A Pacific storm moving across the Northwest with a trailing cold front sweeping through the West will continue heavy snow over the Cascades, northern Rockies, and the Sierra into Thursday night. High winds are forecast on the High Plains Thursday into Friday. Heavy lake effect snow will continue downwind of the Great Lakes into Thursday. Read More >
| Rank | Location | Date | Damage ($) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Newcastle-South OKC-Moore tornado | 05/20/2013 | $2 billion |
| 2. | Bridge Creek-OKC-Moore-Del City tornado | 05/03/1999 | $1 billion |
| 3. | Moore-OKC-Choctaw tornado | 05/08/2003 | $370 million |
| 4. | Altus-Altus AFB tornado | 05/11/1982 | $200 million |
| 5. | Ardmore tornado | 05/07/1995 | $100+ million |
| 6. | Cordell tornado | 10/09/2001 | $100 million |
| 7. | Tulsa tornado | 04/19/1981 | $75-100 million |
| 8. | Stroud tornado | 05/03/1999 | $60 million |
| 9. | Catoosa tornado | 04/24/1993 | $50+ million |
| 10. | Downtown Bartlesville | 03/15/1982 | $30-40 million |
| Note: Some of the damage costs listed here are estimates. Tornado climatologists are continuing their research to determine better damage costs for some of the events. In addition, the damage costs listed have not been adjusted for inflation to current dollar amounts. | |||
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