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The 2011 El Reno–Piedmont tornado was a long-tracked, deadly and extremely powerful EF5 tornado that struck central Oklahoma on the evening of May 24, 2011. The tornado impacted areas near or within the communities of El Reno , Piedmont , and Guthrie , killing nine and injuring 181.
This was the first EF5 tornado to strike Oklahoma since 1999, when an F5 tornado killed 36 people in and around southern and central parts of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. [31] Another intense EF3 tornado struck the El Reno area two years later on May 31, 2013, and also struck several storm chasers, three of whom were killed, in addition ...
The main threat from these storms was expected to be large hail, with a considerable region being given a 45 percent chance of hail. [53] Later that day, the moderate-risk was discontinued and replaced by a large area under a slight-risk. According to the SPC, the issuance of a moderate risk was due to an "improper handling of ongoing storms."
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).
The 2011 Chickasha-Blanchard tornado was a large and extremely violent EF4 tornado that impacted the southern side of Chickasha, Oklahoma and rural areas around Blanchard and Newcastle, Oklahoma in the late afternoon of May 24, 2011. The tornado killed one person and injured 48 others as the tornado traveled a path length of 33.3 miles (53.6 km ...
In recent days Central Florida has become ground zero to severe storms bringing destructive hail and damaging winds.
The National Weather Service in Norman reported that around 7:45 p.m. scattered storms were moving across western north Texas and southern Oklahoma. Hail up to ping pong size is possible along ...
These storms would form into supercells and move into eastern Oklahoma by 4:00 pm CDT (2100 UTC). [10] Storm chasers in the region reported multiple funnel clouds and two touchdowns, neither of which resulted in damage. Several tornadoes were confirmed through storm chaser video and local emergency management services.