Oklahoma. The tornado, reported to be at least EF4 strength and two miles wide, touched down in the Oklahoma City area yesterday killing at least 91 people.
Tornado Victims Return to What Winds Left ThemOKLAHOMA CITY -- When John and Sheryl Molsbee were allowed back to their brick-and-frame home yesterday, the roof was gone but Monday's macaroni dinner was still in a pot on the stove.U.S. NewspapersThe Florida Times Union...
If you thoughtHurricane Sandywas bad, wait until you see this. Yesterday afternoon, a massive, two-mile-wide tornado ripped through parts of suburban Oklahoma City. Residents were given an 8 minute warning (otherwise known as 'no time at all') to get the hell out of town. When th...
Texas Task Force 1, the state's elite search and rescue team, has been activated to assist local officials and first responders in Oklahoma. The team, which includes 84 total members, was deployed to New York City following 9/11 and to New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. It...
as the tornado moved east and east-northeast before dissipating east of Air Depot Blvd. between SE 119th Street and SE 134th Street in southeast Oklahoma City. Overall, over 300 homes experienced EF-4/EF-5 damage along the tornado path. Damages with this storm were estimated at $2 billion...
that the state's two largest cities were directly impacted by more than one significant tornado. In fact, the first confirmed tornado of the afternoon developed near Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City, damaging the National Weather Service Forecast Office that was located there at the ...
"It's the worst in anyone's memory," Oklahoma City Mayor Kirk Humphreys says while surveying blocks of destroyed homes in the south end of the city yesterday. "I've never been afraid of a tornado until … Read the full-text article with a free, 1-day trial of Questia Related books ...
I think this may have been the case in Oklahoma City May 3 outbreak from observation of the satpic animation for the day. What do others think? But certainly I can see how it can be applies to some situations when the shear is "right." I think one of the most interesting correlation...
The tornadoes came on a wild weather day in Texas — wildfires burned in the west and a blizzard warning was issued for the Texas Panhandle, where up to 9 inches (23 centimeters) of snow fell. "There’s absolutely nothing out of the ordinary in terms of what we saw yesterday and we ...
my mom always told me--keep in mind she was a nurse, not a meteorologist--that Bon Harbor Hills in northwest Daviess County, coupled with the Ohio River would do a good job of keeping us from having a tornado in Owensboro. Yes, she was wrong, and no, yesterday's 'river tornado' ...