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The deadliest tornado documented in Oklahoma is the April 9, 1947, Woodward tornado that killed 116 people, the weather service reports. No building was left undamaged down the main street of ...
Produced many tornadoes. Most were weak, though an F2 tornado caused major damage in the Live Oak, Florida, area. (1 significant) 1998 Oklahoma tornado outbreak: October 4, 1998: Oklahoma: 19: 5 injuries: A late-year autumn outbreak, it was the largest October tornado outbreak in Oklahoma history. (8 significant) Tornado outbreak of January 17 ...
The 2011 Super Outbreak was the largest tornado outbreak spawned by a single weather system in recorded history; it produced 367 tornadoes from April 25–28, with 223 of those in a single 24-hour period on April 27 from midnight to midnight CDT, [4] [11] fifteen of which were violent EF4–EF5 tornadoes. 348 deaths occurred in that outbreak, of which 324 were tornado related.
Oklahoma experienced its largest tornado outbreak on record, with 70 confirmed. The most notable of these was the F5 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado which devastated Oklahoma City and suburban communities. The tornado killed 36 people and injured 583 others; losses amounted to $1 billion, making it the first billion-dollar tornado in history. [6]
The destructive path of the twister, roughly 20 miles, caused around $2 billion in damage in 2013 USD, and the tornado remains the most recent EF5 to have touched down in the United States.
1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak, the most prolific tornado outbreak in Oklahoma history Tornado outbreak sequence of May 21–26, 2011 , an outbreak featuring numerous violent tornadoes in the state Tornado outbreak of May 18–21, 2013 , including the 2013 Moore tornado , the third-costliest tornado on record
The National Weather Service referred to the tornado as "the most dangerous tornado in storm observing history." [ 9 ] Alongside rush hour traffic, thousands of residents in Oklahoma City attempted to outrun the storm by taking to the roads in an attempt to drive out of the tornado's projected path.
The most memorable tornado of Timmer's career came a couple of days before the historic El Reno, Oklahoma, tornado in 2013. On May 28, 2013, an intense tornado formed near Bennington, Kansas.