One Norman resident whose neighborhood took a direct hit from the tornado told FOX Weather's Brandy Campbell their windows shattered as they raced into their underground storm shelter. Past Weather Events, Weather Safety 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. The funnel touched down about 2 miles southwest of Mustang at 3:28 pm CST and periodically lifted and touched the ground again at it moved to the east-northeast at 30 mph. "Please keep out of the area and let first responders help the people in these areas. 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. There was also shingle damage just south of the barn. Extensive damage occurred to buildings and aircraft, mainly at Tinker AFB where 54 aircraft were destroyed, including 17 C-54 transports valued at $500,000 apiece. It tore the roof and a wall off a barn and drove 2x4 beams into the ground. Damage intensities increased quickly to F2 and isolated F3 as the tornado, initially narrow, moved east along 5th street. Four persons were injured and transported to local hospitals. There were no known structures to hit as the tornado traveled northeast from near SE 29th and Anderson Road to Hiwassee Road. "We've got glass everywhere inside.". 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. This tornado touched down on the north edge of Oklahoma City, near 150th Street and N. Western Avenue, and followed a curving path, first to the north-northeast, then to the northeast, and finally eastward, through parts of Edmond. Then it was dropped in Arkansas. But it wasn't just tornadoes slamming the central and southern Plains with damaging winds. The tornado was the 9th of 14 tornadoes produced by a supercell thunderstorm during the tornado outbreak. From the east side of Lake Stanley Draper, near Hiwassee Road and SE 89th Street, to just south of Harrah, the damage path became more severe and focused. Homes were damaged on Newey Avenue, Randy Street, and Rowlett Avenue with the most significant damage near the intersection of Randy Street and Rowlett Avenue where house damage consistent with an F3 rating was observed. Along the track, major structural damage occurred to businesses along U.S. Interstate Highway I-35 from 122nd Street southward for approximately three-quarters of a mile. The stack of one of the boilers was also sheared off. Nearest Tornados by Distance Tornado Locations During the afternoon and evening of June 13th, four supercell thunderstorms developed near a dryline in western Oklahoma and tracked east into central sections of the state. The General Motors Plant in southeast Oklahoma City sustained some of the most significant damage. 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. The tornado finally lifted 2 miles south of Harrah. Current Conditions Radar Forecasts Rivers and Lakes Climate and Past Weather Local Programs Select a county from Oklahoma from the menus below. No means of anchoring the roofs to the exterior walls was noted. Throughout the evening of 2-26-23, a significant severe weather event was ongoing spanning from Texas to Kansas. Damages were estimated in excess of $1 million. Tuesday, May 3rd 2022, 9:16 am. A 62-year-old grandfather was killed, and three others were hurt in the storms, according to Roger Mills County Emergency Manager Levi Blackketter. The tornado continued east-northeast crossing Interstate 240 and Southeast 74th Street. Homes on the south side of 5th, and those on 6th Street one block to the north, were relatively undamaged. The two hotels, both two-story, had their second floors partially or totally removed by the tornado. Videos of the aftermath of a tornado that touched down in the state have begun circulating on social media. The FOX Forecast Center says that the 9 confirmed tornadoes sets the record for the most February tornadoes in Oklahoma. One of the nursing home residents was slightly injured. Oklahoma Shelters. The likelihood of tornadoes in the area was forecast successfully for the first time ever, using new methods devised by Air Force forecasters after the tornadoes of five days earlier. Another home farther east was destroyed, although walls remained intact. Large hail and strong straight-line winds associated with the rear-flank downdraft also occurred with this tornadic supercell. The adjoining office part of the complex to the south was a brick structure that received significant damage to the exterior walls. *Tornado risk is calculated from the destruction path that has occured within 30 miles of the location. The total path length was approximately 5.5 miles. These homes were of recent construction and were well built with brick exterior facades (some likely in excess of $200,000). This tornado touched down 1 block west of north May Avenue and Pembroke Terrace and moved east to Woods Park in Nichols Hills. After crossing Douglas Boulevard, the tornado continued to slowly veer to the northeast and damaged homes along Berryman Road. The tornado was rated F2 (At 122nd Street approximately 1-2 miles east of I-35). It crossed U.S. Interstate Highway I-40 and struck a large car dealership at the 7600 block of SE 29th Street. The tornado next produced F2 damage to the front portion of the Oakdale School at North Sooner Road and East Hefner Road. 