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Oklahoma tornado tracks during the 1955 Great Plains tornado outbreak. Several unusual events occurred during the 1955 tornado season. May 25 saw two F5 tornadoes on the ground at the same time in the same general area of Northern Oklahoma and Southern Kansas, both of which caused catastrophic damage and hundreds of casualties.
The 1955 Great Plains tornado outbreak was a deadly tornado outbreak that struck the southern and central U.S Great Plains States on May 25–26, 1955. It produced at least 48 tornadoes across seven states including two F5 tornadoes in Blackwell, Oklahoma, and Udall, Kansas that caused most of the casualties.
The tornado, known informally by the National Weather Service as the Scottsbluff, Nebraska Tornado, [1] was the most well-documented tornado in history at the time of the event. The tornado was one of the first multi-vortex tornadoes to be captured on film and in photographs; over eighty photographs were taken of the tornado along its 40-mile ...
1955 Great Plains tornado outbreak: May 25–26, 1955: Great Plains – Midwest – Mississippi Valley: 46: 102 fatalities, 593 injuries: This was one of the deadliest Plains outbreaks on record. An F5 tornado struck Blackwell, Oklahoma, killing 20 people. Another F5 tornado from the same storm struck Udall, Kansas, killing 80.
A brief tornado embedded within a larger swath of wind damage destroyed several farm buildings on the southwest side of Pana. No monetary damage was given. The tornado came from the same storm that produced the Schram City tornado. The storm itself traveled 50 miles (80 km) from there to Bethany in Moultrie County, causing $75,000 in damage.
Some of the most notorious twisters in U.S. history were wedge tornadoes, including the EF5 that leveled Joplin, Missouri, on May 22, 2011, and the El Reno tornado, which was a jaw-dropping 2.6 ...
1955 Great Plains tornado outbreak – Many homes were swept away in town. [35] May 25: 1955: United States Oklahoma, Kansas Udall: 80: SPC-NWS, [20] NCDC, [36] Grazulis: 1955 Great Plains tornado outbreak – Nearly every structure in Udall was leveled. Vehicles were thrown and stripped down to their frames, including a pickup truck that was ...
An F4 tornado near Erie, Michigan on June 8, 1953. Photo courtesy of NOAA. The F4 Scottsbluff, Nebraska tornado passing the Scottsbluff airport on June 27, 1955.. This is a list of tornadoes which have been officially or unofficially labeled as F4, EF4, IF4, or an equivalent rating in the 1950s.