It crossed southeastern Oklahoma City and entered Del City, OK as an F4 tornado, width 1/3 to 1/2 mile, along SE 44th between Sunnylane and Sooner Roads, and continued north-northeast to the northwestern part of Tinker Air Force Base, near SE 29th Street and Sooner Road. Tours. A pecan fork was also downed. The roof of one building was ripped off and the debris hurled across a lot full of new cars. Damage at the mobile home park was estimated at $150,000. At least two mobile homes were destroyed as the tornado continued to the east-northeast. The funnel cut a twisting, erratic path through the southwest part of Oklahoma City. You can opt-out at any time. The storm moved northeast across Oklahoma eventually dissipating in northeastern Oklahoma. The most serious injury was a broken leg suffered in a storm-related crash. Tornado Warning including Ponca City OK, Tonkawa OK and Billings OK until 10:45 PM CST pic.twitter.com/gbgNOQji1Y. More Observations This tornado was rated F2(113-157 mph). Northeast wall section of barn was essentially undamaged. The tornado damaged approximately 70 airplanes and 40 hangers were damaged or destroyed at Wiley Post Airport. The funnel lifted as it moved to the northeast, but touched down again and damaged two farmsteads near 150th & N. MacArthur. A commercial building on the south side of 12th suffered F3 damage, as did several homes on the north side of 12th Street at City Avenue where several homes lost most of their outside walls. . The weather service also issued severe thunderstorm warnings for Ada, Holdenville and Atoka. 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. The tornado then turned back east-northeast causing a sheet metal hay barn to be completely blown down with hay intact. The tornado moved to the northeast from NE 17th Street and Eastern Avenue, damaging several buildings between there and NE 28th Street & Grand Avenue. 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. All NOAA. Local Climate Data Other gusts exceeded 70 mph in Texas near Amarillo and El Paso, and one person was injured in El Paso County's Fort Bliss when they were blown off their feet, according to a National Weather Service storm report. Southwestern Bell Telephone Company officials reported 30,000 telephones out of service, primarily in northwest Oklahoma City and Mustang. The most severe damage, one of the two EF-4 tornadoes of the day, occurred in the Deerfield West Subdivision. 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. Possible tornado touchdown reported near Yukon, Canadian County humane society launches membership drive, Crossroads of Oklahoma Farm Show continues through 4 p.m. today, Law enforcement to conduct Friday night checkpoint adjacent to Canadian County, Wootton retains council seat; streets proposal fails. In Oklahoma, almost 10 tornadoes and 12 injuries were reported in Sunday's severe weather. The threat of severe weather diminished Monday evening as the storm system pushed off the Eastern Seaboard. #okwx @kfor pic.twitter.com/10tAZzwOvP. A tornado has been confirmed west of Reed, Oklahoma. Two elementary schools and several roads, including Highway 9, were closed Monday. It was was paved in Portland concrete in . Once a tornado in Broken Bow carried a motel sign 30 miles. It appears the fire suppression system is damaged, you can see water spurting out from the building. #okwx #texomawx pic.twitter.com/hxNnntNpAd. We recommend a Storm Shelter or Safe Room. Records taken from the Storm Prediction Center archive data, "Storm Data", and data from the National Weather Service office in Norman. Partial barn roof removal was found southwest of location in an open field. "Please keep out of the area and let first responders help the people in these areas. One of the tornadoes touched down about 8 miles southeast of Seward and near the intersection of U.S. Interstate Highway I-35 and the Logan/Oklahoma County line. She tweeted: "It's pretty chaotic scene at Hitachi in Norman. A few mobile homes in this area were also completely destroyed. To the northeast, homes in another residential area on Southeast 32nd Street were significantly damaged and a number of large trees were also downed. 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. "I can't believe this actually happened to come out and see this (destruction); the intensity, the violence of it all," he said. Near the end of the damage path, 3.5 miles northeast of Wiley Post Airfield, the tornado hit the Camel Creek school. 