Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F3 tornado, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, May 5, 1971
RatingF3
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length37 mi
Width600 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (35.82, -95.75) to the end point (35.92, -95.10), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- May 5, 1971, 5:43 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F3
- States
- Oklahoma
- Counties
- Muskogee County, Wagoner County, Cherokee County
- Path
- 37 miles long, up to 600 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Other tornadoes on May 5, 1971
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 1971 | F3 | Iowa | 2 mi | 400 yd | 0 | 12 |
| May 5, 1971 | F3 | Missouri | 3.8 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 6 |
| May 5, 1971 | F3 | Missouri | 13.1 mi | 70 yd | 1 | 60 |
| May 5, 1971 | F3 | Missouri | 0.1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 12 |
| May 5, 1971 | F2 | Kansas | 1 mi | 440 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 1971 | F2 | Oklahoma | 17 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 1971 | F2 | Iowa | 1 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 1971 | F2 | Iowa | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 1 |
| May 5, 1971 | F1 | Mississippi | 5.2 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 1971 | F1 | Oklahoma | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 1971 | F1 | Missouri | 11 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 1971 | F0 | Nebraska | 8.6 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 1971 | F0 | Nebraska | 0.1 mi | 60 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 1971 | F0 | Nebraska | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 1971 | F0 | Oklahoma | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.