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A small tornado outbreak accompanied the storm, with 14 confirmed across 7 states. The most significant damage occurred in Oklahoma from two tornadoes in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area and a deadly EF4 tornado that destroyed large parts of Lone Grove. The EF4 tornado killed eight people and injured 46 others.
Later in the evening, an EF4 tornado devastated the city of Lone Grove, killing eight people, injuring 46 others and destroying 114 homes and mobile homes. [15] The Lone Grove tornado was the deadliest to hit Oklahoma since May 3, 1999 (until May 20, 2013), [16] and the strongest tornado during the month of February in Oklahoma since 1950. [17]
The 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak that spawned the deadly F5 tornado which struck Oklahoma City and some of its suburbs, including Moore and Midwest City, is not listed because it did not reach the downtown core of Oklahoma City. The 2013 Moore tornado is also not included for the same reason.
The city was hit by an EF5 tornado in 2011, resulting in 11 deaths and 293 injuries. In 2019, an EF3 tornado rocked the city again, causing two fatalities and 29 injuries. Visit www.accuweather ...
Several significant tornadoes occurred over the southern Great Plains, including two violent, killer F4 tornadoes that hit Oklahoma and Kansas. One of the tornadoes struck Drumright in Oklahoma, killing 14 people, while the other killed six in and near Emporia, Kansas. Other strong, F3 tornadoes affected the Oklahoma City and Tulsa metropolitan ...
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The destruction was extensive in Sulphur, a town of about 5,000 people south of Oklahoma City, where a tornado crumpled many downtown buildings, tossed cars and buses and sheared the roofs off houses across a 15-block radius. “You just can't believe the destruction,” Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt said during a visit to the hard-hit town.
The tornado also heavily impacted Rich Mountain Community College and destroyed two businesses at the city's industrial park. [27] [28] The tornado that hit Mena was rated EF3 by the National Weather Service in Little Rock, Arkansas. [29] As the tornado moved northeast of town, it destroyed a tractor dealership and heavily impacted many homes ...