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Flying debris resulted in additional roof damage. [31] EF1 Southern Oklahoma City: Oklahoma: OK: 04:39–04:42 2.2 mi (3.5 km) 75 yd (69 m) This tornado touched down east of Will Rogers World Airport, dealing roof damage to a few apartment buildings. Some businesses were damaged and tree was damage was also noted.
The airport first opened in 1911 as Oklahoma City Municipal Airfield.It was renamed in Rogers' honor in 1941. [7]World War II postcard from Will Rogers Army Airfield. During World War II, Will Rogers Field was a major training facility for the United States Army Air Forces; many fighter and bomber units were activated and received initial training there.
Oklahoma experienced its largest tornado outbreak on record, with 70 confirmed. The most notable of these was the F5 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado which devastated Oklahoma City and suburban communities. The tornado killed 36 people and injured 583 others; losses amounted to $1 billion, making it the first billion-dollar tornado in history. [6]
A tornado was seen by multiple storm spotters near southwest Yukon and northwest Mustang Sunday night, and was just south of Clarence E Page Airport near NW 10 and Cimarron Road at 9:48 p.m.
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, who toured the twister's damage on Tuesday, said it was rated by weather researchers as a violent tornado with wind speeds up to 200 mph (322 kph).
This was the first EF5 tornado to strike Oklahoma since 1999, when an F5 tornado killed 36 people in and around southern and central parts of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. [31] Another intense EF3 tornado struck the El Reno area two years later on May 31, 2013, and also struck several storm chasers, three of whom were killed, in addition ...
A tornado emergency was declared at 7:40 p.m. near Custer City, about 90 miles west of Oklahoma City. While the tornado emergency was canceled shortly before 8 p.m., the National Weather Service ...
The tornado outbreak sequence of May 5–10, 2015 was a six-day outbreak of tornado activity that affected the Great Plains of the United States in early May 2015. On May 6, strong tornadoes impacted the Oklahoma City area, along with rural parts of Kansas, Texas, Arkansas, South Dakota, and Nebraska. The outbreak coincided with major flooding ...