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[2] [8] In December 1945, J. L. Baldwin, a meteorologist at the United States Weather Bureau office in Washington, D.C., published a paper, where he stated that this tornado was “the greatest tornado disaster during 1945”. [5] The Tornado Project, headed by Grazulis, listed this tornado as one of the worst tornadoes in Oklahoma history. [10]
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 ...
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Antlers, Oklahoma: 1945 April 12: 69 353 F5 This tornado occurred the same afternoon as the death of U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt; as a result, this extremely violent and deadly tornado received little or no media attention, even from local newspapers. (Grazulis, p. 919) Tornado outbreak of April 12, 1945 [8] 35
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.
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Next month will mark the 10-year anniversary of the pair of tornadoes that tore through Oklahoma. On May 20, 2013, a massive tornado rated at EF5 strength on the Deadly Oklahoma tornadoes still ...