Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, April 27 to 28, 2024

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This is the first tornado of a large outbreak across Oklahoma and north Texas that occurred on April 27. The Roger Mills County Emergency Manager provided information about tree damage observed to the east-northeast of Strong City.

A media storm chaser observed a brief tornado estimated to be about 6 miles northwest of Hammon. No damage is known to have occurred.

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Garfield County Emergency Management reported tree and power pole damage at Hillsdale.

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This tornado began southwest of Newkirk, west of Ranch Drive and north of Canteen Road damaging a barn and a carport. The tornado continued northeast damaging trees before dissipating near Waverly Street and Peckham Road west of Newkirk.

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A mobile home was damaged near where this tornado developed west of La Cann Road and south of Gate Road. The tornado moved east-northeast producing damage to another mobile home and trees along Gate Road.

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A tornado touched down near Richmond Road just west of Country Club Road in northern Payne County damaging trees in the area. Trees and outbuildings were also damaged near Lone Chimney Road and Western Road to the northeast. This tornado may not have been continuous along this path.

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Storm chasers observed a tornado southwest of Hinton. No damage was reported in the area and the location is estimated.

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This tornado was first observed by storm chasers and spotters about 429 PM west of Calumet before it became wrapped in rain. A mobile home was damaged after the tornado crossed US-270 northwest of Calumet. Power poles were damaged along Ranch Road, and then buildings were damaged at an oil field near 192nd Street and Red Rock Road, including an RV that was destroyed and a trailer that was rolled.

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Portions of U.S. Highway 177 flooded, from the U.S. Highway 60 intersection to the community of Blackwell. Portions of the roadway may have been washed out as well. Event time is approximate.

Heavy rainfall resulted in flooding across north-central portions of Kay County. This included significant roadway flooding along portions of Oklahoma State Highway 11 and U.S. Highway 77 near the communities of Blackwell and Newkirk. Event time is approximate.

Flooding across all lanes of Interstate 35 near mile marker 217. Event time is approximate.

Based on radar evidence, hailfall likely occurred prior (1640-1645 LST) to report time.

This tornado crossed the Red River from Wichita County Texas into far southeastern Tillman County Oklahoma. It moved one mile northeast before moving into Cotton County. The area of potential damage in the Red River valley was inaccessible to the survey team.

This tornado which developed in Wichita County Texas and moved across far southeastern Tillman County Oklahoma moved into Cotton County to the southwest of Devol before dissipating about one mile east of Devol. The tornado moved northeast and then east-northeast affecting the southern portion of Devol. One house just southeast of Devol received roof damage, and trees and power poles were damaged along the path in Cotton County.

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Multiple images relayed by broadcast media. Time is radar estimated.

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Power pole blown down near the intersection of Southeast 45th Street and Burk Road. Relayed by emergency management. Time is radar estimated.

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Two homes, near the intersection of East 1950 Road and North 2620 Road, damaged by thunderstorm wind. Time is radar estimated.

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A storm chaser observed a brief tornado estimated to be 4 miles south-southeast of Pumpkin Center. No damage was reported.

Social media image showing a gas station canopy collapsed due to thunderstorm wind. Time is radar estimated.

A broad swath of wind damage spread from west of Marlow near 3 Mile Road south of Nabor Road, northeast to just north of Marlow. A few trees were snapped, power poles were damaged and one shed was destroyed. Time is estimated.

Multiple trees and power lines blown down throughout the community of Marlow. The metal roof of an event center was blown off. Time is radar estimated.

Flash flooding reported throughout the community of Duncan. A social media video showed significant roadway flooding near the intersection of U.S. Highway 81 and Oklahoma Highway 7. Event time is approximate.

Trees blown down near the intersection of County Road 1490 and County Street 2920. Time is radar estimated.

This tornado developed near 130th Street in McClain County about one half mile east of the Grady County line. One mobile home received roof damage and one storage trailer was rolled over. Trees were broken along this path as well. The tornado moved north-northwest and began straddling the McClain-Grady County line north of 150th Street. The tornado never fully moved into Grady County, but the tornado centerline did pass into Grady County briefly (see Grady County segment) before curving north-northeast and moving back into McClain County.

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The tornado that started in McClain County moved north-northwest and began straddling the McClain-Grady County line. The tornado never fully moved into Grady County, but the centerline of the tornado briefly moved north-northwest into Grady County before turning north-northeast back into McClain County. Trees were damaged along the county line.

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Water flowing across the roadway, with an estimated depth of 6 inches, near the intersection of U.S. Highway 81 and Apache Street in the community of Marlow. Event time is approximate.

Heavy rainfall caused Claridy Creek to rise out of its banks, flooding a portion of U.S. Highway 81 near the Elder Avenue intersection. Event time is approximate.

The centerline of the tornado that began farther south in McClain County and straddled the county line curved north-northeast and moved back into McClain County. The last damage noted was tree damage along 170th street about 100 yards east of the county line.

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Tree damage was observed along 250th Street north-northeast of Dibble. However much of the remainder of the tornado path was inaccessible to the ground survey team.

