Strongest tornadoes on record in Oklahoma

Interactive by The Oklahoman Art Department

On May 24, 2011, Oklahoma experienced its first tornado rated EF5 since the Enhanced Fujita scale was adopted by the National Weather Service in 2007.

In all, there have been 12 tornadoes rated F5/EF5.

F5/EF5 Tornadoes in Oklahoma (1905-Present). Shown are the date, time, rating, counties and general path of the tornado.

1. May 10, 1905, 8:05 p.m., F5, Jackson, Kiowa counties; three miles south, southwest of Humphreys — Snyder — three miles northeast of Snyder.

2. April 14-15, 1939, 11 p.m., F5, Dewey, Major, Woodward, Woods counties in Oklahoma and Barber County, Kan.; near Vici, near Waynoka, near Hopeton, near Alva, Capron, just inside Kansas.

3. April 12, 1945, 5:40 p.m., F5, Pushmataha County; Antlers.

4. April 9, 1947, 7:52 p.m., F5, Hemphill and Lipscomb counties in Texas; Ellis, Woodward, Woods counties in Oklahoma — near Canadian, Texas; Glazier, Texas; Higgins, Texas; and four miles southeast of Shattuck, four miles northwest of Arnett, three miles southeast of Gage, two miles southeast of Fargo, Woodward, 10 miles west of Alva.