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Several destructive tornadoes have hit the state of Oklahoma since 1878, the year with the first recorded tornado within state boundaries. Oklahoma, located in tornado alley, experiences around 68 tornadoes annually, many of which are intense (EF3+). The deadliest, rated F5, hit Woodward, Oklahoma on April 9, 1947.
From April 13 to 16, 2012, a major tornado outbreak occurred across a large portion of the Great Plains.The storms resulted in six tornado-related fatalities, all of which occurred as a result of a nighttime EF3 tornado that caused major damage in and around Woodward, Oklahoma.
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 ...
The 2013 Moore tornado was a large and violent EF5 tornado that ravaged Moore, Oklahoma, and adjacent areas on the afternoon of May 20, 2013, with peak winds estimated at 210 miles per hour (340 km/h), killing 24 people (plus two indirect fatalities) [2] and injuring 212 others. [3]
Map, severity. Most tornadoes in Oklahoma in a day. Thoren said the May 3, 1999 tornado outbreak is one of the state's highest tornadoes in one day. On May 3, 1999, there were 58 confirmed ...
A damaged sign lies outside the wreckage of Plaza Towers Elementary School, where seven children were killed when a tornado hit Moore, Oklahoma, in May 2013. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) A decade ago ...
List of tornadoes in the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak; 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak; 1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado; Tornado outbreak of April 23, 2000; Tornado outbreak of April 10–11, 2001; List of tornadoes in the May 2003 tornado outbreak sequence; Tornado outbreak sequence of May 2003; List of tornadoes in the May 2004 tornado ...
Multiple communities have been devastated by tornadoes last weekend across the Midwest. As of Thursday, Oklahoma has seen 40 tornadoes so far this year, according to AccuWeather.