TULSA, Okla. — Today marks two years since an EF-2 tornado ripped apart more than 120 buildings in midtown Tulsa and injured more than 30 people. Some businesses never reopened, like the TGI Fridays in the Highland Plaza Shopping Center on 41st Street and the Remington Tower off Interstate 44. The company that owns the…
Emergency Management answers why the tornado sirens didn’t go off
TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — That ringing in your ear isn’t from tornado sirens, but rather the question being asked over and over, ‘Why didn’t they go off?’ “I want to explain our protocols on activating our warning system,” said Roger Jolliff, Director of the Tulsa Area Emergency Management Agency, the place where they hit the…
NWS: 2 tornadoes touched down in Tulsa metro Sunday; 3rd tornado hit Rogers County
The National Weather Service now says there were two tornadoes that hit the Tulsa metro area Sunday. The first one, rated an EF-2, developed over a neighborhood near 36th and Harvard and moved nearly seven miles to the east into Broken Arrow with winds between 120 and 130 mph, according to the National Weather Service.…
10 businesses in Tulsa condemned following tornado damage
OKLAHOMA CITY Ten businesses in a Tulsa shopping district were so badly damaged by a weekend tornado that they have been condemned, including the TGI Fridays and Whataburger restaurants where several people were injured, city officials said Monday. Notices posted by city inspectors prohibit 10 commercial structures located in the Highland Plaza district from being…
Emergency Management: Tulsa tornado was out of city before we could send warning
TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — The Tulsa Area Emergency Management Agency says an EF2 tornado that touched down in Tulsa overnight was gone before the city could send out a warning to citizens. The National Weather Service confirmed Sunday that preliminary damage reports suggest an EF2 struck midtown Tulsa around 1:25 a.m. and moved quickly into…
Pic of the week: ‘Mothership’ supercell drops two tornadoes on Tulsa
This, ladies and gentleman, is what we call a “mothership” supercell. Meteorologists and storm chasers refer to a select few supercell thunderstorms as “motherships” for a simple, very non-meteorological reason: they resemble spaceships. To be considered a mothership supercell, the whole structure of the storm must typically be seen from top to bottom and end…