Tornado History Map

Nowata County, Oklahoma tornado history

47 tornadoes recorded in or across Nowata County from 1956 to 2024, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Nowata County

The Storm Prediction Center records 47 tornadoes whose paths touched Nowata County, Oklahoma between 1956 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is April, with 13 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 9 May 1959. The most recent was on 4 November 2024.

  • 47tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 39injuries
  • 831per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Nowata County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01634%
F1 / EF11634%
F2 / EF2919%
F3 / EF324%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating49%

Nowata County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 12 in 2010s.1950s81960s31970s11980s61990s92000s22010s122020s6

The 2020s only run to 2024, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s8
1960s3
1970s1
1980s6
1990s9
2000s2
2010s12
2020s6
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 13 in Apr.Jan4Feb0Mar7Apr13May13Jun5Jul1Aug0Sep0Oct2Nov2Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan4
Feb0
Mar7
Apr13
May13
Jun5
Jul1
Aug0
Sep0
Oct2
Nov2
Dec0

Records for Nowata County

  • Strongest: Oklahoma tornado9 May 1959, F3, 23.4 miles long
  • Longest path: Oklahoma tornado26 March 1961, F2, 26 injuries, 49.6 miles long
  • Most recent: Oklahoma tornado4 November 2024, EF1, 9.6 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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