/1955 1430 N/A N/A
F1
 0 0     Tillman Near Frederick
77 08/07/1955 1500 6 400
F1
 0 0     Tulsa Near Tulsa
 
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