Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F2 tornado, Nowata County, Oklahoma, March 15, 1982

RatingF2
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length12 mi
Width177 yd
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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (36.82, -95.85) to the end point (36.92, -95.67), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

The record

Date
March 15, 1982, 7:10 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating
F2
States
Oklahoma
Counties
Nowata County
Path
12 miles long, up to 177 yards wide
Casualties
0 deaths, 0 injuries
Same day

Other tornadoes on March 15, 1982

DateRatingStatePath lengthWidthDeathsInjuries
Mar 15, 1982F3Oklahoma6 mi60 yd136
Mar 15, 1982F3Kansas6 mi300 yd11
Mar 15, 1982F3Kansas, Missouri70 mi600 yd28
Mar 15, 1982F3Kansas30 mi167 yd16
Mar 15, 1982F3Missouri, Kansas9 mi400 yd00
Mar 15, 1982F3Missouri14 mi700 yd01
Mar 15, 1982F2Kansas1 mi300 yd00
Mar 15, 1982F2Kansas30 mi500 yd00
Mar 15, 1982F2Oklahoma0.1 mi10 yd00
Mar 15, 1982F2Oklahoma0.1 mi10 yd01
Mar 15, 1982F2Oklahoma3 mi177 yd057
Mar 15, 1982F2Kansas17 mi600 yd03
Mar 15, 1982F2Oklahoma0.1 mi10 yd00
Mar 15, 1982F2Missouri5 mi600 yd00
Mar 15, 1982F1Alabama8 mi77 yd00
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Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.