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Due to the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19, 1995, the FBI increased its scrutiny of militia groups in the Southwest with a particular interest in Oklahoma and Texas. [1] In May 1995, Schrum (aged 50) "a veteran law enforcement officer with 20 years' experience, mostly with the Tulsa Police Department" volunteered to assist the government.
A large semi-like truck was moved several feet and tipped over. About 1000 cattle were killed in this area as well. The tornado then moved to the southwest and destroyed the roof of a well constructed shed and throwing the heavy metal shed door into a field, blew a trailer 40 yards (37 m), snapped many more power poles, and downed numerous trees.
The highest wind gust report came on May 24 when a 90 knots (100 mph; 170 km/h) gust was recorded at Will Rogers Field in Southwestern Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. [19] The largest hail report came two days later southeast of Palco, Kansas, where a hailstone of 6 inches (15 cm) was observed. [20]
Southwest Airlines issued a statement in response to the FAA's investigation. "Southwest Flight 4069 landed safely at Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City just after 12 a.m. on June 19," the ...
High risk convective outlook issued by the Storm Prediction center at 13:00 UTC on May 6. Starting April 30, the Storm Prediction Center noted that certain models, including the ECMWF, forecasted a multi-day period of high instability and supportive wind shear across the Southern and Central Plains, [10] and by May 1, a 15% risk was added across Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and northern Texas. [11]
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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. [nb 2] 45 tornadoes touched down over the area, most of which took place across northern and western Texas, in addition to southern Oklahoma.
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.