Tornado History Map

Ellis County, Oklahoma tornado history

86 tornadoes recorded in or across Ellis County from 1950 to 2025, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Ellis County

The Storm Prediction Center records 86 tornadoes whose paths touched Ellis County, Oklahoma between 1950 and 2025. They killed 6 people and injured 35. The busiest month is May, with 31 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF3 on 14 April 2012. The most recent was on 17 June 2025.

  • 86tornadoes
  • 6deaths
  • 35injuries
  • 698per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Ellis County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF04047%
F1 / EF12630%
F2 / EF21517%
F3 / EF356%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Ellis County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 22 in 1960s.1950s141960s221970s31980s101990s62000s152010s92020s7

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s14
1960s22
1970s3
1980s10
1990s6
2000s15
2010s9
2020s7
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 31 in May.Jan0Feb1Mar8Apr15May31Jun25Jul1Aug1Sep0Oct1Nov3Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb1
Mar8
Apr15
May31
Jun25
Jul1
Aug1
Sep0
Oct1
Nov3
Dec0

Records for Ellis County

Notable tornadoes in Ellis County

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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