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Several destructive tornadoes have hit the state of Oklahoma since 1882, the year with the first recorded tornado within state boundaries. Oklahoma, located in Tornado Alley, experiences around 68 tornadoes annually, with each EF3+ tornado killing an average of 2.9 people. 497 tornadoes have been classified as "intense" in Oklahoma, being rated F3+ on the Fujita Scale [note 1] or EF3+ on the ...
From April 13 to 16, 2012, a major tornado outbreak occurred across a large portion of the Great Plains.The storms resulted in six tornado-related fatalities, all of which occurred as a result of a nighttime EF3 tornado that caused major damage in and around Woodward, Oklahoma.
The year began with an unusual number of tornadoes during January 2012. The first major tornado outbreak occurred on January 22–23, when a spring-like system moved across the southern Mississippi valley, producing at least two dozen confirmed tornadoes across Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama. As a whole, January was the ...
On May 3, 1999, there were 58 confirmed tornadoes in the NWS Norman service area, mostly concentrated to southwest and central Oklahoma, Thoren said. The strongest tornado from that day was an EF ...
KFOR-4 shared a map of 17 tornadoes that occurred Saturday night into early Sunday. The National Weather Service on Sunday evening released preliminary damage survey results for four tornadoes ...
A line of storms passing through Oklahoma overnight spawned several destructive tornadoes.
List of reported tornadoes - Tuesday, May 1, 2012 EF# Location County Coord. Time (UTC) Path length Comments/Damage Oklahoma: EF1: WSW of Nowata: Nowata: 0542 6.5 miles (10.5 km) Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted and several barns were damaged. EF2: NE of Welch: Craig
The National Weather Center expects severe weather to hit Oklahoma this weekend with a potential of strong tornadoes in parts of western Oklahoma and the state's panhandle.