🌪️ Oklahoma Tornado Tracker — 4,500+ Tornadoes Since 1950

Oklahoma averages 52 tornadoes per year. Since 1950, over 4,500 tornadoes have touched down in our state. Understanding where they’ve hit — and where they’re hitting now — is critical for anyone serious about emergency preparedness.

We built the OKMesh Tornado Tracker — an interactive map of every recorded tornado in Oklahoma from 1950 to today.

🌪️ Try It Now

okmesh.org/tornado-tracker

What It Does

The tracker displays tornado paths on a full-screen interactive map, color-coded by EF/F scale rating. You can filter by year, rating, and county to explore Oklahoma’s tornado history — or check what’s happened recently.

Features

• 4,500+ tornado paths — every recorded tornado in Oklahoma (1950–present)
• Color-coded by EF scale — EF0 (green) through EF5 (magenta)
• Tornado paths drawn on map — see start-to-end tracks, not just dots
• Year range slider — explore any era from 1950 to today
• EF rating filter — focus on significant events (EF3+) or see everything
• County filter — 80 Oklahoma counties, populated from actual data
• Click any path — date, rating, fatalities, injuries, affected counties
• Stats panel — filtered count, total fatalities for your selection

Auto-Updated Daily

Unlike static historical databases, our tracker updates automatically every day. A server-side script checks the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) daily storm reports every morning at 6:00 AM CT and adds any new Oklahoma tornadoes to the dataset. During severe weather season, you’ll see new events appear within 24 hours of occurrence.

Data Sources

• 1950–2024: SPC Tornado Archive (comprehensive historical CSV)
• 2025+: SPC daily storm reports (auto-fetched and merged daily)

Why This Matters for Mesh

Meshtastic mesh networks exist for exactly these scenarios — when cell towers go down and infrastructure fails. Understanding tornado patterns helps mesh operators plan node placement, identify vulnerable coverage areas, and prepare for the storms that will test our network.

Combined with our open-source alert tools, we can push NWS tornado warnings directly to mesh radios through Home Assistant and Matrix.

Stay safe out there, Oklahoma. 📡

Questions or ideas? Reach out on Discord (falcon97000) or open an issue on GitHub.