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On May 24–25, 1957, a tornado outbreak primarily affected the Western High Plains, Central Great Plains, and Central Oklahoma/Texas Plains of the United States. 45 tornadoes touched down over the area, most of which took place across northern and western Texas, in addition to southern Oklahoma.
On Tuesday, April 10, 1979, a widespread and destructive outbreak of severe weather impacted areas near the Red River between Oklahoma and Texas. Thunderstorms developed over West and North Central Texas during the day within highly unstable atmospheric conditions following the northward surge of warm and moist air into the region, producing large hail, strong winds, and multiple tornadoes.
On June 8, 1974, a significant tornado outbreak affected portions of the southern Great Plains and the Upper Midwest.The outbreak produced 36 tornadoes, at least 19 of them significant or intense, and is the second-deadliest June tornado event in Oklahoma history, with 16 deaths reported in the state, second only to the 35 people killed by an F4 tornado on June 12, 1942, in Oklahoma City. [1]
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 ...
Located in western Oklahoma, approximately 87 mi (140 km) southwest of Oklahoma City, [8] [9] it is the principal city of the Lawton, Oklahoma, metropolitan statistical area. According to the 2020 census , Lawton's population was 90,381, making it the sixth-largest city in the state, and the largest in Western Oklahoma .
A late-year autumn outbreak, it was the largest October tornado outbreak in Oklahoma history. (8 significant) Tornado outbreak of January 17–18, 1999: January 17–18, 1999: Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi: 24: 8 fatalities: Strong and deadly tornadoes touched down in Tennessee, including an F3 and an F4 tornado that struck Jackson, killing ...
The deadliest tornado documented in Oklahoma is the April 9, 1947, Woodward tornado that killed 116 people, the weather service reports. No building was left undamaged down the main street of ...
Storms are expected to cross Oklahoma late Monday with the highest potential of softball-size hail, winds and tornadoes in the metro area after 5 p.m. Live updates: Severe storm outbreak has 'high ...