Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F4 tornado, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, May 9, 1959

RatingF4

Deaths7

Injuries12

Length6.2 mi

Width900 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (34.62, -96.58) to the end point (34.68, -96.52), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 9, 1959, 6:40 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F4
States: Oklahoma
Counties: Pontotoc County
Path: 6.2 miles long, up to 900 yards wide
Casualties: 7 deaths, 12 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 9, 1959

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Injuries
May 9, 1959	F3	Oklahoma	23.2 mi	880 yd	3
May 9, 1959	F3	Oklahoma	23.4 mi	50 yd	0
May 9, 1959	F3	Iowa	6.6 mi	200 yd	0
May 9, 1959	F3	Iowa	17.8 mi	250 yd	1
May 9, 1959	F2	Oklahoma	19.1 mi	300 yd	0
May 9, 1959	F2	Oklahoma	0.8 mi	880 yd	0
May 9, 1959	F2	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 9, 1959	F2	Missouri	0.5 mi	50 yd	0
May 9, 1959	F2	Iowa	0.1 mi	67 yd	0
May 9, 1959	F1	Oklahoma	7.7 mi	10 yd	0
May 9, 1959	F1	Oklahoma	4.9 mi	10 yd	0
May 9, 1959	F1	Kansas	7.8 mi	200 yd	0
May 9, 1959	F1	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 9, 1959	F1	Illinois	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 9, 1959	F1	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 9, 1959	F1	Iowa	4.9 mi	200 yd	0
May 9, 1959	F0	New Mexico	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 9, 1959	F0	New Mexico	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 9, 1959	F0	Missouri	0.2 mi	17 yd	0
May 9, 1959	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0

Nearby

Tornado history nearby

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.