Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F2 tornado, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, April 10, 1979

RatingF2

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length2 mi

Width10 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (35.10, -97.37) to the end point (35.10, -97.37), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: April 10, 1979, 6:40 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F2
States: Oklahoma
Counties: Cleveland County
Path: 2 miles long, up to 10 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on April 10, 1979

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Apr 10, 1979	F4	Texas, Oklahoma	39.7 mi	880 yd	11	68
Apr 10, 1979	F4	Texas, Oklahoma	46.9 mi	1,320 yd	42	1740
Apr 10, 1979	F3	Oklahoma	4.5 mi	170 yd	3	100
Apr 10, 1979	F3	Oklahoma	12.8 mi	170 yd	0	0
Apr 10, 1979	F3	Texas	25 mi	880 yd	0	1
Apr 10, 1979	F2	Texas	22.1 mi	150 yd	0	1
Apr 10, 1979	F2	Texas, Oklahoma	74.1 mi	1,056 yd	1	3
Apr 10, 1979	F2	Oklahoma	9.2 mi	120 yd	0	1
Apr 10, 1979	F2	Texas	10.4 mi	300 yd	0	0
Apr 10, 1979	F2	Oklahoma	4.6 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 10, 1979	F2	Oklahoma	1.5 mi	40 yd	0	0
Apr 10, 1979	F2	Texas	9.6 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 10, 1979	F2	Texas	24 mi	200 yd	0	3
Apr 10, 1979	F1	Oklahoma	7.1 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 10, 1979	F1	Texas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 10, 1979	F1	Texas	2 mi	50 yd	0	0
Apr 10, 1979	F1	Kansas	0.5 mi	67 yd	0	2
Apr 10, 1979	F1	Texas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 10, 1979	F1	Texas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 10, 1979	F0	Texas	2 mi	50 yd	0	0
Apr 10, 1979	F0	Texas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 10, 1979	F0	Texas	2.5 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 10, 1979	F0	Oklahoma	0.2 mi	13 yd	0	0
Apr 10, 1979	F0	Oklahoma	0.2 mi	13 yd	0	0

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