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In Tulsa County, about 100 miles northeast of Oklahoma City, lightning strikes set a house aflame. Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt issued an emergency declaration for six counties impacted by the storms.
Get the Tulsa, OK local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days. ... USA TODAY 55 minutes ago Flood warnings in effect as storms descend over Northeast this week ... Tornado strikes ...
Rick Smith, National Weather Service warning coordination meteorologist, said Sunday that at least five tornadoes hit the state, the Oklahoman, part of the USA TODAY Network, reported.
PDS tornado warnings are currently issued on an experimental basis by the 38 National Weather Service Weather Forecast Offices within the Central Region. [17] The criteria for a PDS warning are when a tornado on the ground has been spotted or confirmed, or a significant tornado is expected based on radar signatures.
At 6:57 p.m. Central Time that evening, as the tornado tracked near Newcastle, the Norman office disseminated the first tornado emergency ever issued by the National Weather Service for Moore and southern Oklahoma City; the enhanced warning statement – which in its initial version, was issued as a separate Severe Weather Statement, and is now ...
An example of a tornado warning polygon issued by the National Weather Service. A tornado warning (SAME code: TOR) is a public warning that is issued by weather forecasting agencies to an area in the direct path of a tornado, or a severe thunderstorm capable of producing one, and advises individuals in that area to take cover.
At least 100 homes were damaged by several suspected tornadoes in west Oklahoma over the weekend, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt said at a news conference on Sunday, according to the Oklahoman, a part ...
The F4 tornado was the largest tornado on record at the time with a peak width of 2.5 miles (4.0 km) as it struck Hallam, Nebraska. [214] This is the first time a High Risk did not appear until the 01Z outlook within an outlook cycle, which has occurred one additional time since (on April 30, 2010). May 24: 2004: Nebraska, Iowa [215] 54