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On May 9, 2016, a violent multi-vortex EF4 tornado struck southern Katie, Oklahoma. The tornado was extremely erratic and killed one person [ 1 ] [ 2 ] while causing $1,000,000 (2016 USD) in damages. The tornado was extremely photogenic, and was heavily documented by storm chasers and civilians.
A violent EF4 stovepipe tornado (the first EF4 tornado of 2016) near Katie, Oklahoma killed one person, leveled and swept away multiple homes, and left behind an extensive swath of ground scouring, while a large EF3 wedge tornado from the same parent supercell caused major damage near Sulphur.
A storm system produced 15 tornadoes across parts of Oklahoma and Texas on the evening of April 29 and the following day. Two EF1 tornadoes destroyed mobile homes near Fletcher and Ninnekah, Oklahoma, and an EF2 tornado caused major damage to some businesses in Lindale, Texas. The parent supercell that produced the Lindale tornado went on to ...
A devastating, multi-day tornado outbreak leveled entire neighborhoods and businesses starting Friday, upending lives across several states in the American Heartland.
The EF5 tornado had a path length of 22 miles and was up to a mile wide at its maximum point. The twister killed around 160 people and injured more than 1,100 others, causing an estimated $2.8 ...
The tornado was the costliest in Oklahoma history and the third costliest in US history, leaving an estimated $2 billion (2013 USD) worth of damages in its wake. [12] Tornadoes in Oklahoma have broken numerous national and worldwide records. Both the widest and most powerful tornadoes ever recorded occurred in Oklahoma.
Oklahoma tends to see the most tornadoes during the months of April and May, according to the Storm Prediction Center. The state averages 13 tornadoes in April and 34 in May.
Katie is a town in Garvin County, Oklahoma, United States. The town is 69 miles (111 km) south of Oklahoma City. It was incorporated in 2004 [3] and had a population of 348 at the 2010 census. [4] On May 9, 2016, an EF4 tornado touched down in the southern part of Katie, and tracked to the east, causing one death and several injuries.