Two semi-trailer trucks were blown off the road and turn over on their sides along the westbound U.S. Interstate Highway I-40 lanes as the trucks were entering the Oklahoma City limits. The first highway to link Yukon with Oklahoma City was Oklahoma State Highway No. On Monday the winds could get as high as 70 mph in Norman Oklahoma according to the NWS. The tornado then caused damage to an outbuilding at the corner of Northeast 122nd Street and Henney Road. This thunderstorm developed in southwest Oklahoma along a retreating dryline. Monday's storms knocked out power across the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys. Josh Dulaney Damaging winds increase in southwest Oklahoma A squall line will enter southwest Oklahoma and parts of western north Texas shortly, according to the National Weather Service. As the tornado continued on, minor roof damage occurred in southeastern Oklahoma City and Del City northward to about 20th Street SE. The first report of damage from a tornado was located 4 miles northwest of Pocasset in Grady County, or 25 miles southwest of Oklahoma City. #okwx @kfor pic.twitter.com/10tAZzwOvP. A supercell thunderstorm moved across the southern half of Oklahoma County producing very heavy rain, large hail, and a brief tornado. Thirty-one homes, 2 businesses, and 2 churches were destroyed, and 44 homes along with 2 businesses received major damage. This tornado carved a total path of 17.3 miles moving across the Oklahoma City Metropolitan area with the most significant damage (F4) occurring in Oklahoma County. Severe Shelter Registry. A farm was damaged 0.8 miles south of the intersection. About 7 miles southwest of Mustang, a NSSL rain gauge measure 5 inches of rain. In another video, also reportedly in Norman, Oklahoma, near Lake Thunderbird, animals are being rescued following the tornado. This tornado touched down just south of Triple XXX Road and Coffee Creek Road to the northwest of Luther and began to move east-northeast. Historic data, especially before 1950, are likely incomplete. Some people are upset at the way iPhones charge. This tornado began within the Bethany city limits and moved northeast before dissipating within Warr Acres city limits. A second car in that vicinity was blown off the pavement. Many of the airplanes damaged were inside the hangers. At least two mobile homes were destroyed as the tornado continued to the east-northeast. Flood/Flash Flood Safety In Oklahoma City, the damage was estimated at $6.3 million. Total damages in Moore totaled $2.5 million. This tornado was the most intense of the day. The first storm developed near Lawton and moved northeast along U.S. Interstate Highway I-44 into parts of central Oklahoma, resulting in several tornadoes and large hail. The tornado turned to the southeast and damage weakened to F1 approximately 0.3 miles west of the intersection of North Post Road and Hefner Road. With large instability and wind shear, the stage was set for widespread severe storm development. The General Motors plant had 1500 new cars totaled and Tinker Air Force Base had several large planes damaged. A funnel cloud was observed 3 miles southwest of Minco in Grady County at about 3:00 pm CST. A tornado touched down near Southeast 59th Street and Eastern Avenue in Oklahoma City, and moved north along Eastern Avenue, then northwest crossing U.S. Interstate Highway I-35 near and south of SE 44th Street before turning west and dissipating near SE 44th Street and Lindsay Avenue. Considerable damage was done to the strip mall in the 7400 block of north May Avenue. At least 12 people were injured and hospitalized during the storms in Norman, though no victims had critical injuries, and there are no reports of any deaths in town, according to city officials. Videos of the aftermath of a tornado that touched down in Oklahoma have begun circulating on social media. In January, a powerful New Year's storm would bring five tornadoes to the state in the midday hours of Jan. 2, mostly in Eastern Oklahoma. The tornado was estimated to be a mile in diameter in this area. Yukon, OK is a Very High Risk area for tornados. Eighteen homes, and many cars and outbuildings, were heavily damaged. FlatSafe tornado shelters are Oklahoma's premier tornado shelters for homeowners in Yukon. Maximum width was 200 yards east of U.S. Interstate Highway I-35 and south of U.S. Interstate Highway I-44. A small tornado reportedly touched down near Yukon's southwest side Wednesday. But it wasn't just tornadoes slamming the central and southern Plains with damaging winds. Suite 2400Norman, OK 73072(405) 325-3816Comments? The tornado finally lifted 2 miles south of Harrah. Other damage was reported near Shawnee. To the east of the plant along the east side of Sunnylane Road, a car was flipped over. The damage path of the tornado continued to just north of Arcadia in Oklahoma County where 2 homes were heavily damaged. A pecan fork was also downed. To the north of Southeast 15th Street, the tornado moved into the "Hidden Valley" residential area of the city of