Dangerous heat will persist across the Southwest U.S. through Friday with daytime highs of 110-115°F. Heat across the southern Plains will briefly ease to near-normal by late week before returning over much of the Plains into next week. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across parts of the Northeast U.S. on Thursday. Damaging wind, hail, and a tornado or two are possible. Read More >
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May 10, 2008 Severe Weather Outbreak
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Haywood Tornado
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A tornado touched down 4 miles west northwest of Haywood in Pittsburg County and lifted 6 miles east northeast of Haywood. The tornado was rated an EF2 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale with winds between 120 and 130 mph. The tornado track was 10 miles long and 200 yards wide at its widest point. |
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May 10, 2008 Pittsburg County (Haywood) Tornado
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 Number below corresponds to damage at that location. Click image to enlarge. |
| 1: 1 mile north of Haywood. House built in 1918 with a portion added on. (looking northeast) | 2: 1 mile north of Haywood. House built in 1918 with a portion added on. (looking west southwest) | 3: 1 mile north of Haywood. Twisted canoe. (looking south) |
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| 4: 1 mile north of Haywood. Rolled truck. Destroyed barn in the background. Small tractors has also been rolled. (looking east) | 5: 1 mile north of Haywood. House missing a portion of its roof. Garage (not shown) also failed. (looking northeast) | 6: Northeast of Haywood. Carport destroyed. Three vehicles parked under the carport were moved. Arrows show where the vehicles had been parked. The lightest weight SUV was rolled over the 1-ton pickup truck. (looking northeast) |
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