Tornado in Tulsa County, Oklahoma

This is the third segment of a three segment tornado. The tornado moved into Tulsa County at W Archer Road to the east of S 209th W Avenue. The roofs of several homes were damaged and trees were uprooted as it crossed S 193rd W Avenue. The tornado moved southeast crossing Highway 412, where it snapped or uprooted numerous trees and blew a tractor trailer off the road. A doughnut shop was destroyed at S 177th W Avenue, homes were damaged, and trees and poles were snapped. It crossed the Arkansas River and moved through the River Oaks Estates Mobile Home Park where it destroyed 58 mobile homes and two permanent homes. One fatality and about 30 injuries occurred in this park. The tornado crossed the Arkansas River again as it moved east-southeast toward Sand Springs, uprooting numerous trees before dissipating on the south side of Sand Springs, south of Highway 412 and just west of Highway 97. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was 125 to 135 mph.

This tornado developed over a neighborhood east of S Harvard Avenue and south of E 36th Street S, where large tree limbs were snapped and homes were damaged. The tornado moved east-southeast crossing S Yale Avenue where numerous trees and power poles were snapped. Numerous businesses were damaged or destroyed between S Yale Avenue and S Sheridan Road along and within a few blocks of E 41st Street S. Some of the worst damage in the path was in this area. Some of the businesses in the area had the roofs blown off the structure and some had exterior walls blown down. Several vehicles were rolled in this area, and reportedly 30 people were injured there. Numerous other businesses sustained mainly roof, wall, and window damage between S Sheridan Road and Highway 169. Many power poles and trees were also blown down in this area. The tornado turned more easterly near Highway 169 and moved roughly along E 51st Street S, dissipating just before reaching N Aspen Avenue (S 145th East Avenue). Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 120 to 130 mph.

This is the second segment of a two-segment tornado. The tornado crossed into Tulsa County near W Apache Street. The tornado damaged many homes and snapped numerous large tree limbs between the county line and the Gilcrease Expressway. It continued to move northeast damaging many homes north of the Gilcrease Expressway, and intensified as it approached E 36th Street N. An office building was severely damaged and the Tulsa Technology Center was severely damaged as the tornado approached N Peoria Avenue. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted in that area. The tornado moved north-northeast across E 46th Street N and dissipated north of E 61st Street N. Many homes were damaged, a few trees were uprooted, numerous large tree limbs were snapped, and mobile homes were damaged in that portion of the path. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was 100 to 110 mph. This tornado produced a tornadic debris signature from the KINX WSR-88D.