Oklahoma Tornado

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 Location County State Lat Lon Comments 1956 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 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 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 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 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 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)