Johnston County Emergency Management provided drone video of widespread tree damage from a tornado that moved north-northwest from north of Ravia to west of Reagan. Many trees were broken or uprooted in the prairie north of Ravia. Before dissipating, a few barns and outbuildings were also damaged as the tornado approached Pace Road west of Reagan. The tornado dissipated soon after crossing Pace Road.

This tornado produced tree damage as it moved northeast from west-northwest of Cole to northeast of Cole.

Tree damage was first observed near May Avenue and 297th Street north of Cole. The tornado moved northeast producing roof damage to homes just west of Goldsby with at least two homes losing most their roofs. Other trees were damaged along the path. The tornado dissipated after crossing Interstate 35 just south of Sycamore Road.

This tornado moved across north Norman from near 24th Avenue Northwest and Robinson Street to just southwest of 12th Avenue Northeast and Tecumseh Road. A gas station canopy and trees were damaged at the beginning of the path along 24th Avenue Northwest. The tornado then moved northeast onto the University of Oklahoma Max Westheimer Airport damaging a hangar, and then continued north producing scattered tree damage.

Multiple social media reports of tree limbs blown down across The University of Oklahoma campus. Time is radar estimated.

The storm that eventually produced the Ardmore tornado produced a swath of wind damage across northern Love County from Oswalt Road north-northeast to near the Carter County line where an outbuilding had roof damage.

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A house received significant roof damage from thunderstorm winds in far southern Carter County. This appeared to be associated with the Rear Flank Downdraft (RFD) of a supercell that later produced the Ardmore tornado.

The Ardmore tornado initially developed about 5 miles southwest of Ardmore, and moved north-northeast towards Ardmore. Some homes near Gateway Road had most or all of their roofs removed. Tree damage was significant along this area.

The tornado then continued north-northeast through the west side of Ardmore especially near Plainview Road. Many homes suffered significant roof damage. Ardmore emergency management reported that 52 homes were damaged with 17 of them a total loss. The tornado moved near a Best Buy distribution center on the northwest side of Ardmore blowing over numerous trailers.

Continuing north-northeast, the tornado continued producing tree and power pole damage, and EF2 roof damage to another home near Lake Ardmore road. The tornado crossed Interstate 35 just east of Ardmore Club Lake and turned more northeast before dissipating near US Highway 77 north of Deer Creek Road.

The initial damage was noted along Berryman Road (west of Post Road) south of Southeast 44th Street in southeast Oklahoma City. The tornado then moved northeast through southeast Midwest City and into Choctaw dissipating just northeast of US-62 (Northeast 23rd Street) and Indian Meridian Road. A number of houses and a church had roof damage along the path and a number of trees were downed.

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Emergency Management spotters reported a tornado near State Highway 1 between Happyland and Steedman. A barn was damaged just north of Highway 1 and trees were damaged along the path. The tornado moved north for about a mile and a half.

Initial damage from this tornado was observed along County Road S3460 between E930 and E940 Roads where a barn was blown over and numerous trees were broken. The tornado moved northeast crossing Route 66 a couple of miles west of Davenport and dissipated near County Road S3510 just north of E850 Road about a mile east of Kendrick. Another barn was heavily damaged south of Kendrick, otherwise the tornado produced primarily tree damage along the path.

The Sulphur tornado initially developed in the Chickasaw National Recreation Area to the southwest of Sulphur and produced tree damage as well as damage to one building in the northeast section of the park as the tornado approached Sulphur. The tornado moved into the southern part of Sulphur causing significant damage to a number of homes on Tishomingo Avenue adjacent to the Chickasaw NRA.

The tornado moved northeast through downtown Sulphur destroying or causing extensive damage to numerous businesses and buildings downtown. Many people were trapped and one woman was killed when a building housing a sports lounge collapsed downtown on this Saturday night. Damage was rated EF3 to numerous buildings downtown, as well as to some homes and buildings in neighborhoods across northeast Sulphur as the tornado continues to move northeast through town.

The tornado continued northeast out of Sulphur and damaged another home along Palmer Road in northeastern Murray County. Tree damage was also observed on the county line as the tornado moved from Murray County into Pontotoc County.

The Sulphur Tornado moved into Pontotoc County from Murray County. A number of trees were damaged near the county line before the tornado quickly dissipated.

The Spaulding-Holdenville Tornado developed along County Road N369 in the south side of the town of Spaulding and moved north through Spaulding causing roof damage to a few homes and damaging some outbuildings, metal buildings and trees. The damage in and near Spaulding was primarily EF1 damage.

The tornado became wider as it moved north-northeast from Spaulding becoming almost two-thirds of a mile wide as it crossed County Road E135 and a mile wide as it moved north of County Road E134. Most of the damage west of Holdenville was between Spaulding Road and County Road N369 missing the most populated part of Holdenville to the west and the missing the Davis Correctional Facility to the east. The tornado continued producing roof damage to homes as well as damage to outbuildings, metal buildings, trees and power poles.

