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The tornado was on the ground for 4 minutes and moved for 3.7 miles. About 5,000 people lost power at the peak of the storm in Pontotoc County, where Ada is located.
The 2013 Moore tornado was a large and violent EF5 tornado that ravaged Moore, Oklahoma, and adjacent areas on the afternoon of May 20, 2013, with peak winds estimated at 210 miles per hour (340 km/h), killing 24 people (plus two indirect fatalities) [2] and injuring 212 others. [3]
An unconfirmed tornado significantly damaged Newcastle Elementary School, south of Oklahoma City. Videos shared with local news showed the roof torn off school buildings and the gym.
In the late evening hours of April 27, 2024, a strong and destructive EF3-rated tornado moved through the community of Sulphur, located in the state of Oklahoma. The tornado, known as the Sulphur tornado, was part of a larger tornado outbreak across the United States in late-April 2024. The tornado killed one person in Sulphur and injured ...
A tornado-producing storm was tearing through southwestern Oklahoma early Monday, with at least one confirmed tornado, the National Weather Service said. The storm was near Granite, a town with a ...
From May 10–13, 2010, a major tornado outbreak affected large areas of Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, and Arkansas, with the bulk of the activity in central and eastern Oklahoma. Over 60 tornadoes, some large and multiple-vortex in nature, affected large parts of Oklahoma and adjacent parts of southern Kansas and Missouri, with the most ...
A line of storms began crossing Oklahoma early Monday morning, which led to possible tornadoes near Gould, Lawton and Granite, Oklahoma between 2:50 a.m. and 4 a.m.
An F3 tornado hit downtown Oklahoma City five days earlier, inflicting $2.5 million (1960 USD) [7] in damages to the city and injuring 57 people. [6] The 1970s, like the 1950s, was a particularly deadly decade for tornadoes in Oklahoma, with 433 tornadoes killing a combined total of 110 people. [6]