Plains Tornado Outbreak 4/14-15 / pics/vids/verification

[brunota2003]

So has there been any information on the woodward ok tornado's rating? Ive seen videos and other info, but nothing about a damage survey or anything.

Still ongoing...all 6 fatalities occurred in mobile homes

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
441 PM CDT MON APR 16 2012...CORRECTED MAX WIND SPEED

...PRELIMINARY STORM INFORMATION FOR THE WOODWARD OKLAHOMA TORNADO...

BEGINNING TIME: ~1150 PM
ENDING TIME: ~1227 AM
BEGINNING LOCATION: 2 NE ARNETT (ELLIS COUNTY)
ENDING LOCATION: 4 NORTH OF WOODWARD (WOODWARD COUNTY)
FATALITIES: 6
INJURIES: 29
EF-SCALE RATING: EF-3 ( MAX WIND SPEED 136-165 MPH )

THE TORNADO DEVELOPED APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF ARNETT AND
MOVED NORTHEAST. SIX STRUCTURES WERE DAMAGED AS THE TORNADO MOVED
TOWARD THE WOODWARD COUNTY LINE. ONLY MINOR DAMAGE... DOWNED TREES
AND POWER POLES/LINES... WAS SEEN AS THE TORNADO MOVED OVER MAINLY
RURAL PORTIONS OF WOODWARD COUNTY. AT APPROXIMATELY 1212 AM... THE
TORNADO STRUCK TWO MOBILE HOMES 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WOODWARD. THE
DAMAGE HERE WAS DETERMINED TO BE EF-2 IN INTENSITY... WHICH ALSO
RESULTED IN 3 FATALITIES. THE HEAVIEST DAMAGE... RATED EF-3... WAS
REPORTED AS THE TORNADO ENTERED THE SOUTHWEST SIDES OF WOODWARD
AROUND 1218 AM. SEVERAL HOME AND BUSINESSES WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED AS
THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST. SEVERAL MORE MOBILE HOMES WERE
DESTROYED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF WOODWARD... WHICH RESULTED IN 3
ADDITIONAL FATALITIES. THE TORNADO FINALLY EXITED THE CITY OF
WOODWARD AT APPROXIMATELY 1223 AM... EVENTUALLY DISSIPATING
APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES NORTH OF WOODWARD AT 1227 AM.

THIS TORNADO INFORMATION SHOULD STILL BE CONSIDERED PRELIMINARY AS
WE CONTINUE TO LOOK OVER INFORMATION.

[CrazyC83]

Still looking at the NWS Wichita site and the EF4 on the Kanopolis tornado is still preliminary...makes me think they are considering EF5.

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ict/?n=april14th_ricetor

One picture that has the house flattened to the slab confuses me. Is that a piece of the wall on the left or moved furniture? I'd also want to see an aerial view.

[brunota2003]

Assuming you are referring to the flag picture? In the center of the picture, it looks like what is left of a stairway, and the stairway probably had a little closet right underneath of it (note the items stored under it, my grandma has something similar to that in her home). On the far left side of the photo (by the man) that there appears to be the remains of a concrete/brick(?) wall, with what is left of a kitchen sink attached.

[CrazyC83]

If your description is right (and that was my thinking as well), the house was likely low-end EF4 (or even high-end EF3 if not well attached).

[Texas Snowman]

Aerial picture depicting path of the Norman tornado last week. Pretty darn close to OU.

[Ntxw]

Kudos to all who heeded warnings. Another potential deadly disaster mostly avoided. The 6 deaths in Woodward were essentially all mobile home deaths, unfortunately avoidable. Not a historic outbreak but a decent one by plains standards. 4/27/11 and '74 remains the top dog and probably shouldn't be used to compare with lightly.