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. This tornado moved to the northeast through Bethany from NW 10th Street to Tulakes (now Wiley Post) Airport. It produced EF3 damage to a number of homes from just south of Carney into the southeast portion of the town. An image of a powerline that had been blown over following a tornado in Oklahoma. The tornado passed through the parking lot damaging numerous vehicles before striking a two-story concrete block building at the northeast corner of the park. The funnel moved across Will Rogers Field and Tinker Air Force Base. the wall of a lumber yard was knocked over, the main building was partially unroofed, and the contents inside the building were scattered. Troopers requested a number of ambulances at I-40 near Yukon, west of Oklahoma City. Please refer to our. With large instability and wind shear, the stage was set for widespread severe storm development. A nursing home and a retirement home were heavily damaged near Northwest Highway and Council Road in the extreme northwestern part of the city, and a nursing home resident was injured. Another home farther east was destroyed, although walls remained intact. For February, Sunday night's tornado outbreak breaks the previous monthly record of six set in 2009. These thunderstorms developed near and along a strong dryline located across central Oklahoma. Oklahoma Shelters. Several 2x4's punctured roofs and ceilings over numerous structures. 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. The damaging wind gusts took a toll on power lines across the region. More than a dozen residences, including duplexes and single-family homes, were heavily damaged or destroyed in this area. The tornado continued northeast across south and east parts of the Highland Park residential area, causing F1 and spotty F2 damage. Continuing to turn slowly, it moved almost due north but maintained F4 intensity as it crossed U.S. Interstate Highway I-40 just east of Sooner Roadand continued north to between SE 15th Street and Reno Avenue. 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. Further south, Tornado Warnings were also issued in central Illinois. Total damages to insured property were $1.8 million. 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. Just west of U.S. Interstate Highway I-35. Instead, the twister left several homes destroyed to the east of the mall and a mile-long stretch of downed power lines. In addition to Texas, wind gusts of 80 mph or higher were reported in Oklahoma near the towns of Bridgeport (80 mph) and Fittstown (86 mph), as well as in Kansas in the town of Sublette (81 mph). Rivers and Lakes Considerable damage was done to the strip mall in the 7400 block of north May Avenue. Storms initiated within the open warm sector ahead of the dryline. A tornado was spotted moving through Champaign, home to the University of Illinois. In fact, Highland Park also suffered extensive damage from the May 3rd tornado, but that damage was mainly in the north and west parts of the area. According to records, the largest tornado in the Yukon area was an F5 in 1999 that caused 583 injuries and 36 deaths. The first storm developed near Lawton and moved northeast along U.S. Interstate Highway I-44 into parts of central Oklahoma, resulting in several tornadoes and large hail. Then it was dropped in Arkansas. The storm later produced an embedded, intermittent, small EF2 tornado within a larger area of damaging winds that affected parts southwest Oklahoma City and Moore. As the tornado continued northeast, it uprooted trees and downed tree limbs. The National Weather Service's latest update early Monday morning noted that the threat of a tornado and severe thunderstorms has passed. Significant tree damage was observed and one structure was damaged (F1) along Hiwassee Road just to the south of Southeast 15th Street. Tornado Risk: read more about Tornado Risk along Route66. Throughout the evening of 2-26-23, a significant severe weather event was ongoing spanning from Texas to Kansas. Two people were slightly injured in the mobile home. The clip, posted by the Live Storm Chasers Twitter page, Another clip, posted on Twitter by meteorologist Tyler Pardun, The National Weather Service's latest update, Everyone Practices Cancel Culture | Opinion, Deplatforming Free Speech is Dangerous | Opinion. At the same time, a strong upper-level shortwave trough allowed strong mid-level westerlies to overspread much of the Plains region. While not directly related to the tornado, one woman perished while seeking shelter from the tornado in a below-ground storm cellar. Nationwide Movement was generally to the northeast, but it often "cut to the east or west". Other homes were severely damaged. This tornado touched down just south of Triple XXX Road and Coffee Creek Road to the northwest of Luther and began to move east-northeast. 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. News 9 Chief Meteorologist David Payne tracked a line of storms that produced some tornadoes Sunday night across western and central Oklahoma. A small portable building containing a CB radio shop in the parking area was completely swept away into a grove of trees east of the lot. 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