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 supercell thunderstorm moved across the southern half of Oklahoma County producing very heavy rain, large hail, and a brief tornado. An 80-year-old man from Woodward, Oklahoma was visiting relatives in Warr Acres. One was on the ground for about 5 minutes in Hancock County. Shortly before the tornado dissipated, a mobile home rolled off of cinder blocks, but was otherwise undamaged. The tornado moved into the southeast section of Tinker Air Force Base, including the south part of the runway complex. Between Sunnylane Road and Sooner Road, the tornado traveled through an open area narrowly missing a residential area. News 9's Jordan Dafnis went to Yukon to survey storm damage, including downed power lines, from Monday night's severe weather. Motions observed visually in this tornado suggest that the tornado was likely stronger than EF3 in western Lincoln County, but no damage indicators were available that would have supplied a rating higher than EF3 in this area. Tornado Shelters Yukon. 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. It appears the fire suppression system is damaged, you can see water spurting out from the building. Several vehicles were tossed into front yards, and in one case nearly into the front of a home. Buildings blew apart just as the students were falling to the floor and looking for shelter, and 5 students and a teacher were killed. Three automobiles were washed off the roadway at SE 59th and Eastern in Oklahoma City. Considerable damage was done to the strip mall in the 7400 block of north May Avenue. Damage in this area included major damage to two hotels, the First Christian Church, the Young Child Development Center, a Project Headstart building, an office building, and several restaurants. Map of Route 66 in Yukon Historic Route 66 in Yukon. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration David Payne Summarizes Feb. 26 Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak. The most significant damage occurred just east of Interstate 35 where a motel sustained significant damage losing most walls on the second floor (DI 6, DOD 8) and significant damage to many recreational vehicles at an adjacent RV park. The tornado moved to the northeast from NE 17th Street and Eastern Avenue, damaging several buildings between there and NE 28th Street & Grand Avenue. Substantial structural damage in this initial touchdown area was confined to homes on the north side of 5th Street, just east of Santa Fe. The tornado set down at the top of a hill in a mobile home park and moved down the hill, damaging several mobile homes and destroying one mobile home at the bottom of the hill. 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. 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. More than 600 newly assembled sport utility vehicles parked outside the plant were damaged or destroyed. Oklahoma Gas and Electric officials reported that 215 utility poles were downed. 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. F3 damage occurred to a few homes along Burning Oaks Drive between Westminister and Twisted Oaks Drive. Severe Thunderstorm Warnings, Climate and Past Weather Two homes in the north part of the neighborhood were completely destroyed consistent with F4 damage. In Shawnee, a tornado just narrowly missed Shawnee Mall, city officials said. Additionally, strong wind shear was present as a mid-level jet streak carved into the southern Plains. The bus rolled several times jostling passengers around the interior. Forecast Discussion. Already survey teams have confirmed at least EF-2 level damage on the tornado that swept through Goldsby-Norman, according to a meteorologist at NWS Norman. Local Climate Data In January, a powerful New Year's storm would bring five tornadoes to the state in the midday hours of Jan. 2, mostly in Eastern Oklahoma. One duplex was destroyed, two houses had major damage, and 8-9 houses suffered minor damage. 