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The same tornado also tore through Bartlesville, Oklahoma, located about 20 miles away from Barnsdall. A person at a hotel in Bartlesville captured a heart-pounding video of the moment when the ...
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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]
It was the second tornado to hit Barnsdall in five weeks — a twister on April 1 with maximum wind speeds of 90 to 100 mph (145 to 161 kph) damaged homes and blew down trees and power poles.
On the evening of May 6, 2024, an EF4 tornado hit the city, the second tornado in the city within five weeks. Peak wind speeds were estimated at 180 mph (290 km/h). [13] [14] Two fatalities occurred in Barnsdall as a result of the tornado, and several structures were completely destroyed. Barnsdall Nursing Home was among the structures that ...
The tornado killed a person on I-35 just prior to reaching its peak intensity. [45] May 6 2024 United States Oklahoma: Barnsdall, Bartlesville: 2 (33 injuries) NWS: 2024 Barnsdall–Bartlesville tornado — A large, nearly mile-wide wedge tornado produced major damage along a path of 40.8 miles (65.7 km). The tornado reached peak intensity with ...
e Tuesday, according to the website PowerOutage.us, while 18,000 were without power in Missouri and almost 10,000 in Arkansas.
In the United States, the year started off somewhat slow with a below average number of tornadoes through the first three months. However, the El Niño pattern that was in place during that period weakened in April; the pattern shift caused the more traditional Tornado Alley zone to rapidly become extremely favorable for tornado outbreaks, and several large outbreaks occurred in late spring.