What the record says
On 26 May 1963, a tornado touched down near Edmond, Oklahoma. The Storm Prediction Center records its path as 34.3 miles long and up to 10 yards wide, rated F3 on the Fujita (F) scale. It killed 1 person and injured 4.
- F3Fujita rating
- 1death
- 4injuries
- 34.3 mipath length
- 10 ydmaximum width
It has its own page because it was rated 3 and killed at least one person.
This page gives the official record's figures. Numbers of deaths and injuries are sometimes revised after a survey, and they cannot convey what the day was like for the people who lived through it.
Counties it crossed
The start point was at 35.73, -97.43 and the end point at 35.55, -96.90 (latitude, longitude).
How to read this path
The Storm Prediction Center records most tornadoes as a straight line from the point where they touched down to the point where they lifted. The real path usually curved and was not the same width all the way along. The width given is the widest part. Older records are less precise, and the record starts in 1950.
Source: the NOAA Storm Prediction Center database, public domain.
Other notable tornadoes in Oklahoma
- Newkirk, Oklahoma tornado25 May 1955, F5, 80 deaths, 273 injuries, 56.4 miles long
- Wichita Falls, Texas tornado10 April 1979, F4, 42 deaths, 1,740 injuries, 46.9 miles long
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma tornado3 May 1999, F5, 36 deaths, 583 injuries, 37 miles long
- Moore, Oklahoma tornado20 May 2013, EF5, 24 deaths, 212 injuries, 13.9 miles long
- Welch, Oklahoma tornado10 May 2008, EF4, 21 deaths, 350 injuries, 75.5 miles long
- Tonkawa, Oklahoma tornado25 May 1955, F5, 20 deaths, 280 injuries, 28.4 miles long
Other notable tornadoes of 1963
- Coahoma, Mississippi tornado29 April 1963, F3, 5 deaths, 10 injuries, 5.7 miles long
- Shannon, Mississippi tornado29 April 1963, F4, 3 deaths, 20 injuries, 4.7 miles long
- Maury City, Tennessee tornado29 April 1963, F3, 3 deaths, 6 injuries, 9.3 miles long
- Dillon, South Carolina tornado29 September 1963, F2, 3 deaths, 12 injuries, 85.8 miles long
- West, Mississippi tornado11 March 1963, F4, 2 deaths, 7 injuries, 45.2 miles long
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