Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F3 tornado, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, May 4, 1960

RatingF3

Deaths0

Injuries4

Length5.1 mi

Width400 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (35.52, -97.62) to the end point (35.57, -97.55), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 4, 1960, 7:55 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F3
States: Oklahoma
Counties: Oklahoma County
Path: 5.1 miles long, up to 400 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 4 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 4, 1960

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Injuries
May 4, 1960	F4	Oklahoma	8 mi	10 yd	0
May 4, 1960	F4	Oklahoma	30.8 mi	150 yd	3
May 4, 1960	F3	Kansas	7.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 4, 1960	F3	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 4, 1960	F3	Texas	7.4 mi	500 yd	12
May 4, 1960	F3	Oklahoma	18.3 mi	10 yd	6
May 4, 1960	F2	Kansas	6.1 mi	1,000 yd	0
May 4, 1960	F2	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 4, 1960	F2	Oklahoma	4.9 mi	150 yd	0
May 4, 1960	F2	Texas	0.3 mi	33 yd	0
May 4, 1960	F2	Oklahoma	5.2 mi	50 yd	0
May 4, 1960	F2	Arkansas	1 mi	417 yd	0
May 4, 1960	F1	Oklahoma	1 mi	10 yd	0
May 4, 1960	F1	Oklahoma	1 mi	50 yd	0
May 4, 1960	F1	Texas	0.2 mi	10 yd	0
May 4, 1960	F1	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	3
May 4, 1960	F1	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 4, 1960	F1	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 4, 1960	F1	Texas	1.5 mi	33 yd	0
May 4, 1960	F1	Texas	2 mi	67 yd	0
May 4, 1960	F1	Texas	1 mi	30 yd	0
May 4, 1960	F0	Texas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 4, 1960	F0	Kansas	0.5 mi	10 yd	0
May 4, 1960	F0	Texas	1 mi	20 yd	0

Nearby

Tornado history nearby

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