Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F2 tornado, McIntosh County, Oklahoma, May 5, 1960

RatingF2

Deaths2

Injuries6

Length11.7 mi

Width200 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (35.30, -95.50) to the end point (35.42, -95.35), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 5, 1960, 7:10 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F2
States: Oklahoma
Counties: McIntosh County
Path: 11.7 miles long, up to 200 yards wide
Casualties: 2 deaths, 6 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 5, 1960

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
May 5, 1960	F5	Oklahoma	71.8 mi	800 yd	5	81
May 5, 1960	F4	Oklahoma	62.4 mi	200 yd	16	106
May 5, 1960	F4	Oklahoma	5.4 mi	10 yd	5	13
May 5, 1960	F3	Oklahoma	7.3 mi	200 yd	0	0
May 5, 1960	F3	Oklahoma	101.9 mi	400 yd	0	0
May 5, 1960	F3	Oklahoma	0.8 mi	150 yd	2	15
May 5, 1960	F3	Oklahoma	4.5 mi	10 yd	1	0
May 5, 1960	F3	Oklahoma	23.7 mi	10 yd	1	0
May 5, 1960	F2	Texas	1.3 mi	33 yd	0	0
May 5, 1960	F2	Arkansas	0.8 mi	417 yd	0	0
May 5, 1960	F2	Oklahoma	4.1 mi	500 yd	0	0
May 5, 1960	F2	Oklahoma	4.9 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 5, 1960	F2	Oklahoma	36.6 mi	500 yd	0	2
May 5, 1960	F2	Iowa	13.8 mi	150 yd	0	0
May 5, 1960	F2	Oklahoma	5.9 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 5, 1960	F2	Oklahoma	5.1 mi	200 yd	0	0
May 5, 1960	F2	Oklahoma	1 mi	400 yd	0	0
May 5, 1960	F2	Oklahoma	6.4 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 5, 1960	F2	Arkansas	16.9 mi	10 yd	0	1
May 5, 1960	F2	Arkansas	13.2 mi	167 yd	0	1
May 5, 1960	F2	Arkansas	2 mi	100 yd	0	2
May 5, 1960	F1	Alabama	11.5 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 5, 1960	F1	Nebraska	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 5, 1960	F1	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	6
May 5, 1960	F1	Oklahoma	4.6 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 5, 1960	F1	Iowa	1 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 5, 1960	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 5, 1960	F0	Missouri	0.2 mi	13 yd	0	0
May 5, 1960	F0	Texas	0.1 mi	13 yd	0	0
May 5, 1960	F0	Texas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0

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Tornado history nearby

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