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April 1945 tornado outbreak

Type	Tornado outbreak
Duration	April 12, 1945
Tornadoes confirmed	≥ 17
Max. rating1	F5 tornado
Fatalities	≥ 128 deaths, ≥ 999 injuries
Damage	Unknown
Areas affected	Midwestern United States
1Most severe tornado damage; see Fujita scale

The April 1945 tornado outbreak occurred on April 12, 1945 in the Midwestern, producing numerous strong tornadoes and killing at least 128 people.

Confirmed tornadoes

Confirmed tornadoes by Fujita rating

FU	F0	F1	F2	F3	F4	F5	Total
0	0	0	7	5	4	1	≥ 22

April 12 event

F#	States	Location	County	Time (UTC)	Path length	Damage
F4	OK	SE side of Oklahoma City to nearChoctaw	Oklahoma	1525	20 miles	8 fatalties, 200 injuries Started near Cleveland County line and moved through SE Oklahoma City and destroyed over 160 homes in communities of Valley Brook, Dell City, and Choctaw. Most fatalities were family members of military personal at Tinker Air Force Base
F3	OK	SE of Wilburton to NE of Red Oak	Latimer	1615	12 miles	3 fatalities, 15 injuries Boggy community hit, three children died when home was destroyed
F3	OK, AR	Near Roland OK to N of Dora AR	Sequoyah OK, Crawford AR	1630	20 miles	7 fatalities, 40 injuries Five deaths in OK, two in AR

See also

• List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks

References

Bibliography

• Grazulis, Thomas (1993), Significant Tornadoes 1680-1991: A Chronology and Analysis of Events, St. Johnsbury, Vermont: Environmental Films, ISBN 1-879362-03-1
• National Historical Company (1882), "34: Tornadoes", The History of Nodaway County, Missouri, National Historical Company, pp. 502–11