Maximum damage intensity on Sunrise Avenue (north of 12th and one block east of City Ave.) was rated strong F2 and consisted mostly of homes being partially or totally unroofed. Winter Weather Warnings A large number of power poles and large trees were downed along SE 15th Street to the east of Hiwassee. The tornado first moved northeast causing a damage path which was located from 6.9 miles south of Edmond to 4.8 miles northwest of Jones. Continuing northeast and widening to nearly a quarter of a mile, the tornado crossed Janeway Avenue between Dillon Avenue (south edge) and 12th Street (north edge). David Payne Summarizes Feb. 26 Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak. On Pembroke Terrace, an RV was thrown into a house, a car was overturned, trees were toppled, and shingles and roof decking were partially blown away. A farm was damaged 2 miles south and 2 miles east of Yukon. The fire alarm is going off.". A pilot flew over the storm path from east of Guthrie in Logan County to south of Stillwater in Payne County, and reported seeing several intermittent damage paths within that flightline. This tornado moved to the east, causing a record amount of damage at the time in Oklahoma. The FOX Forecast Center says that the 9 confirmed tornadoes sets the record for the most February tornadoes in Oklahoma. The damage path was well defined by downed and twisted trees, and total destruction occurred to 2 homes, 4 barns, and 9 outbuildings, with lesser damage incurred by 10 homes and 7 buildings. Please try another search. Intensity dropped to F2 in this area, but the path width remained close to a quarter of a mile. Please Contact Us. A watchman at the warehouse was killed when a concrete block wall collapsed on him. Rivers and Lakes A pecan fork was also downed. With large instability and wind shear, the stage was set for widespread severe storm development. OG&E power outages linger in Oklahoma after last night's tornadoes. Empty semi-tractor trailers located in the east parking lot of the truck stop were over turned and rolled tens of feet. The tornado touched down approximately 0.25 miles southwest of the corner of Bryant Avenue and Hefner Road, and moved northeast crossing U.S. Interstate Highway I-35 at the Frontier City theme park parking lot. of Tornados in Yukon, OK 5 Several homes also sustained damage, mainly with mostly roofs receiving significant damage, and some siding was ripped off. Oklahoma Shelters. In addition to damaging tornadoes, the storm produced extensive straight-line wind damage from Lake Hefner, across Nichols Hills and The Village, into northeast Oklahoma County. Most of the damage occurred at Mustang in Canadian County, located just southwest of Oklahoma City, and along a path up to a half mile wide from the southwest corner of Oklahoma City to the northeast corner of the city. Throughout the evening of 2-26-23, a significant severe weather event was ongoing spanning from Texas to Kansas. Between Sunnylane Road and Sooner Road, the tornado traveled through an open area narrowly missing a residential area. The Frontier City theme park was among the hardest hit businesses. Daily Weather History The tornado crossed Northeast 27th between Pole Road and Eastern Avenue and continued northeast, crossing Eastern at the Lakeside Golf Course, just east of Eastern and straddling the Oklahoma City and Moore city limits. Tornado Risk: read more about Tornado Risk along Route66. They told FOX 32 that their office received reports of damage to trees, windows, fences and roofs but no major structural damage. One supercell thunderstorm tracked through parts of Canadian, Oklahoma, and Cleveland counties, producing a small, weak anticyclonic tornado near Yukon, OK. More than 20 other buildings were damaged. Yukon, OK is a Very High Risk area for tornados. Stanley's family just moved to the neighborhood from California about a year ago, and it was their first time needing to use their storm shelter. Along SE 74th, a number of businesses received significant damage including a storage facility, a boat dealership, a Mary Kay Training Center, and a trucking company. A tornado touched down about one mile south-southwest of Blanchard in McClain County at 19:30 CST and moved north-northeastward at 40 mph. Two days after thousands in Oklahoma were left without power as winds reached up to 70 mph, two supercell storms produced multiple tornadoes in the west of the state in Kiowa County, and north. sharing the stories, pictures and loves of Oklahomans across our great state. Two tornadoes were reported in Kansas and Missouri, and one in Texas. In eastern portions of the neighborhood, significant tree damage continued, although there was no significant structural damage. Another area of F1 damage began 0.3 miles north of the intersection of North 108th Street and Westminster Boulevard. The first major damage was observed at SW 44th Street and Independence Avenue, and the last damage was noted at SW 22nd Street & Robinson Avenue. Some fences also appear broken with some homes having their roofs partially damaged. An image of a powerline that had been blown over following a tornado in Oklahoma. This is off of E Imhoff Rd. Hangars and other