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Here's what you need to know to prepare your storm shelter and go-bag in case you need to take shelter during a tornado. Oklahoma storm shelters: Prepare now for severe weather
A tornado watch means weather conditions could spawn tornadoes within the watch area. People should stay aware of weather conditions and be prepared to act if watchers spot a tornado.
Here's a look at some tornado safety tips: CLASSIC PRECAUTIONS. Weather radios, specialized receivers that get alerts and can sound an alarm in an emergency, are something that every home and business should have, said Rick Smith, the warning coordination meteorologist at the National Weather Service’s forecast office in Norman, Oklahoma.
Tornado safety tips. Second only to hurricanes, tornadoes are among nature’s most destructive forces, with wind speeds ranging from 65 mph to over 200 mph, according to the NWS. An average of 71 ...
The National Weather Service forecast office in Norman issued the first severe thunderstorm warning of the outbreak for this particular storm at 2:11 p.m. CDT, [10] which was quickly upgraded to a tornado warning 11 minutes later at 2:22 p.m. CDT. [11] Hail was measured as large as 4–6 inches (10–15 centimetres) in diameter in Oklahoma and ...
The 2011 Chickasha-Blanchard tornado was a large and extremely violent EF4 tornado that impacted the southern side of Chickasha, Oklahoma and rural areas around Blanchard and Newcastle, Oklahoma in the late afternoon of May 24, 2011. The tornado killed one person and injured 48 others as the tornado traveled a path length of 33.3 miles (53.6 km ...
Doing so is recommended during thunderstorms and tornadoes by the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety. That’s the opposite of a commonly held misconception: “There’s still a chunk of people out there who think you’re supposed to open the doors and windows to equalize the pressure,” Smith said.
Tornado outbreak sequence of June 10–16, 1970; Tornado outbreak sequence of April 19–21, 1973; Tornado outbreak of June 8, 1974; 1979 Red River Valley tornado outbreak; Tornado outbreak of May 22–23, 1981; Tornado outbreak of April 2–3, 1982; March 1990 Central United States tornado outbreak; 1991 Andover tornado outbreak