Preliminary reports show that an EF-4 tornado hit Marietta and an EF-3 tornado hit Sulphur, with each storm killing one person. The National Weather Service also confirmed EF-0 tornadoes on the northwest side of Stillwater and near Newkirk. The tornado outbreak killed four people – two in Holdenville, one in Sulphur and one in Marietta.
The destruction was extensive in Sulphur, a town of about 5,000 people, where a tornado crumpled many downtown buildings, tossed cars and buses and sheared the roofs off houses across a 15-block radius. “You just can’t believe the destruction,” Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt said during a visit to the hard-hit town.
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In Sulphur, a town of about 5,000 people south of Oklahoma City, a tornado crumpled many downtown buildings, tossed cars and buses, and sheared the roofs off houses across a 15-block radius.
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The National Weather Service on Sunday evening released preliminary damage survey results for four tornadoes that occurred Saturday night. Marietta: Confirmed as at least an EF3, with further investigation necessary to determine if rating will go higher.; Sulphur: Confirmed as at least an EF3, with further investigation necessary to determine if rating will go higher.
That tornado, which had a path of more than 6 miles and a maximum width of 880 yards, hit the town June 15, the weather service said. Phil Helsel Claudia Johnson
NWS confirmed storm survey findings Sunday evening, with the Clarksville tornado rating as an EF-3, with winds of 150 mph, and the Madison/Hendersonville/Gallatin tornado with a preliminary rating ...
By 10 p.m. CDT, the tornado had been on the ground for about 80 miles. Radar indicated the tornado may have weakened as the storm reached Winona, but a second tornado appeared to form from the same supercell before slamming into Amory and Smithville and moving into Alabama, likely pushing the overall path of tornado damage to more than 100 miles.
The town of Minden appeared to be the hardest hit, which is about 100 miles west of Des Moines. A large tornado tore through towns in southwest Iowa on Friday, triggering the National Weather Service to issue a Tornado Emergency. The town of Minden appeared to be the hardest hit, which is about 100 miles west of Des Moines.
After hitting the airport, the tornado spun rapidly toward Iowa and slammed into the small town of Minden about 30 miles to the northeast. Forty to 50 homes were completely destroyed — which is ...
Strong and long-lasting tornadoes are possible in highest-risk area. About 2.5 million people were in a rarely called “high-risk” zone, covering parts of west Tennessee including Memphis; northeast Arkansas; the southeast corner of Missouri; and parts of western Kentucky and southern Illinois.. The Storm Prediction Center said “multiple long-track EF3+ tornadoes” were likely.
A tornado warning has been issued for Rice and Steele counties until 5:45 p.m. It's expected to hit Faribault by about 5:40 p.m. The storm that's been moving along in this area has been producing ...