The May 17, 1981 tornado
F4Seminole, Okfuskee and Okmulgee counties, Oklahoma
An F4 tornado on a 33.6-mile path that injured 2. It was one of 20 tornadoes recorded in the U.S. that day, 3 of them rated F3/EF3 or stronger.
Watch how it happenedF4 tornado · May 17, 1981
How it happened
Follow the tornado’s path, minute by minute.
The tornado
- Rating
- F4
- Fujita scale
- Path length
- 33.6 mi
- Width up to 600 yards
- Killed
- 0
- Along the whole path
- Injured
- 2
- Along the whole path
- Date and time
- Sunday, May 17, 1981
- 7:00 PM CST
Counties on its path
Storm Prediction Center severe weather database. Path drawn as a straight line from the recorded start to end point.