Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F2 tornado, McClain County, Oklahoma, May 25, 1997

RatingF2

Deaths0

Injuries2

Length6 mi

Width1,320 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (34.98, -97.48) to the end point (34.97, -97.37), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 25, 1997, 4:00 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F2
States: Oklahoma
Counties: McClain County
Path: 6 miles long, up to 1,320 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 2 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 25, 1997

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width
May 25, 1997	F2	Kansas	8 mi	1,700 yd
May 25, 1997	F2	Texas	1 mi	73 yd
May 25, 1997	F1	Oklahoma	2.5 mi	73 yd
May 25, 1997	F1	Maryland	0.5 mi	100 yd
May 25, 1997	F1	Oklahoma	0.5 mi	50 yd
May 25, 1997	F1	Texas	0.5 mi	30 yd
May 25, 1997	F1	Kansas	1 mi	100 yd
May 25, 1997	F1	Texas	3 mi	50 yd
May 25, 1997	F0	Illinois	0.1 mi	10 yd
May 25, 1997	F0	Kansas	2 mi	50 yd
May 25, 1997	F0	Kansas	3 mi	100 yd
May 25, 1997	F0	Kansas	1 mi	100 yd
May 25, 1997	F0	Kansas	0.5 mi	30 yd
May 25, 1997	F0	Kansas	0.5 mi	30 yd
May 25, 1997	F0	Kansas	0.5 mi	50 yd
May 25, 1997	F0	Virginia	1 mi	73 yd
May 25, 1997	F0	Kansas	1 mi	100 yd
May 25, 1997	F0	Kansas	1 mi	100 yd
May 25, 1997	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	23 yd
May 25, 1997	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	23 yd
May 25, 1997	F0	Oklahoma	0.2 mi	20 yd
May 25, 1997	F0	Kansas	0.5 mi	50 yd
May 25, 1997	F0	Kansas	1 mi	100 yd
May 25, 1997	F0	Colorado	0.1 mi	50 yd
May 25, 1997	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	23 yd
May 25, 1997	F0	Kansas	0.5 mi	50 yd
May 25, 1997	F0	Kansas	0.5 mi	50 yd
May 25, 1997	F0	Kansas	1 mi	50 yd
May 25, 1997	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	23 yd
May 25, 1997	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	23 yd
May 25, 1997	F0	Alabama	0.2 mi	30 yd
May 25, 1997	F0	Kansas	0.5 mi	50 yd
May 25, 1997	F0	Kansas	2 mi	100 yd
May 25, 1997	F0	Kansas	1 mi	50 yd
May 25, 1997	F0	Kansas	1 mi	50 yd
May 25, 1997	F0	Oklahoma	0.5 mi	30 yd
May 25, 1997	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	23 yd
May 25, 1997	F0	Texas	0.1 mi	23 yd
May 25, 1997	F0	Texas	0.1 mi	23 yd
May 25, 1997	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	23 yd
May 25, 1997	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	23 yd
May 25, 1997	F0	Kansas	0.1 mi	23 yd
May 25, 1997	F0	Kansas	9 mi	100 yd
May 25, 1997	F0	Texas	0.5 mi	30 yd
May 25, 1997	F0	Kansas	0.5 mi	50 yd
May 25, 1997	F0	Kansas	1 mi	50 yd
May 25, 1997	F0	Texas	0.1 mi	23 yd
May 25, 1997	F0	Kansas	0.5 mi	50 yd
May 25, 1997	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	50 yd
May 25, 1997	F0	Texas	2 mi	40 yd
May 25, 1997	F0	Kansas	0.5 mi	50 yd
May 25, 1997	F0	Missouri	0.1 mi	10 yd

Nearby

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