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). This tornado moved to the northeast, hitting Tinker Air Force Base for the second time in less than a week. Where the tornado crossed U.S. Interstate Highway I-40, a gas station and drive-in restaurant sustained up to EF-3 damage. The tornado wrecked 26 planes at the South Shields airport and destroyed or severely damaged several farmsteads, a cemetery and several homes and businesses. A newly built paint shop sustained the heaviest damage exposing equipment and new production parts to the weather. The roof and windows of the showroom/service building were damaged, as were an adjacent used car lot and car wash. A 2x12 rafter was thrown about 800 feet over the top of a nearby building, piercing the windshield of an auto driving out of the service shop. Just west of U.S. Interstate Highway I-35. the wall of a lumber yard was knocked over, the main building was partially unroofed, and the contents inside the building were scattered. The tornado then turned southeast with a path from 4.8 miles northwest of Jones to 3.9 miles west-northwest of Jones. Hangars and other buildings were destroyed. The damaging wind gusts took a toll on power lines across the region. NORMAN, Okla. A line of severe thunderstorms spanning hundreds of miles swept across the central and southern Plains Sunday evening, killing one, injuring more than a dozen others and bringing destruction at the hands of rare February tornadoes in Oklahoma. 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. Two housing additions were struck in Edmond, with 39 houses destroyed and 171 houses and 28 apartment buildings damaged. The General Motors plant had 1500 new cars totaled and Tinker Air Force Base had several large planes damaged. By: News 9. Damage intensity increased to F3 as the tornado approached 12th Street between Janeway and Interstate 35. Hazardous Weather Outlook This was the deadliest tornado to strike the Oklahoma City area until the May 3, 1999 F5 tornado. A total of 3 injuries were reported in the great Oklahoma City area. OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - An incredibly strong upper level disturbance is combining with increasing temperatures and humidity levels to bring. This tornado which caused mostly F0 damage with pockets of high-end F1 damage tracked from near the intersection of Glade Avenue and Northwest 38th Street, across Northwest 50th Street and North Rockwell Avenue, and finally to Hammond Avenue and Northwest 59th Street. Debris patterns suggest the garage doors failed allowing the wind to lift the roof. 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. These included 18 B-29s, 8 P-47s, 20 P-17s, and 3 C-47s. #OKwx #Oklahoma #Tornado pic.twitter.com/7YKZpFMmae. A southbound moving Greyhound bus was hit by the tornado as it crossed Interstate 35. Of the 28 injuries in Moore, most occurred at the mobile home park. The tornado then weakened rapidly to F0/F1 intensity as it crossed Reno Avenue, and at 6:48 pm CST dissipated about 3 blocks north of Reno between Sooner Roadand Air Depot Boulevard. 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. Paragliders record never-before-seen footage of world's second-tallest mountain, Elizabeth Holmes has 2nd child as prison sentence looms, Dozens of sharks swarm fishing boat in feeding frenzy off Louisiana coast, video shows. Multi vortex tornado near Yukon, Oklahoma followed by power flashes and large hail. The greatest damage along the storm path was in the extreme northwest section of Oklahoma City. In Oklahoma, almost 10 tornadoes and 12 injuries were reported in Sunday's severe weather. About 3 miles northeast of Mustang, a school building was extensively damaged and had most of its windows blown out. South of Northeast 122nd Street, between North Air Depot Boulevard and North Midwest Boulevard, the tornado strengthened again and the path widened to over three-quarters of a mile wide as the tornado turned more to the northeast. Another area of F1 damage began 0.3 miles north of the intersection of North 108th Street and Westminster Boulevard. Hail up to 4 inches in diameter accompanied the storm. Windows were blown out of several businesses, several lost roofs, power lines were downed and large signs were bent. This event was originally thought to have been produced by a single, long-track tornado, but data analysis done by scientists at the National Severe Storm Laboratory (NSSL) and information collected from storm surveys, eyewitnesses, and media accounts indicate that multiple tornadoes were produced by a cyclic, parent supercell thunderstorm that moved northeastward at 45 mph during its lifetime. One supercell produced three tornadoes that affected Moore, southern Oklahoma City, Midwest City, and Choctaw. Risk Level: Very High Yearly Avg. 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. According to records, the largest tornado in the Yukon area was an F5 in 1999 that caused 583 injuries and 36 deaths. Rainfall amounts of around 2 inches fell in a short time causing flash flooding across several areas of the county. Total damage was estimated at $1 billion. At that location, the steel frame, fastened to the concrete foundation with four one-inch diameter steel rods, was destroyed and steel reinforced concrete was pulled out of the ground. This thunderstorm developed in southwest Oklahoma along a retreating dryline. Skip to content "Safety Standing By Since 2003" Toll Free 866.520.FLAT Okc 405.609.1509 Tulsa 918.219.7254. 