Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F4 tornado, Canadian County, Oklahoma, May 24, 1973
RatingF4
Deaths2
Injuries4
Length13.3 mi
Width300 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (35.40, -97.97) to the end point (35.30, -97.77), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- May 24, 1973, 4:00 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F4
- States
- Oklahoma
- Counties
- Canadian County
- Path
- 13.3 miles long, up to 300 yards wide
- Casualties
- 2 deaths, 4 injuries
Other tornadoes on May 24, 1973
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 1973 | F2 | South Carolina | 2 mi | 67 yd | 0 | 2 |
| May 24, 1973 | F2 | Texas | 2.5 mi | 250 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 24, 1973 | F1 | North Carolina | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 24, 1973 | F1 | South Carolina | 0.5 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 24, 1973 | F1 | Mississippi | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 24, 1973 | F1 | South Carolina | 27.8 mi | 33 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 24, 1973 | F1 | North Carolina | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 24, 1973 | F0 | Louisiana | 0.1 mi | 27 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 24, 1973 | F0 | Oklahoma | 0.4 mi | 33 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.