Tornado record set in Oklahoma in October

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The Oklahoma Mesonet reports October was a record month for tornadoes, breaking a more than 20-year old record.
As State Climatologist Gary McManus wrote this week, “Oklahomans are growing accustomed to Mother Nature’s October weather shenanigans following a snowstorm of up to 13 inches in 2019 and a crippling ice storm in 2020.”
He wrote that a spring severe weather motif was chosen for October 2021 with at least 31 tornadoes touching down during the month, besting the previous October record total of 27 set back in 1998. That preliminary total also surpasses the 25 twisters tallied during the first nine months of the year.
While most of the tornadoes were considered weak—rated EF0 or EF1 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale—they were damaging, nonetheless. Oct. 10 was the most active day with 17 confirmed tornadoes along the Interstate 44 corridor. The most intense twister, rated an EF2, touched down near Anadarko and created “substantial” damage throughout the town according to Anadarko city officials.
Two EF1 twisters struck Coweta and Webbers Falls later that night and damaged numerous homes and businesses, as well as Coweta High School. Severe winds and large hail were also quite fierce that evening. Norman was hit with hail up to the size of
baseballs that caused significant damage to a large swath of the city—Norman’s second disastrous  hailstorm in 6 months.
Another severe weather outbreak struck the evening of the 12th overnight into the 13th, producing another 13 tornadoes which were also accompanied by large hail and severe winds. These
tornadoes traversed southwest through central Oklahoma, damaging houses and businesses along the way.
The month’s final tornado struck northeast Norman just after midnight on Oct. 27, damaging trees, fences and homes. The
preliminary total for the year now stands at 56.
The annual average for Oklahoma is 57.2 tornadoes based off of 1951-2020 data. Non-thunderstorm related winds buffeted the state on Oct. 28. Fifty-seven of the Mesonet’s 120 sites recorded wind gusts of at least 50 mph. The site at May Ranch in northern
Woods County reported a gust of 74 mph that afternoon.
Source: OK Mesonet