18: 06/12/1942: 2041: 2.3: 500: F4 35 100: Oklahoma We recommend a Storm Shelter or Safe Room. In total, the National Weather Service has confirmed 17 tornadoes as of Tuesday from across the Plains and Midwest with more damage locations still under investigation. Movement was generally to the northeast, but it often "cut to the east or west". Troopers requested a number of ambulances at I-40 near Yukon, west of Oklahoma City. Approximately 100 employee vehicles were also damaged with one compact car being flipped vertically and wedged into the side of the paint shop. Winter Weather Warnings Supercells that tracked across Noble County and northern Cleveland County produced large hail and severe winds, but no tornadoes. THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE EXPLAINED. A potent Spring storm system took shape across the Southern and Central Plains. Damage from the hail across southern Oklahoma County was estimated at $35 million. It appears the fire suppression system is damaged, you can see water spurting out from the building. The tornado moved through the western portions of Blanchard with top damage wind speeds of 150-175 mph. By: News On 6, News 9. Southwestern Bell Telephone Company officials reported 30,000 telephones out of service, primarily in northwest Oklahoma City and Mustang. The body shop, power house, and a couple of cooling tanks also sustained significant damage. CoCoRaHS 7.5 miles away from Flatsafe Tornado Shelters. Yukon is a city in eastern Canadian County, Oklahoma, United States.It is part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area.The population was 22,709 at the 2010 census. (A second tornado formed from the first, but its path was entirely within Edmond.). The path continued through open country and crossed the Turner Turnpike (U.S. Interstate Highway I-44) just south of Luther. A barn was heavily damaged with debris thrown to the north. The most severely damaged home was located atop a small hill with garage doors on the upwind side of the home. Damage continued to the northeast crossing Anderson Road and Southeast 29th Street moving into the city of Midwest City. FlatSafe tornado shelters are Oklahoma's premier tornado shelters for homeowners in Yukon. 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. 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. Heavy rains flooded the cellar, and the woman drowned. 50 and Czech Hall Road. The tornado finally dissipated about 3 miles southeast of Tryon. These thunderstorms developed near and along a strong dryline located across central Oklahoma. Widespread tree, power line/pole damage was reported from near I-35 to the east side of Stanley Draper Lake. Lesser damage occurred eastward into Nichols Hills. StormReady Be among the first to get breaking news, weather, and general news updates from News 9 delivered right to your inbox! 3. There were 15 large hail reports of at least 1 inch in diameter. Heavy rain accompanied the tornado and apparently obscured any noise made by the storm. Most structures that received F1 damage were structures with susceptibilities to high wind. Tornado damage here in Norman, Oklahoma tonight! To mark the 100th anniversary of this event, tornado data . . This long-track tornado began 0.25 miles northeast of the intersection of North Kelly Avenue and East Wilshire Boulevard, just northeast of the KWTV-9 television station and near the WB-34 TV station, but neither tall tower was toppled. 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. 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. The National Weather Service (NWS) issued multiple warnings across the state on Sunday, including for Ponca City, Tonkawa and Billings. Lawton is expected to see the strongest winds with estimates between 65 and 70 mph on Monday. This tornado moved northeastward from the Cleveland County line along the southeastern edge of Oklahoma City. As the tornado continued northeast, it uprooted trees and downed tree limbs. Daily Weather History Local Storm Reports A news story in the Oklahoma Herald also mentioned two deaths in the Waterloo area, and that "over a score of people" were injured. Strong F2 to F3 damage was observed on the west side of Post Road to the south of Southeast 44th Street. As the continued moving to the east-northeast through eastern Oklahoma County, the next report of damage was 3 miles northwest of Harrah where several farm buildings were destroyed. Two occupants of a mobile home were killed and 18 others were injured. 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