The tornado was still about one mile in width as it moved north-northeast crossing US Highway 270 and County Road E132, but the intensity increased from EF1 to EF3 as it approached County Road E131. Multiple mobile homes were completely destroyed in this area. Two fatalities occurred in mobile homes here where a 35 year old man was killed in one mobile home and a 4 month old girl was killed in another.

Although the tornado moved through less densely populated areas of Hughes County continued moving north-northeast through less densely populated areas of Hughes County, it still produced significant roof damage to homes and destroyed mobile homes as it continued moving north-northeast, especially along State Highway 48 north of Holdenville, County Road E125 just east of State Highway 48, and E120 Road where EF2 damage was observed in each of these areas. The tornado then crossed E119 Road into Okfuskee County. See the Eastern Oklahoma entry from NWS Tulsa for the continuation of this tornado.

After the Sulphur tornado dissipated, the storm produced another tornado in western Pontotoc County from west of Roff north and then northeast before it dissipated northwest of Fitzhugh. At least two mobile homes were rolled off of their foundation and at least one barn had roof damage. Trees and power poles were also damaged by this tornado along this path.

A brief tornado produced some light tree damage about 4 miles northeast of Ardmore.

Flash flooding, with multiple vehicles stranded in floodwaters, reported in/around the community of Byng. Event time is approximate.

Social media video showing significant roadway flooding in the community of Ada. Water flowing, with an estimated depth of 6-12 inches. Additional emergency management confirmations of flooding throughout the community. Event time is approximate.

Multiple roadways washed out and closed across southwest Pontotoc County due to flash flooding. Event time is approximate.

This tornado developed about 1 miles west-southwest of Drake, or about 4.5 miles east of Dougherty. It moved erratically northeast and crossed US Highway 77 about a mile and half north of Drake. Near US-77, it caused roof damage to one home and blew out windows in another. Some metal buildings were also damaged in this area. Otherwise the damage was primarily to trees with some large trees snapped along the path.

The Marietta-Lake Murray-Dickson tornado first produced damage near Peanut Road south of Indian Trails Road about two miles southwest of downtown Marietta. Trees and power poles were damaged near the beginning of the path and a house received some shingle damage. EF2 damage was observed as the tornado moved north-northeast and crossed Indian Trails Road where a home was unroofed and many trees were snapped.

As the tornado turned more northeast, it struck a Dollar Tree Distribution Center just west of Interstate 35 on the west side of Marietta causing significant roof and exterior wall damage to the facility. The company reported that the building and the inventory were not salvageable. A fatality occurred as the tornado crossed Interstate 35 just northeast of the distribution center and south of State Highway 32 as a southbound semi truck was overturned by the tornado. The driver was injured and the passenger was killed.

Just east of Interstate 35 along State Highway 32, the tornado destroyed a Dollar General store and a Homeland Grocery Store. NWS surveyors in coordination with a wind engineer rated the destruction of these two buildings as EF4. In this area, the tornado also caused significant damage to a truck stop, hospital and nursing home. The tornado continued north-northeast through the northwestern sections of Marietta continuing to produce tree, roof and power pole damage although damage intensity was not as strong as near State Highway 32.

After moving out of Marietta, the tornado turned northeast again snapping numerous trees and damaging a barn as it approached Lake Murray. The tornado crossed the southeastern portion of Lake Murray near the dam. It severely damaged a mobile home, destroyed a barn and snapped more trees after crossing the lake. The tornado then moved into Carter County near Scott Road.

A tornado developed southeast of Dougherty and moved north-northeast likely dissipating as a waterspout over the southeast portion of Lake Of The Arbuckles. Tree damage was noted both along Big Canyon Road southeast of Dougherty near the beginning of the path, and along Goddard Youth Camp Road in the southern portion of the Chickasaw National Recreation area just south of Lake Of The Arbuckles.

The Marietta-Lake Murray-Dickson Tornado moved from Love County into Carter County near Scott Road just east of Lake Murray. The tornado destroyed one mobile home, heavily damaged another and damaged many trees and power poles between the county line and where it crossed US Highway 70. The tornado turned north-northeast destroying one mobile home and damaging at least two others as it approached the town of Dickson. North of Dickson, at least one other home had significant roof damage and another mobile home was rolled in addition to continued tree and power pole damage. The tornado finally dissipated near US Highway 177 near the community of Baum.

National Weather Service Meteorologists, in the process of conducting tornado damage surveys on April 28th, observed a portion of Koller Road washed out due to flooding from the previous evening. Event time is approximate.

Flash flooding reported in and around the community of Roff, with at least one water rescue. Event time is approximate.

A tornado was observed by Mannsville Fire Department spotters and a storm chaser southwest of Mill Creek and north of Mannsville. No damage was reported and the location of this tornado is estimated.

Roadway flooding across a portion of U.S. Highway 377 north of the community of Fittstown. At least one vehicle stranded. Event time is approximate.

Roadway flooding along Oklahoma Highway 1 near the community of Mill Creek. Event time is approximate.

Heavy rainfall caused Wolf Creek to rise out of its banks, flooding a portion of Old Highway 70, west of Mannsville. Water entered at least residence along Old Highway 70. Event time is approximate.