Choctaw. Tuesday, October 26th 2021, 10:32 pm. This event was originally thought to have been produced by a single, long-track tornado, but data analysis done by scientists at the National Severe Storm Laboratory (NSSL) and information collected from storm surveys, eyewitnesses, and media accounts indicate that multiple tornadoes were produced by a cyclic, parent supercell thunderstorm that moved northeastward at 45 mph during its lifetime. Numerous homes suffered major damage to roofs, windows, and garage doors in the Nottingham and Quail Ridge Run subdivisions located along 122nd Street 1-2 miles east of U.S. Interstate Highway I-35. Hangars and other buildings were destroyed. Northeast wall section of barn was essentially undamaged. The tornado crossed Northeast 27th between Pole Road and Eastern Avenue and continued northeast, crossing Eastern at the Lakeside Golf Course, just east of Eastern and straddling the Oklahoma City and Moore city limits. The tornado continued northeast along northeast 122nd Street and eventually dissipated 0.25 miles northeast of U.S. Interstate Highway I-44 at Douglas Boulevard. Crews reported more tornado damage near McLoud and Doppler radar indicated another possible tornado strike just west of Oklahoma City, near the town of Yukon. Tornado moved from Spencer across parts of northeast OKC to Jones, lifted NE of Jones, travelled aloft over Luther, and struck again at a farm NE of Luther. American Eagle Construction. There was extensive damage to homes in that area as several houses were unroofed. Partial barn roof removal was found southwest of location in an open field. Two housing additions were struck in Edmond, with 39 houses destroyed and 171 houses and 28 apartment buildings damaged. Troopers requested a number of ambulances at I-40 near Yukon, west of Oklahoma City. This tornado touched down on the north edge of Oklahoma City, near 150th Street and N. Western Avenue, and followed a curving path, first to the north-northeast, then to the northeast, and finally eastward, through parts of Edmond. Two homes under construction were also destroyed. From the east side of Lake Stanley Draper, near Hiwassee Road and SE 89th Street, to just south of Harrah, the damage path became more severe and focused. Several homes suffered major or nearly complete roof failure, though most exterior walls remained intact. These thunderstorms developed near and along a strong dryline located across central Oklahoma. South of East Hefner Road and east of Interstate 35, an industrial building at a horse ranching operation sustained F3 damage. Other gusts exceeded 70 mph in Texas near Amarillo and El Paso, and one person was injured in El Paso County's Fort Bliss when they were blown off their feet, according to a National Weather Service storm report. Heavy rains flooded the cellar, and the woman drowned. Questions? Strong surface cyclogenesis took shape during the day, allowing ample moisture to return northward with strong southerly flow. Also in Fort Bliss, weather spotters reported that an exit off Interstate 10 was closed due to leaning power poles. An image of a powerline that had been blown over following a tornado in Oklahoma. However, with the data that was available at the time, it appeared that one long-track tornado occurred. The General Motors Plant in southeast Oklahoma City sustained some of the most significant damage. "Please keep out of the area and let first responders help the people in these areas. A dozen homes were destroyed and 25 others were severely damaged. By: News 9. Intensity dropped to F2 in this area, but the path width remained close to a quarter of a mile. Doppler radar indicated a second possible tornado strike just west of Oklahoma City, near the town of Yukon. Significant Tornadoes in Oklahoma County Records taken from the Storm Prediction Center archive data, "Storm Data", and data from the National Weather Service office in Norman. Strong to violent tornadoes struck portions of central and north central Oklahoma on April 20, 1912. #OKwx #Oklahoma #Tornado pic.twitter.com/7YKZpFMmae. Additional supercells spawned tornadoes across northern Oklahoma, and the slow-moving nature of storms lead to several occurrences of flash flooding. Two people were slightly injured in the mobile home. Of the 28 injuries in Moore, most occurred at the mobile home park. This event was the second tornadic event of the day. Tornado sirens wailed across the Oklahoma City metro area as multiple twisters were spotted while the severe storms raced through the region late Sunday evening. But it regained F4/F5 intensity and widened again to 1/2 to occasionally 3/4 mile as it moved northeast across south Oklahoma City, entering Moore, OK just west and north of 12th Street and Santa Fe. All of the tornadoes, nine total, that occurred on May 9, 2003 were produced by the same supercell. A major portion of the reported damage occurred as the storm moved through the southern Oklahoma City and Del City areas. For February, Sunday night's tornado outbreak breaks the previous monthly record of six