2:30pm CDT #SPC Day3 Outlook Marginal Risk: ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE HIGH PLAINS, SOUTHERN KANSAS AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA, THE OZARKS INTO THE OHIO VALLEY, AND PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST https://t.co/K89lXjsmlK
On this day in 2011, a substantial dryline outbreak impacted the Southern Plains and Ozarks. Fifteen tornadoes were significant (EF2+):
1. Canton Lake, Oklahoma EF3
2. Lookeba, Oklahoma EF3
3. El Reno, Oklahoma EF5
4. Seward, Kansas EF2
On this date back in 2011, the catastrophic Joplin Tornado roared into history. The EF-5 tornado killed 158, the seventh deadliest in U.S. history The tornado's track was 22 miles long, reached 1 mile wide and lasted 38 minutes. Damage estimates were around $2.8 billion #kswx