Skip Navigation Linksweather.gov      
Go to NOAA's main page Go to the NWS main page National Weather Service Forecast Office

Norman, OK
background graphic  
   You are at: NWS » NWS SRH » NWS Norman » Tornado Data » Oklahoma » 1973 Oklahoma Tornadoes

1973 Oklahoma Tornadoes

Tornadoes by Month
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
1 0 7 9 19 24 1 1 3 3 8 0 76

Tornadoes by Intensity
F0
F1
F2
F3
F4
F5
Total
8 39 19 8 2 0 76

Tornado
Number		 Date Time
(CST)		 Length
of Path
(miles)		 width
of Path
(yards)		 F-Scale Killed Injured Property
Damage
$		 Crop
Damage
$		 County Location
1 01/18/1973 0220 5 30
F2
 0 4     Seminole Near Seminole
2 03/13/1973 1153 5 100
F2
 0 0     Greer Granite
3 03/13/1973 1227 N/A N/A
F2
 0 5     Comanche Near Geronimo
4 03/13/1973 1235 7 33
F1
 0 0     Cotton 1 N - 6 E Temple
5 03/13/1973 1250 0.5 33
F0
 0 0     Jefferson S of Waurika
6 03/13/1973 1508 52 250
F2
 0 1     Kay/ Cowley KS Newkirk - 6 ENE Atlanta KS (* not continuous path in KS)
7 03/24/1973 1340 0.5 15
F0
 0 0     Jefferson Near Terrell
8 03/28/1973 1640 28 33
F1
 0 0     Craig/ Ottawa 15 W Welch - near Miami
9 04/15/1973 1745 0.2 50
F1
 0 0     Lincoln Near Carney
10 04/19/1973 2300 2 83
F2
 0 4     Stephens Near Velma
11 04/19/1973 2345 17 250
F2
 0 2     Garvin S of - just E of - N of Pauls Valley
12 04/20/1973 0015 8 100
F3
 0 21     Pontotoc W part of Ada
13 04/21/1973 2000 N/A 120
F1
 0 0     Craig Near Ketchum
14 04/21/1973 2040 5 40
F1
 0 0     Craig/ Ottawa 5 E Vinita - 1 SW Afton
15 04/30/1973 2020 13 100
F2
 0 6     Alfalfa/ Grant NE side of Great Salt Plains Reservoir - near Medford
16 04/30/1973 2035 1.0 33
F1
 0 0     Garfield Near Drummond
17 04/30/1973 2125 0.4 67
F2
 0 0     Kay Near Chilocco
18 05/01/1973 0900 1.0 150
F0
 0 0     Texas 4 SW Hooker
19 05/01/1973 1345 N/A N/A
F1
 0 0     Cherokee Near Moodys
20 05/06/1973 1400 9 70
F2
 0 0     Seminole SW of Seminole - N of Seminole
21 05/06/1973 1800 5 40
F0
 0 0     Pittsburg Near Featherston
22 05/06/1973 1910 1.0 50
F1
 0 0     Grant ~5 W Deer Creek
23 05/18/1973 1800 9 33
F1
 0 0     Kay 5 NW - 5 NE Braman
24 05/22/1973 2130 4 100
F1
 0 0     Tillman 2 W Frederick - Frederick
25 05/23/1973 0015 1 100
F1
 0 0     Pontotoc 4 SW Konawa
26 05/23/1973 0015 1 100
F1
 0 0     Seminole 1 NE Konawa
27 05/24/1973 1600 0.4 33
F0
 0 0     Comanche Near Lawton
28 05/24/1973 1600 13 300
F4
 2 4     Canadian WNW of Union City - Union City - SE of Union City
29 05/26/1973 1500 0.3 100
F3
 0 3     Washington Near Copan
30 05/26/1973 1500 2 33
F2
 0 0     Tulsa E of Broken Arrow
31 05/26/1973 1530 11 60
F1
 0 0     Mayes S of Chouteau - near Locust Grove
32 05/26/1973 1600 4 500
F4
 5 25     Muskogee .25 WSW Keefeton - Keefeton - 3 ENE Keefeton
33 05/26/1973 1640 19 250
F3
 0 6     Sequoyah N of Gore - Box - near Marble City
34 05/26/1973 2000 6 200
F2
 0 0     McIntosh Near Checotah
35 05/26/1973 2010 16 80
