One of the most severe tornadoes in recorded history wiped out part of Oklahoma. Lt. Gov. Todd Lamb described it like a “two-mile-wide lawnmower blade going over a community.”
A hospital and an elementary school were both leveled. At least 9 children were killed.
State Highway Patrol Trooper Betsy Randolph said it was “mass devastation. “I’m talking everywhere you looked, the debris field was so high, and so far and so wide, wounded people walking around the streets. They were bloody; there were people that had stuff sticking out of them from things that were flying around in the air. There were cars crumpled up like little toys and thrown on top of buildings. Buildings that were two and three stories tall that were leveled.”
“People are wandering around like zombies,” a reporter said. “It’s like they’re not realizing how to process what had just happened.”
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Tornado Reports (CSV) (Raw Tornado CSV)(?) |
Time |
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Location |
County |
State |
Lat |
Lon |
Comments |
1956 |
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NEWCASTLE |
MCCLAIN |
OK |
3525 |
9760 |
LIFTED AROUND 336 PM. ESTIMATED PATH LENGTH OF 20 MILES THRU NEWCASTLE, MOORE, AND SOUTH OKC. PRELIMINARY DAMAGE RATING OF AT LEAST EF4. (OUN) |
2056 |
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3 S AVANT |
OSAGE |
OK |
3645 |
9606 |
MULTIPLE SPOTTERS AND BROADCAST MEDIA REPORT A LARGE TORNADO ON THE GROUND THAT FIRST DEVELOPED NEAR AVANT AND CONTINUED NORTHEASTWARD INTO WASHINGTON COUNTY. A TORNADO (TSA) |
2112 |
|
3 SW DEARING |
MONTGOMERY |
KS |
3703 |
9574 |
BRIEF TOUCHDOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 166 NEAR COUNTY ROAD 3500. (ICT) |
2130 |
|
1 W MEEKER |
LINCOLN |
OK |
3550 |
9691 |
REPORTED BY KWTV (OUN) |
2135 |
|
4 W TALALA |
ROGERS |
OK |
3653 |
9577 |
REPORTED BY OKLAHOMA HIGHWAY PATROL (TSA) |
2139 |
|
2 NE OWENS |
BROWN |
TX |
3186 |
9891 |
TORNADO REPORTED BY HAM RADIO OPERATOR (SJT) |
2205 |
|
5 SW MANTER |
STANTON |
KS |
3747 |
10195 |
A LANDSPOUT TORNADO WAS REPORTED. ANOTHER PREVIOUS LANDSPOUT THAT OCCURRED AROUND 450PM HAD DISSIPATED. (DDC) |
2205 |
|
1 S MANTER |
STANTON |
KS |
3751 |
10188 |
A POSSIBLE LANDSPOUT TORNADO WAS REPORTED. ANOTHER PREVIOUS LANDSPOUT THAT OCCURRED AROUND 450PM HAD DISSIPATED. (DDC) |
2210 |
|
5 SSE THE SAUNDERS ELEV |
STANTON |
KS |
3740 |
10200 |
LANDSPOUT TORNADO REPORTED NEAR THE STATE LINE. (DDC) |
2241 |
|
1 S RINGGOLD |
MONTAGUE |
TX |
3381 |
9795 |
BRIEF TORNADO REPORTED 1 MILE SOUTH OF RINGGOLD. (FWD) |
2245 |
|
BLANKET |
BROWN |
TX |
3182 |
9879 |
DPS REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN THE COMMUNITY OF BLANKET. (SJT) |
2253 |
|
10 NE MONTE VISTA |
ALAMOSA |
CO |
3768 |
10601 |
BRIEF LANDSPOUT LASTED FOR ABOUT 5-6 MINUTES IN OPEN FIELD. (PUB) |
2300 |
|
5 NNE ZEPHYR |
BROWN |
TX |
3174 |
9876 |
TORNADO REPORTED AT RR-1467 AND CO-291 BY AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR. (SJT) |
2330 |
|
8 S QUAPAW |
OTTAWA |
OK |
3684 |
9479 |
DAMAGE TO A DIESEL SHOP. NUMEROUS POWER POLES SNAPPED. SEMI TRAILERS BLOWN OFF THE ROAD. 50 TO 60 FOOT TREE ALSO BLOCKING A ROADWAY 3 MILES EAST OF TWIN BRIDGES LIKELY (TSA) |
2336 |
|
3 E PROCTOR |
ADAIR |
OK |
3597 |
9472 |
TORNADO REPORTED BY TRAINED SPOTTER AND COLOCATED WITH A STRONG RADAR CIRCULATION. TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 62. TORNADO MAY HAVE CONTINUED TO NEAR THE ILLINOIS RIVER BRIDG (TSA) |
2349 |
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2 N SILOAM SPRINGS |
BENTON |
AR |
3622 |
9454 |
PHOTO OF A SMALL TORNADO RECEIVED. TREE DAMAGE WAS REPORTED IN THE AREA. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. (TSA) |
0025 |
|
PRIDDY |
MILLS |
TX |
3167 |
9852 |
S.O. REPORTS A TORNADO NEAR PRIDDY UPROOTED TREES. (FWD) |
0029 |
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HANNIBAL |
MARION |
MO |
3971 |
9138 |
(LSX) |
0032 |
|
HANNIBAL |
MARION |
MO |
3971 |
9138 |
A SMALL HOLE IN THE ROOF AT THE HANNIBAL – LAGRANGE SCIENCE BUILDING WAS UNCOVERED AND NOT THE ENTIRE ROOF. (LSX) |
0036 |
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HANNIBAL |
MARION |
MO |
3971 |
9138 |
THERE ARE SEVERAL LARGE TREES SNAPPED. – SEVERE DANAGE TO TWO MACHINE SHEDS NEAR HIGHWAY MM. SHINGLES REMOVED AT SOME BUILDINGS IN DOWNTOWN AREA. (LSX) |
0132 |
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5 WSW BOKOSHE |
LE FLORE |
OK |
3516 |
9487 |
REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT RADIO OF A TORNADO BETWEEN MCCURTAIN AND BOKOSHE COLOCATED WITH A STRONG RADAR CIRCULATION. BROADCAST MEDIA REPORTED POWER FLASHES IN THE AR (TSA) |
0150 |
|
CAMERON |
LE FLORE |
OK |
3513 |
9453 |
LAW ENFORCEMENT RADIO REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR CAMERON COLOCATED WITH A STRONG RADAR CIRCULATION. IT MAY HAVE CONTINUED TO THE ROCK ISLAND VICINITY. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT (TSA) |
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