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The 1948 Tinker Air Force Base tornadoes were two tornadoes which struck Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on March 20 and 25, 1948.Both are estimated to have been equivalent to F3 in intensity on the modern Fujita scale of tornado intensity, [2] which was not devised until 1971. [3]
Two large tornadoes struck Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, damaging or destroying a large number of aircraft including at least two Douglas C-54 Skymasters, a Douglas C-47 Skytrain, and many Boeing B-29 Superfortresses stored from World War II. In the first storm, "54 aircraft were destroyed, including 17 C-54 transports valued ...
The next day, a F3 tornado struck the Tinker Air Force Base on March 20 which injured 8 people with three of the injuries were in the watch tower and caused $10 million in damage while a F2 tornado damaged few buildings from the corner of the air force base. On March 23, F3 tornado destroyed a small home near Charlotte Airport, North Carolina.
On March 20, 1948, a destructive tornado rampaged through the Tinker Air Force Base, located southeast of Oklahoma City. At the time, the damage produced by the twister was the worst in state ...
1948 Tinker Air Force Base tornadoes: Three tornadoes affected Tinker AFB in the span of six days: two on March 20 led to successful prediction of the third on March 25. These tornadoes significantly contributed to the process of predicting severe weather events. (Grazulis, p. 935) Jefferson City, Missouri: 2019 May 22 $174,000,000 $209,908,014 ...
1948 Tinker Air Force Base tornadoes: March 20 & 25, 1948: Oklahoma City: 2: First successful tornado prediction in history by Maj. Ernest J. Fawbush and Capt. Robert C. Miller who was on duty at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. [1] Late-March 1948 tornado outbreak: March 25–27, 1948: Central United States – 37 fatalities ...
In Norman, about 15 miles northeast of Cole, a tornado was seen on the ground near Tinker Air Force Base, along with large hail that damaged a truck at the base. Hail was a consistent threat ...
The tornado continued on into Moore, then passed over the intersection of Shields Boulevard and Interstate 35 and back into Oklahoma City, crossing Interstate 240 near Bryant Avenue. The storm then turned more northerly, striking parts of Del City and Tinker Air Force Base near Sooner Road as an F4. The storm damaged and/or destroyed several ...