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Cushing, OK tornado history

41 tornadoes have passed within 10 miles of the center of Cushing, OK from 1950 through 2025, according to the NOAA Storm Prediction Center, ranking 45th of 127 Oklahoma cities with a tornado on record. 4 were rated F3/EF3 or stronger by the National Weather Service. The most recent was on May 2, 2022 (EF1, 6.5-mile path); the strongest, on June 8, 1974, was rated F4. The deadliest, on June 8, 1974, killed 14 along its path.

41tornadoes since 1950
42016–2025
F4/EF4strongest rating
19deaths
221injuries
May 2, 2022most 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: 71960s: 71970s: 51980s: 41990s: 52000s: 52010s: 62020s: 21950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020smax 7
Tornadoes within 10 miles of the center of Cushing, 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 Cushing, OK

DateRatingPath lengthDeaths / injuriesStarted inClosest to center
May 2, 2022EF16.5 mi0 / 0Payne County, OK5.5 mi
Jul 10, 2021EF11.4 mi0 / 0Payne County, OK7.2 mi
Apr 30, 2019EF10.5 mi0 / 0Payne County, OK1.1 mi
Apr 30, 2019EF13.0 mi0 / 0Lincoln County, OK5.5 mi
May 30, 2013EF00.4 mi0 / 0Payne County, OK4.0 mi
May 30, 2013EF01.6 mi0 / 0Payne County, OK5.9 mi
May 30, 2013EF00.7 mi0 / 0Payne County, OK9.3 mi
May 19, 2013EF00.2 mi0 / 0Creek County, OK8.9 mi
Nov 10, 2004F00.1 mi0 / 0Lincoln County, OK4.1 mi
Nov 10, 2004F00.1 mi0 / 0Lincoln County, OK9.0 mi
Jun 9, 2004F12.0 mi0 / 0Lincoln County, OK8.2 mi
May 16, 2003F00.4 mi0 / 0Payne County, OK6.1 mi
May 16, 2003F00.3 mi0 / 0Lincoln County, OK4.2 mi
Nov 29, 1998F02.0 mi0 / 0Payne County, OK3.5 mi
May 6, 1994F00.1 mi0 / 0Creek County, OK9.1 mi
May 6, 1994F00.1 mi0 / 0Payne County, OK8.2 mi
Jun 19, 1992F00.2 mi0 / 0Payne County, OK4.2 mi
Apr 26, 1991F26.5 mi0 / 0Payne County, OK5.2 mi
Jun 26, 1988F11.0 mi0 / 0Payne County, OK1.5 mi
Mar 28, 1988F00.2 mi0 / 0Payne County, OK6.9 mi
Sep 15, 1987F05.0 mi0 / 0Payne County, OK0.7 mi
Mar 3, 1985F10.1 mi0 / 0Payne County, OK6.9 mi
Jul 3, 1976F11.0 mi0 / 0Payne County, OK9.7 mi
Jun 13, 1975F21.5 mi0 / 0Lincoln County, OK9.5 mi
Jun 8, 1974F429.0 mi14 / 150Creek County, OK6.6 mi
Sep 3, 1973F115.7 mi0 / 0Payne County, OK6.8 mi
Apr 29, 1970F10.2 mi0 / 2Payne County, OK9.2 mi
Jun 23, 1969F213.1 mi0 / 0Payne County, OK9.2 mi
May 17, 1966F00.1 mi0 / 0Creek County, OK9.2 mi
May 25, 1963F10.1 mi0 / 0Payne County, OK0.5 mi
May 21, 1961F30.1 mi0 / 0Payne County, OK2.2 mi
May 21, 1961F30.1 mi0 / 0Payne County, OK0.8 mi
May 21, 1961F20.1 mi0 / 0Payne County, OK0.9 mi
May 21, 1961F20.1 mi0 / 0Payne County, OK2.1 mi
May 2, 1959F10.1 mi0 / 0Payne County, OK1.5 mi
Jun 11, 1957F16.8 mi0 / 0Lincoln County, OK3.5 mi
Apr 22, 1957F00.1 mi0 / 0Creek County, OK9.1 mi
Apr 2, 1956F342.6 mi5 / 68Lincoln County, OK7.5 mi
May 25, 1955F00.1 mi0 / 0Payne County, OK0.5 mi
Jul 23, 1954F20.2 mi0 / 1Payne County, OK8.2 mi
May 22, 1952F10.1 mi0 / 0Payne County, OK4.3 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 Cushing

The National Weather Service mapped the path of 3 tornadoes within 10 miles of Cushing in damage surveys (3 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
May 2, 2022EF190 mph6.6 mi500 yd0 / 023:26–23:33 UTCNWS Norman
Apr 30, 2019EF188 mph0.5 mi20 yd0 / 017:13–17:13 UTCNWS Norman
Apr 30, 2019EF1–2.9 mi30 yd0 / 016:53–17:01 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.