This is a map of Moore, Oklahoma. On May 20, 2013 an EF5 tornado struck this city of 58,000 people, killing 24 and injuring 377 others. The destruction within the direct path of the storm was near complete. This piece focuses on the city boundary of Moore and the destruction that ...
Isolated thunderstorms developed across southeast Oklahoma on the afternoon of May 2, 2022 in a moist and unstable airmass. One such storm developed into a tornadic supercell across Leflore County in southeast Oklahoma. Storm Reports, Warning and Basic Radar Dafa from the event can be found here...
This is a composite map of 500mb heights and 850mb winds from DVN significant tornado days from the months of March-May 2022. SPC Outlooks The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) in Norman, Oklahoma began highlighting the severe weather risk on March 26, 2023. For just the second time since ...
According to theNational Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma received its first two tornadoes on March 14, and they haven't stopped since. Since then, Oklahoma has seen 99 tornado warned storms, and based on a map fromNews 9, just about every county in Oklahoma has seen one or more tornad...
It sends chills down my spine to see this kind of destruction, and just walk the path, being there knowing that here I am, walking in calm weather, but at a different point in time it was a very violent and horrible place. Surveying the damage in Moore, Oklahoma in 2013© NWS ...
Oklahoma has seen 99 tornado warnings so far in 2024. According to theNational Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma received its first two tornadoes on March 14, and they haven't stopped since. Since then, Oklahoma has seen 99 tornado warned storms, and based on a map fromNews 9, just abo...
“Generally, a Tornado Alley map starts in central Texas and goes north through Oklahoma, central Kansas and Nebraska and eastern South Dakota, sometimes dog-legging east through Iowa, Missouri, Illinois and Indiana to western Ohio.” But the traditional Tornado Alley may be changing alongside clim...
with the peak frequency historically located in Oklahoma. Tornadoes are also common in the South from Louisana and Arkansas east to Georgia, an area sometimes called Dixie Alley, where they may be more destructive and deadly due to greater population density. A tornado typically travels in a nor...
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Map Tour The interactive map (below) walks you through the sequence of tornadoes that occurred on May 19, 2013. As you scroll, you will see a picture of the tornado (if available), along with details such as the duration, path length and path width. ...