Tulsa tornadoes of 2017

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Tulsa tornadoes of August 2017
File:2017TulsaEF2Damage.jpg
Remington Tower in Tulsa heavily damaged by August 6, 2017 tornado
Duration August 6, 2017
Tornadoes confirmed 4[1]
Max rating1 EF2 tornado
Duration of tornado outbreak2 54 minutes
Highest winds 120–130 mph (190–210 km/h) (Estimated by damage survey)
Damage $50.240 million (2015 USD)[2]
Casualties 30 injuries
Areas affected Northeastern Oklahoma
1Most severe tornado damage; see Enhanced Fujita scale 2Time from first tornado to last tornado

The 2017 Tulsa tornado took place on August 6, 2017, near Tulsa, Oklahoma. Major damage was inflicted on a shopping and office area in midtown Tulsa. There were no fatalities, although 30 people were injured. It was part of a small outbreak of four tornadoes that formed along a bow echo.

Confirmed tornadoes

Confirmed tornadoes by Enhanced Fujita rating
EF0 EF1 EF2 EF3 EF4 EF5 Total
0 3 1 0 0 0 4

August 6 event

List of confirmed tornadoes – Sunday, August 6, 2017[note 1]
EF# Location County / Parish State Start Coord. Time (UTC) Path length Max width Summary Refs
EF2 Southeastern Tulsa to N of Broken Arrow Tulsa OK Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 06:19–06:25 6.9 mi (11.1 km) 550 yd (500 m) See section on this tornado – 30 people were injured and losses totaled $50 million. [3]
EF1 N of Broken Arrow Tulsa, Wagoner OK Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 06:27–06:31 2.9 mi (4.7 km) 400 yd (370 m) Numerous homes sustained roof damage, and numerous large trees were snapped or uprooted. The roof of an outbuilding was blown off. [4][5]
EF1 E of Oologah Rogers OK Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 06:32–06:40 4.5 mi (7.2 km) 200 yd (180 m) Barns, trees, and a home were damaged. Power poles were snapped. [6]
EF1 S of Chelsea Rogers, Mayes OK Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 07:11–07:13 0.9 mi (1.4 km) 400 yd (370 m) An agricultural building sustained minor roof damage. [7][8]

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Tulsa, Oklahoma
Formed August 6, 2017, 1:19 a.m. CDT (UTC−05:00)
Duration 6 minutes
Dissipated August 6, 2017, 1:25 a.m. CDT (UTC−05:00)
Max rating1 EF2 tornado
Highest winds 120–130 mph (190–210 km/h) (Estimated by damage survey)
Damage $50 million (2017 USD)
Casualties 30 injuries
Areas affected Tulsa County, Oklahoma
1Most severe tornado damage; see Enhanced Fujita scale

The tornado formed at 1:19 A.M. CDT (Or Local Time) (06:19 UTC) south of East 36th Street South and east of South Harvard Avenue and eventually shifted west before heading to Broken Arrow, Oklahoma at around 1:25 A.M. The worst damage along its 6.9-mile-long (11.1 km) path was in midtown Tulsa (between South Sheridan Road and South Yale Avenue, near East 41st Street South), where several buildings had their roofs removed and outer walls collapsed. The 18-story Remington Tower office building (near Skelly Drive and 41st Street) underwent dramatic facade and window damage. Many offices in the building were further damaged by having equipment and furnishings inside sucked through the windows and falling to the ground below. The tornado also caused roof and structural damage to Promenade Mall and impacted infrastructure at the BOK Financial Corporation operations center (near 41st and Sheridan), rendering its online, mobile and automated telephone systems inoperable. More than 7 people were rescued from T.G.I. Friday's at 41st and Yale Avenue, after the roof collapsed into the building.[9][10][11][12]

This was the first tornado to hit the Tulsa area in the month of August since 1958 (and only the 3rd to strike the area since 1950), the tornado injured 26 people – with two seriously injured – in the east part of the city. Even with the tornado detectable on radar, the Tulsa County Emergency Management Agency did not begin civil defense sirens in the area because the National Weather Service did not issue a tornado warning until 1:25 a.m., after which time an EF1 tornado had entered Broken Arrow, damaging multiple home roofs and several large tree branches.[13][14] A second EF1 hit east of Oologah at 1:32 a.m. CDT (06:32 UTC), damaging several trees, barns and a home, downing multiple telephone poles.[9][15]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ All dates are based on the local time zone where the tornado touched down; however, all times are in Coordinated Universal Time for consistency.

References

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