MOORE, Okla. (KFOR) – It has been eight years since a devastating storm sample introduced a number of massive tornadoes to the Sooner State.
On Could 19, 2013, eight tornadoes touched down throughout the state of Oklahoma. Of these twisters, an EF-4 that hit Cleveland and Pottawatomie counties was the strongest.
The twister leveled many of the Steelman Estates Cellular Residence neighborhood, simply off of Hwy 102.
Greater than 100 properties and constructions in Pottawatomie County have been destroyed and 100 others have been broken in Bethel Acres and a part of Shawnee.
The twister additionally hit Carney, Bethel Acres, Wellstone, and Prague earlier than the day was over.
In all, two individuals have been killed within the Shawnee space, 79-year-old Glen Irish and 76-year-old Billy Hutchinson.
As many households have been recovering from the storm, that they had no concept a good bigger twister would hit the Sooner State in a matter of hours.
On Could 20, 2013, a twister touched down close to Chickasha and commenced to quickly intensify.
It then produced a twister on the west aspect of Newcastle and moved east/northeast into town of Moore and components of south Oklahoma Metropolis.
The twister tore by way of a 17-mile lengthy path earlier than it lastly dissipated close to Lake Stanley Draper.
By the point it hit Moore, it had recorded winds over 200 miles per hour and was over a mile broad.
Tragically, 25 individuals have been killed within the EF-5 twister, together with seven college students at Plaza Tower Elementary College.
The victims are as follows:
- 49-year-old Terri Lengthy
- 29-year-old Megan Futrell
- 4-month-old Case Futrell
- 40-year-old Shannon Fast
- 7-month-old Sydnee Vargyas
- 4-year-old Karrina Vargyas
- 38-year-old Jeany Neely
- 9-year-old Antonia Candelaria
- 8-year-old Kyle Davis
- 9-year-old Janae Hornsby
- 9-year-old Sydney Angle
- 9-year-old Emily Conatzer
- 9-year-old Nicolas McCabe
- 9-year-old Christopher Legg
- 45-year-old Cindy Plumley
- 70-year-old Deanna Ward
- 54-year-old Rick Jones
- 63-year-old William Sass
- 51-year-old Gina Stromski
- 45-year-old Tewauna Robinson
- 39-year-old Randy Smith
- 46-year-old Leslie Johnson
- 65-year-old Hemant Bhonde
- 41-year-old Richard Brown
- 90-year-old Kathryn Begay.
Greater than 300 individuals have been injured within the storm.
In 2013, there have been 57 tornadoes recorded throughout Oklahoma. In a median 12 months, Oklahoma usually sees 41 tornadoes throughout the spring.
This season, Oklahoma has solely seen 14 tornadoes throughout the state.
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