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It issued tornado watches for parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa. Large hail also was possible. Some schools canceled proms because of the forecasts.
Satellite image of the storm system responsible for the tornado outbreak that occurred on April 25–28, 2024. On April 20, 2024, the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center (SPC) first delineated a severe weather risk for April 25–26, highlighting a zone extending from the Central Great Plains northeastward to the Midwestern U.S.
The tornado damage began Friday afternoon near Lincoln, Nebraska. An industrial building in Lancaster County was hit, causing it to collapse with 70 people inside.
At least four people, including a child, died in tornadoes that swept through Oklahoma, authorities said Sunday. Tornadoes kill 4 in Oklahoma as residents begin surveying damage in Nebraska and ...
The 2024 Elkhorn–Blair tornado was a large, violent, and destructive EF4 tornado that caused major damage to parts of the communities of Waterloo, Elkhorn, Bennington, and Blair, Nebraska in the afternoon hours of April 26, 2024, injuring four people. [2] The tornado was the first of two EF4 tornadoes during the tornado outbreak of April 25 ...
A tornado watch has been issued for parts of western Oklahoma and northwest Texas until 1 p.m. Saturday, with the potential for tennis ball-sized hail and winds reaching up to 70 mph, per CNN.
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 ...
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, who toured the twister's damage on Tuesday, said it was rated by weather researchers as a violent tornado with wind speeds up to 200 mph (322 kph).