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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.
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 previous strongest were two F3 tornadoes which touched down on February 17, 1961.
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]
Oklahoma tends to see the most tornadoes during the months of April and May, according to the Storm Prediction Center. The state averages 13 tornadoes in April and 34 in May.
The most memorable tornado of Timmer's career came a couple of days before the historic El Reno, Oklahoma, tornado in 2013. On May 28, 2013, an intense tornado formed near Bennington, Kansas.
February 2009 North American storm complex; March 2009 tornado outbreak sequence; Tornado outbreak of April 9–11, 2009; Tornado outbreak of May 10–13, 2010; 2011 Chickasha–Blanchard tornado; Tornado outbreak of April 14–16, 2011; Tornado outbreak sequence of April 19–24, 2011; 2011 Super Outbreak
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List of reported tornadoes - Friday, June 5, 2009 EF# Location County Coord. Time (UTC) Path length Damage Wyoming: EF2: W of La Grange: Goshen: 22:07 8 miles (13 km) Tornado spotted and tracked by the VORTEX2 project. Damage mostly to a few trees.