Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F4 tornado, Seminole County, Oklahoma, May 17, 1981

RatingF4

Deaths0

Injuries2

Length33.6 mi

Width600 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (35.35, -96.60) to the end point (35.60, -96.10), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 17, 1981, 7:00 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F4
States: Oklahoma
Counties: Seminole County, Okfuskee County, Okmulgee County
Path: 33.6 miles long, up to 600 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 2 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 17, 1981

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Injuries
May 17, 1981	F3	Oklahoma	10.2 mi	587 yd	6
May 17, 1981	F3	Oklahoma	15.4 mi	350 yd	0
May 17, 1981	F2	Kansas	0.5 mi	100 yd	0
May 17, 1981	F2	Oklahoma	1.9 mi	50 yd	0
May 17, 1981	F2	Texas	4.9 mi	123 yd	0
May 17, 1981	F2	Oklahoma	2.7 mi	200 yd	0
May 17, 1981	F2	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 17, 1981	F2	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 17, 1981	F1	Kansas	7.2 mi	100 yd	0
May 17, 1981	F1	Oklahoma	1 mi	33 yd	0
May 17, 1981	F1	Oklahoma	0.5 mi	10 yd	0
May 17, 1981	F1	Oklahoma	4.2 mi	100 yd	0
May 17, 1981	F1	Oklahoma	1 mi	100 yd	0
May 17, 1981	F1	Kansas	0.2 mi	50 yd	0
May 17, 1981	F1	Florida	1 mi	30 yd	0
May 17, 1981	F1	Oklahoma	2 mi	67 yd	0
May 17, 1981	F0	Oklahoma	18.7 mi	33 yd	0
May 17, 1981	F0	Kansas	0.2 mi	17 yd	0
May 17, 1981	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0

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