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Several destructive tornadoes have hit the state of Oklahoma since 1882, the year with the first recorded tornado within state boundaries. Oklahoma, located in Tornado Alley, experiences around 68 tornadoes annually, with each EF3+ tornado killing an average of 2.9 people. 497 tornadoes have been classified as "intense" in Oklahoma, being rated F3+ on the Fujita Scale [note 1] or EF3+ on the ...
Touching down 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Arnett in southern Ellis County, Oklahoma, at 11:42 p.m. CDT on April 14, this deadly EF3 nighttime tornado was the only tornado of the outbreak that resulted in any fatalities. After touching down, the tornado rapidly intensified and continued through sparsely populated areas to the northeast of ...
The year began with an unusual number of tornadoes during January 2012. The first major tornado outbreak occurred on January 22–23, when a spring-like system moved across the southern Mississippi valley, producing at least two dozen confirmed tornadoes across Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama. As a whole, January was the ...
According to NWS Nashville, the EF-3 tornado in Clarksville, which killed three and injured 62 people, tracked for 43 miles across Montgomery, Todd and Logan Counties and was on the ground for ...
Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell urged residents to be "extremely careful in Nashville right now, especially in areas where the tornado passed through" due to potential downed power lines in a ...
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[1] [2] The first confirmed tornado in January (and 2012) was an EF0 tornado which struck Fort Bend County in Texas at 1445 UTC on January 9. [3] The last tornado of February was an EF0 that affected Blount County in Tennessee at 0030 UTC on March 1, though in terms of Central Time Zone, where the tornado took place, it was still February 29.
Dozens dead and dozens more missing after an outbreak spawned one tornado that stayed on the ground for 50 miles. A day after the deadliest tornado day in seven years, Tennessee remains in a state ...