buildings were destroyed. Flood/Flash Flood Safety The tornado next leveled buildings on 2 farmsteads 7 miles southeast where a woman was fatally injured when it destroyed her mobile home. The strongest tornado, an F3, moved across portions of the northeastern metro area. Most of the damage occurred in the 27-29th Street areas between Portland and Goff Avenues. The large tornado continued to move northeast from Logan County into Lincoln County. This event prompted the first efforts in tornado forecasting which was a milestone that was made even more interesting 5 days later when the first tornado forecast ever made actually verified at the same location. After a lightning strike, the tornado can briefly be seen in the footage as it quickly moves through the area. Please refer to our. Multiple locations were found. Storm spotters had reported tornado sightings, and Doppler radar indicated debris lofted as high as 7,000 feet in the air, according to the FOX Forecast Center. Hail up to 4 inches in diameter accompanied the storm. Earlier, another supercell thunderstorm produced tornadoes near Longdale in Blaine County and 3 miles southwest of Guthrie. businesses, and autos. Another tornado hit Moore, Oklahoma causing likely EF2 damage. The church, child care center, and office building were leveled. Several fences were also knocked down as the tornado moved northeast. Emergency service vehicles are also seen in the area. These thunderstorms developed near and along a strong dryline located across central Oklahoma. Three weak tornadoes also touched down in open country northwest of El Reno and near Yukon. The most serious injury was a broken leg suffered in a storm-related crash. The strongest gust of the night was in Memphis, Texas, where a wind gauge clocked a 114-mph gust, according to the National Weather Service. (A second tornado formed from the first, but its path was entirely within Edmond.). The tornado moved through the western portions of Blanchard with top damage wind speeds of 150-175 mph. Tree damage was also found south of this location. A total of 42 homes received major damage, and 630 received minor damage. Josh Dulaney Damaging winds increase in southwest Oklahoma A squall line will enter southwest Oklahoma and parts of western north Texas shortly, according to the National Weather Service. This tornado was the first of several tornadoes to plague the Oklahoma City Metropolitan area on this day, and the tornado touched down a few feet southwest of the National Weather Service office building at Will Rogers World Airport, and hit the office. It weakened to F2/F3 intensity and narrowed to less than 1/4 mile in width as it crossed U.S. Interstate Highway I-44 and the South Canadian River northeast of Newcastle and entered far south Oklahoma City, OK southwest of 149th Street and May Avenuearound 6:12 pm CST. Strong to violent tornadoes struck portions of central and north central Oklahoma on April 20, 1912. One supercell produced three tornadoes that affected Moore, southern Oklahoma City, Midwest City, and Choctaw. The tornado also reportedly caused issues at the Hitachi factory in Norman, according to KFOR reporter Natalie Clydesdale. Videos of the aftermath of a tornado that touched down in the state have begun circulating on social media. Tornado Database A few locations in Moore and southeast Oklahoma City had also been hit by an F5 tornado that moved through the area on May 3, 1999. Tornado warnings were issued as severe storms move into central Oklahoma on Wednesday morning. All of the tornadoes, nine total, that occurred on May 9, 2003 were produced by the same supercell. Two elementary schools and several roads, including Highway 9, were closed Monday. Oklahoma's last February tornado was an EF-0 twister that struck on Feb. 27, 2011. Two homes under construction were also destroyed. The tornado moved into the center of town where a car was thrown over the canopy at a drive-in restaurant. After the tornado turned back to the northeast, the path extended from 3.9 miles west-northwest of Jones to 2.8 miles south of Luther. The weather service also issued severe thunderstorm warnings for Ada, Holdenville and Atoka. The tornado caused spotty damage northeast of Blanchard, mostly light, and then it moved through Moore where it struck a mobile home park in southern Moore, and then many homes and businesses in the northern sections of the city. Also in Fort Bliss, weather spotters reported that an exit off Interstate 10 was closed due to leaning power poles. The greatest damage along the storm path was in the extreme northwest section of Oklahoma City. #okwx #texomawx pic.twitter.com/hxNnntNpAd. After crossing Douglas Boulevard, the tornado continued to slowly veer to the northeast and damaged homes along Berryman Road. News9.com is proud to provide Oklahomans with timely and relevant news and information, Weather Bureau) in Oklahoma City near the Will Rogers World Airport. A second tornado in Ingalls was only on the ground for 2 minutes. This tornado moved to the northeast through Bethany from NW 10th Street to Tulakes (now Wiley Post) Airport. The body shop, power house, and a couple of cooling tanks also sustained significant damage. StormReady