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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]
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]
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Oklahomans saw another round of severe weather Sunday night, including tornadoes and large hail. Western Oklahoma storms formed in the afternoon and moved into the Oklahoma City metro area after 9 ...
The strongest tornado from that day was an EF-5 which tore through Bridge Creek, Oklahoma City, Moore and Del City, which caused a total of $1.5 billion in damage.
1948 Tinker Air Force Base tornadoes: March 20 & 25, 1948: Oklahoma City: 2: First successful tornado prediction in history by Maj. Ernest J. Fawbush and Capt. Robert C. Miller who was on duty at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. [1] Late-March 1948 tornado outbreak: March 25–27, 1948: Central United States – 37 fatalities ...
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