National Storms

Clinton, OK tornado history

29 tornadoes have passed within 10 miles of the center of Clinton, OK from 1950 through 2025, according to the NOAA Storm Prediction Center, ranking 76th of 127 Oklahoma cities with a tornado on record. 1 was rated F3/EF3 or stronger by the National Weather Service. The most recent was on October 12, 2021 (EFU, 0.2-mile path); the strongest, on May 22, 1981, was rated F3.

29tornadoes since 1950
22016–2025
F3/EF3strongest rating
0deaths
12injuries
Oct 12, 2021most recent
Rating: 012345 unknown or preliminaryLines run from the start to the end point of each path; dots mark where each tornado touched down.

Dashed circle: 10 miles from the city's Census center point. A tornado counts when its recorded path passes inside the circle. Paths run straight from start to end point, as SPC records them.

1950s: 51960s: 41970s: 41980s: 81990s: 22000s: 32010s: 12020s: 21950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020smax 8
Tornadoes within 10 miles of the center of Clinton, OK, by decade

Source: National Storms (nationalstorms.com), CC BY 4.0, data from NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports.

Every tornado within 10 miles of the center of Clinton, OK

DateRatingPath lengthDeaths / injuriesStarted inClosest to center
Oct 12, 2021EFU0.2 mi0 / 0Custer County, OK2.2 mi
Oct 12, 2021EF19.6 mi0 / 0Custer County, OK0.8 mi
May 12, 2010EF110.4 mi0 / 0Washita County, OK4.0 mi
Sep 11, 2008EF00.5 mi0 / 0Custer County, OK3.2 mi
Oct 9, 2001F00.1 mi0 / 0Custer County, OK8.9 mi
Oct 9, 2001F00.1 mi0 / 0Custer County, OK6.2 mi
Mar 30, 1993F00.1 mi0 / 0Custer County, OK8.6 mi
Sep 5, 1992F00.1 mi0 / 0Custer County, OK1.9 mi
May 16, 1986F00.5 mi0 / 0Custer County, OK5.3 mi
Apr 22, 1985F28.0 mi0 / 0Custer County, OK5.2 mi
Jun 10, 1983F128.0 mi0 / 0Beckham County, OK2.7 mi
May 22, 1981F310.3 mi0 / 12Custer County, OK1.6 mi
May 22, 1981F10.1 mi0 / 0Custer County, OK3.2 mi
May 22, 1981F210.4 mi0 / 0Custer County, OK5.3 mi
May 22, 1981F10.1 mi0 / 0Custer County, OK4.6 mi
May 22, 1981F26.9 mi0 / 0Washita County, OK7.7 mi
Jun 21, 1979F00.1 mi0 / 0Custer County, OK1.7 mi
Jun 12, 1977F16.4 mi0 / 0Washita County, OK9.5 mi
Jun 12, 1977F16.4 mi0 / 0Washita County, OK9.5 mi
Mar 2, 1977F27.4 mi0 / 0Custer County, OK8.0 mi
Jun 10, 1967F00.1 mi0 / 0Custer County, OK1.3 mi
Jan 25, 1967F225.5 mi0 / 0Custer County, OK1.0 mi
May 25, 1962F00.1 mi0 / 0Washita County, OK7.4 mi
Sep 23, 1961F13.0 mi0 / 0Custer County, OK3.0 mi
May 25, 1959F28.8 mi0 / 0Custer County, OK3.8 mi
May 4, 1959F20.1 mi0 / 0Custer County, OK9.5 mi
Sep 20, 1957F00.1 mi0 / 0Custer County, OK1.7 mi
May 30, 1955F14.3 mi0 / 0Custer County, OK0.5 mi
Apr 26, 1954F10.1 mi0 / 0Custer County, OK3.1 mi

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Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center (SPC) Severe Weather Database (SVRGIS) tornado file, 1950–2025, and SPC preliminary storm reports for 2026 (data through November 6, 2026). Ratings are the ones the National Weather Service assigned: Fujita (F) scale before Feb 1, 2007, Enhanced Fujita (EF) after. Paths are drawn as straight lines from the start to the end point SPC records; real paths curve. City and county boundaries: US Census Bureau.

NWS Damage Survey Paths Near Clinton

The National Weather Service mapped the path of 1 tornado within 10 miles of Clinton in damage surveys (1 EF1). On the map, those paths follow the survey, colored by the EF rating of each stretch, instead of a straight line from start to end.

DateRatingPeak windPath lengthMax widthDeaths / injuriesOn the groundSurveyed by
Oct 12, 2021EF1–9.7 mi–0 / 000:55–01:25 UTCNWS Norman

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Damage Assessment Toolkit (DAT): the tornado paths and EF-rating zones NWS survey teams mapped after each storm. Survey data are preliminary and can be revised; NOAA's official record is Storm Data (NCEI). Paths are simplified to about 30 m. Times are when the tornado was on the ground, in UTC.