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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 ...
List of tornadoes in the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak; 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak; 1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado; Tornado outbreak of April 23, 2000; Tornado outbreak of April 10–11, 2001; List of tornadoes in the May 2003 tornado outbreak sequence; Tornado outbreak sequence of May 2003; List of tornadoes in the May 2004 tornado ...
Number of tornadoes in United States by year and intensity. United States tornadoes by year [1] [2] Year Number of tornadoes FU/EFU F0/EF0 F1/EF1 F2/EF2 F3/EF3
For example, Oklahoma's all-time record for tornadoes in a single month happened in May 2019 with 105 observed tornadoes. The following year there were only 16.
Year Date Cities Counties or Parishes States F/EF# Deaths Injuries Event link Refs 1999: May 3: South Oklahoma City, Moore: Oklahoma, Cleveland: Oklahoma: F5 36: 583: 1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado [4] [5] 2000: March 28: Fort Worth: Tarrant: Texas: F3 2: 80: 2000 Fort Worth tornado outbreak [6] [7] [8] Fort Worth: Tarrant: Texas: June 13 ...
With 55 tornadoes in 2024 as of Thursday, Iowa has seen the most tornadoes this year. A graphic from AccuWeather depicting the number of tornadoes each state has seen so far in 2024.
On May 3, 1999, there were 58 confirmed tornadoes in the NWS Norman service area, mostly concentrated to southwest and central Oklahoma, Thoren said. The strongest tornado from that day was an EF ...
A massive and destructive 8-day period of tornadoes occurred. All four F4 tornadoes were killers, including a well-documented tornado that killed two and injured four in Union City, Oklahoma and another in central Alabama that killed seven and injured 199. Combined, the F4 tornadoes killed 17 and injured 517 alone.