Two people were slightly injured in the mobile home. One video that was reportedly recorded in Norman, Oklahoma, on Sunday showed homes had been partially destroyed. Then it was dropped in Arkansas. Numerous homes suffered major damage to roofs, windows, and garage doors in the Nottingham and Quail Ridge Run subdivisions located along 122nd Street 1-2 miles east of U.S. Interstate Highway I-35. The most severe damage to trees occurred in these subdivisions and areas immediately adjacent. Crossing Air Depot Boulevard, the tornado moved onto the property of the General Motors Corporation Assembly Plant causing significant (F4) damage to the plant. The two hotels, both two-story, had their second floors partially or totally removed by the tornado. It continued east-northeast across the southwestern part of Oklahoma City. Questions? The western edge of the damage path along SE 89th Street was about halfway between Eastern Avenue and Bryant Avenue and the eastern edge of the damage path was just east of Bryant Avenue. UPDATE, 5:30 p.m. Monday: OG&E said late Monday afternoon the company has restored power to 92% of affected customers. A small tornado reportedly touched down near Yukon's southwest side Wednesday. The first highway to link Yukon with Oklahoma City was Oklahoma State Highway No. The tornado next produced F2 damage to the front portion of the Oakdale School at North Sooner Road and East Hefner Road. The tornado then turned southeast with a path from 4.8 miles northwest of Jones to 3.9 miles west-northwest of Jones. The damage to property was located just west of S.W. From our family to yours, American Eagle has been serving Mustang, Oklahoma and the surrounding 50 miles as a Bathroom Remodeler and Roofer for fifteen years. 18: 06/12/1942: 2041: 2.3: 500: F4 35 100: Oklahoma The only known injury in Choctaw occurred where a woman suffered a broken leg as one home on Hidden Valley Lane was destroyed (F4). Three of the tornadoes affected western and northern portions of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan area making two days in a row (see May 8, 2003 data) that the Oklahoma City metro area was affected by a tornadic thunderstorm. In several areas roofs or buildings were moved at a right angle to the path of the storm, indicating a rotating column of air. The tornado weakened as it moved east-northeast and dissipated southwest of Indian Meridian Road and Reno Avenue. But it regained F4/F5 intensity and widened again to 1/2 to occasionally 3/4 mile as it moved northeast across south Oklahoma City, entering Moore, OK just west and north of 12th Street and Santa Fe. Four persons were injured when their car was picked up and carried 100 feet off of the U.S. Interstate Highway I-35. The most significant damage on Markwell, rated F2, was at North 6th Street. Other homes in the neighborhood were damaged along Willow Drive, Hummingbird Drive, and Kingbird Drive. At least 12 people were injured and hospitalized during the storms in Norman, though no victims had critical injuries, and there are no reports of any deaths in town, according to city officials. The total path length was approximately 5.5 miles. It should be noted that the damage track of this tornado through Moore was nearly parallel to, and generally a quarter of a mile or less south of, the track of the F5 tornado that struck Moore on 3 May 1999. Join half a million readers enjoying Newsweek's free newsletters. Six people were in the plant when the tornado struck, but were able to seek shelter in a safe room and nobody was injured at the plant. Instead, the twister left several homes destroyed to the east of the mall and a mile-long stretch of downed power lines. This tornado carved a total path of 17.3 miles moving across the Oklahoma City Metropolitan area with the most significant damage (F4) occurring in Oklahoma County. Thirty-five people were killed and 100 persons were injured, with 29 people being hospitalized, and a total of 110 families were affected by the tornado. If more data had been available at the time, it is possible that 2-3 tornadoes may have occurred with one tornado dissipating and another tornado forming near the end point of the previous tornado. Another tornado that swept through the towns of Tuttle and Mustang on the southwestern outskirts of Oklahoma City caused at least EF-1-level damage, according to NWS storm surveyors. Troopers requested a number of ambulances at I-40 near Yukon, west of Oklahoma City. See a list of all of the Official Weather Advisories, Warnings, and Severe Weather Alerts for Yukon, OK. The tornado damaged approximately 70 airplanes and 40 hangers were damaged or destroyed at Wiley Post Airport. It is possible that several tornadoes were produced by the parent supercell thunderstorm instead of a single, long-track tornado. The Witcher Baptist Church, just south of the school, sustained F1 damage. Just west of U.S. Interstate Highway I-35. A grocery store/service station was demolished. Averages and Records On Monday the winds could get as high as 70 mph in Norman Oklahoma according to the NWS. It tore the roof and a wall off a barn and drove 2x4 beams into the ground. 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