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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.
An F3 tornado hit downtown Oklahoma City five days earlier, inflicting $2.5 million (1960 USD) [7] in damages to the city and injuring 57 people. [6] The 1970s, like the 1950s, was a particularly deadly decade for tornadoes in Oklahoma, with 433 tornadoes killing a combined total of 110 people. [6]
At 1930Z, a tornado watch was issued in New Mexico and Texas, where supercells were expected to develop and bring large hail up to 2.5 in (6.4 cm) and severe wind gusts of up to 70 mph (110 km/h), with tornadic potential being likely to develop later that evening. [6]
Central, eastern Oklahoma under new tornado watch. 10:55 a.m. Most of Oklahoma east of Interstate 35 will be under a tornado watch until 6 p.m. Tornado watches are alerts to stay prepared and be ...
A line of storms began crossing Oklahoma early Monday morning, which led to possible tornadoes near Gould, Lawton and Granite, Oklahoma between 2:50 a.m. and 4 a.m.
At the earliest, storms could start around 1 p.m. for western Oklahoma, making it to the risk area including Lawton, Oklahoma City and Stillwater as early as 3 p.m.
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.
A low threat of tornadoes failed to produce significant damage Sunday across Oklahoma. The National Weather Service in Norman reported that around 7:45 p.m. scattered storms were moving across ...