F1
 0 0     Pittsburg 3 S Ashland - 4 SE Savanna
36 05/26/1973 2100 1.5 33
F2
 0 0     Le Flore Wister
37 06/02/1973 0015 N/A N/A
F2
 0 2     Comanche Near Geronimo
38 06/02/1973 1455 0.5 100
F1
 0 0     Cherokee 2 W Hulbert
39 06/02/1973 1900 0.5 100
F1
 0 0     Mayes 7 SE Chouteau
40 06/03/1973 1630 0.1 25
F1
 0 0     Harper 8 NW Buffalo
41 06/04/1973 0045 6 100
F1
 0 0     Love S of Marietta
42 06/04/1973 1800 12 100
F2
 0 0     Kay/ Osage 3 S - 11 E of Ponca City
43 06/04/1973 1800 2 50
F1
 0 0     Canadian 2 NE Yukon
44 06/04/1973 1830 1.5 33
F2
 0 0     Creek 3 E - 6 E Oilton
45 06/04/1973 1900 1.5 50
F1
 0 0     Osage 4 E Barnsdall
46 06/04/1973 1912 0.4 15
F0
 0 0     Cleveland Norman (3 W NSSL)
47 06/04/1973 2058 0.5 15
F0
 0 0     Lincoln SE of Meeker
48 06/04/1973 2148 0.2 15
F1
 0 0     Garvin .5 S Stratford
49 06/04/1973 2330 0.5 15
F1
 0 1     Carter Near Ardmore
50 06/16/1973 1730 31 100
F1
 0 2     Pittsburg/ Haskell 6 N McAlester - near Hoyt
51 06/16/1973 1920 0.1 40
F1
 0 0     Adair 1 E Westville
52 06/18/1973 1645 17 133
F3
 0 0     Caddo 5 W Binger - 4 E Carnegie
53 06/18/1973 1700 0.5 83
F2
 0 0     Kiowa 10 SW Carnegie
54 06/18/1973 1750 0.5 100
F2
 0 0     Tillman 9 ENE Frederick
55 06/18/1973 1750 0.5 40
F1
 0 0     Tillman 2 NE Frederick
56 06/18/1973 1800 0.5 67
F2
 0 0     Caddo 8 WSW Anadarko
57 06/18/1973 1630 3 40
F3
 0 0     Osage 4 E - 6 ENE Hominy
58 06/18/1973 1815 3 50
F3
 0 29     Tillman Frederick
59 06/18/1973 1825 0.2 15
F0
 0 29     Tillman Frederick
60 06/18/1973 1900 4 50
F1
 0 1     Grady S of Rush Springs
61 07/06/1973 1720 0.5 50
F1
 0 0     McCurtain 7 W Idabel
62 08/10/1973 1730 0.4 15
F1
 0 0     McIntosh 3 N Checotah
63 09/03/1973 1720 16 40
F1
 0 0     Payne/ Lincoln 2 SE Ripley - near Carney
64 09/04/1973 1358 16 200
F1
 0 0     Kay 2 N Tonkawa - 3 NE Ponca City
65 09/24/1973 1840 21 100
F3
 0 14     Craig/ Ottawa 2 NE Vinita - SE edge of Miami
66 10/10/1973 0730 36 N/A
F1
 0 0     Beckham/ Roger Mills 5 W Sayre - near Angora
67 10/10/1973 1805 0.1 50
F1
 0 0     Garfield 3 W Enid
68 10/11/1973 0115 5 50
F1
 0 0     Oklahoma OKC (SW 89th/May - SE 22nd/Byers)
69 11/19/1973 1715 4 40
F1
 0 0     Ellis S and E of Arnett
70 11/19/1973 1930 24 500
F3
 5 46     McClain/ Cleveland/ Oklahoma Blanchard - Moore - Del City - SE Oklahoma City
71 11/19/1973 1940 6 50
F1
 0 2     Kingfisher Near Hennessey
72 11/19/1973 1945 14 60
F2
 0 6     Kay 8 SW Tonkawa - Tonkawa - 6 NE Tonkawa
73 11/19/1973 2010 3 150
F1
 0 0     Kay Blackwell
74 11/20/1973 0001 0.5 30
F1
 0 7     Rogers 4 SE Collinsville
75 11/23/1973 2230 1.0 40
F1
 0 0     Mayes 6 SE Pryor
76 11/24/1973 1635 12 40
F1
 0 0     McCurtain Just NW of Glover - near Broken Bow Lake
 
Oklahoma Tornadoes by Year (1950-2009)
NWS Forecast Office
National Weather Center
120 David L. Boren Blvd.
Suite 2400
Norman, OK 73072
Phone: 405-325-3816
 Disclaimer Comments/Feedback
Privacy Policy