set in 2009. The tornado, at this point F1, continued northeast from the golf course into an open field just south of Southeast 89th Street, then struck the northwest part of a subdivision just south of 89th Street and west of Bryant Avenue. Storms that moved quickly from southwest Oklahoma to the OKC metro around midnight Tuesday produced possible, brief, weak tornadoes in several . In total, the National Weather Service has confirmed 17 tornadoes as of Tuesday from across the Plains and Midwest with more damage locations still under investigation. At one point, southwest of Coyle in Logan County, a tornado picked up a mobile home and moved it 110-150 feet to the west of its original location while the storm continued on in a northeasterly direction. The same northwest part of this subdivision was hit hard on 3 May 1999; many of the homes damaged or destroyed on 8 May had been rebuilt and were less than four years old. Forecast Discussion. El Paso reported a 71-mph gust the seventh-strongest gust recorded in the city, with records going back into the late 19th century, the NWS said. It should be noted that the damage track of this tornado through Moore was nearly parallel to, and generally a quarter of a mile or less south of, the track of the F5 tornado that struck Moore on 3 May 1999. Damage from the hail across southern Oklahoma County was estimated at $35 million. F3 damage occurred to a few homes along Burning Oaks Drive between Westminister and Twisted Oaks Drive. The damaging wind gusts took a toll on power lines across the region. Other houses have roof damage and debris has been scattered around town. Several more farm buildings were destroyed in the Midlothian area. Oklahoma Gas and Electric officials reported that 215 utility poles were downed. The most significant damage on Markwell, rated F2, was at North 6th Street. In addition, a violent tornado hit Ponca City, OK on April 25, 1912. Most of the casualties were families of personnel at Tinker Air Force Base. Still moving northeast and still producing F4 and occasional F5 damage, it crossed U.S. Interstate Highway I-35 at the Shields Boulevardjunction and moved into northeast Moore, at which point it weakened slightly to F3/sporadic F4 intensity and began a gradual turn to the left. The tornado next leveled buildings on 2 farmsteads 7 miles southeast where a woman was fatally injured when it destroyed her mobile home. Storm Data As the continued moving to the east-northeast through eastern Oklahoma County, the next report of damage was 3 miles northwest of Harrah where several farm buildings were destroyed. Storm chasers earlier had reported a small tornado near Union City west of Oklahoma City and tornado sirens were heard in Yukon, Warr Acres, Piedmont and Norman. Widespread tree, power line/pole damage was reported from near I-35 to the east side of Stanley Draper Lake. Please select one of the following: Local Enhanced Radar (Central Oklahoma-KTLX), Local Standard Radar (KTLX-low bandwidth), Local Enhanced Radar (Southwest OK/Western North TX-KFDR), Local Standard Radar (KFDR-low bandwidth), Local Standard Radar (KVNX-low bandwidth), Averages and Records for OKC, Wichita Falls & Lawton, NOAA Tech Memo NWS SR-209 (Speheger, D., 2001: "Corrections to the Historic Tornado Database"), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Oklahoma County, OK Tornadoes Prior to 1950, SW Oklahoma City (especially between SW27 and SW29 and between Goff and Portland), OKC (Near Will Rogers Airport - Tinker AFB), Oklahoma County, OK Tornadoes (1950-Present*), NW Oklahoma City/ Bethany/ Warr Acres Area, Oklahoma City (2.2 NNE Will Rogers Airport), Oklahoma City (Rotary Park - Downtown Airpark - Near SW 7th/Broadway), near SW 80th/May - NW Corner of Moore - SE Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City (SW 3rd/Douglas - NW 5th/Hudson), Del City/ Oklahoma City (SE 20th/Bryant - 3700 block NE 15th), Jackson/ Kiowa/ Caddo/ Grady/ Canadian/ Oklahoma/ Logan/ Payne, Near Olustee - 5 S Stillwater [tornado family. Three of the tornadoes affected western and northern portions of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan area making two days in a row (see May 8, 2003 data) that the Oklahoma City metro area was affected by a tornadic thunderstorm. The Frontier City theme park was among the hardest hit businesses. After crossing Douglas Boulevard, the tornado continued to slowly veer to the northeast and damaged homes along Berryman Road. CoCoRaHS The funnel moved across Will Rogers Field and Tinker Air Force Base. The nearby United Auto Workers Union headquarters was also heavily damaged in this area. The tornado turned more to the east-northeast again and crossed Henney Road and approached Choctaw Road near Southeast 10th Street where more homes were damaged. A watchman at the warehouse was killed when a concrete block wall collapsed on him. Shelter registration is our proactive response to rescue situations occurring as a result of severe . Approximately 300 autos were damaged. 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