Creek County tornado history

76 tornadoes touched Creek County, Oklahoma between 1950 and 2025 — about 1.0 a year. The strongest was rated F5 (May 5, 1960). Tornadoes here killed 30 and injured 482 people.

76tornadoes since 1950

F5strongest rating

30killed · 482 injured

101.9 milongest path · 1960

(E)F0(E)F1(E)F2(E)F3(E)F4(E)F5· dots = start point only

By rating

(E)F026

(E)F128

(E)F210

(E)F36

(E)F44

(E)F51

unrated1

By month

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Peak month: May.

By decade

’50’60’70’80’90’00’10’20

Strongest tornadoes

Date	Rating	Path	Width	Injured	Killed
May 5, 1960	F5	71.8 mi	800 yd	81	5
Jun 8, 1974	F4	29 mi	400 yd	150	14
Apr 26, 1984	F4	22 mi	880 yd	37	3
Apr 29, 1984	F4	27 mi	200 yd	60	1
May 1, 1954	F4	59.2 mi	10 yd	65	0
Apr 2, 1956	F3	42.6 mi	300 yd	68	5
May 5, 1960	F3	101.9 mi	400 yd	0	0
May 3, 1999	F3	16 mi	450 yd	13	0
May 29, 2004	F3	7.5 mi	700 yd	0	0
Mar 31, 1959	F3	3.8 mi	100 yd	3	0
Apr 19, 1981	F3	3 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 13, 2010	EF2	22.7 mi	500 yd	0	0

Most recent tornadoes

Date	Rating	Path	Width
Nov 3, 2024	EF0	4.6 mi	400 yd
May 6, 2024	EF1	4 mi	350 yd
Oct 10, 2021	unrated	1 mi	100 yd
Mar 19, 2020	EF0	0.6 mi	75 yd
May 25, 2019	EF1	2.6 mi	200 yd
May 25, 2019	EF1	10.7 mi	1,000 yd
May 25, 2019	EF1	12.5 mi	1,400 yd
May 25, 2019	EF1	12.3 mi	2,200 yd
May 21, 2019	EF1	1.6 mi	75 yd
May 24, 2016	EF1	8 mi	900 yd
Apr 26, 2016	EF1	5.6 mi	550 yd
May 6, 2015	EF0	1.5 mi	100 yd

Deadliest: Jun 8, 1974, F4, 14 killed.

Nearby counties

Tulsa County, OK99 Okmulgee County, OK58 Okfuskee County, OK62 Lincoln County, OK95 Pawnee County, OK33 Payne County, OK58 Wagoner County, OK64 Osage County, OK114

Questions

How many tornadoes has Creek County, Oklahoma had?

76 tornadoes touched Creek County, Oklahoma between 1950 and 2025 in the NOAA Storm Prediction Center database — about 1.0 per year.

What was the strongest tornado in Creek County?

The strongest rating recorded was F5 on May 5, 1960, with a 71.8-mile path and 5 deaths.

When is tornado season in Creek County?

Most of its tornadoes happened in May (43 of 76). Tornadoes can occur in any month, so keep alerts on year-round.

Right now: live tornado warnings map · alerts for your location. Dates link to that day’s full storm reports where available (2004 onward).