A Moderate Risk of severe thunderstorms (level 4 of 5) is in the outlook across portions of the Midwest today. Damaging winds, a few tornadoes and frequent lightning with heavy rainfall are in the forecast. Meanwhile, dangerous heat across the southern Plains into the Great Lakes, mid-Atlantic and Northeast will expand into Friday. Risk for wildfires for the central Rockies and Sacramento Valley. Read More >
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May 10, 2008 Severe Weather Outbreak
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Yanush Tornado
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A tornado touched down 7 miles southwest of Hartshorne in Pittsburg County at approximately 5:30 pm. The tornado was rated an EF2 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale with maximum wind speeds of 125 to 135 mph. The tornado track length was approximately 22 miles with a maximum width of one third mile. This tornado struck Yanush and then lifted 1.3 miles east northeast of Yanush. |
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May 10, 2008 Pittsburg/Latimer County (Yanush) Tornado
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 Number below corresponds to map location. Click image to enlarge. |
| 1: House with roof removed and failure of garage. (looking southeast) | 2: Mobile home severely damaged. (looking north) | 3: Numerous large trees uprooted. For reference, person in image in 6' tall. (looking north-northeast) |
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| 4: Fence detroyed with concrete posts pulled out of the ground. (looking east-southeast) | 5: Destroyed mobile home. (looking east-southeast) | 6: Destroyed barn. (looking east-northeast) |
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| 7: Damaged 1-ton truck. (looking west) | 8: Widespread severe tree damage. Many trees uprooted. (looking east-northeast) | 9: Mobile home sitting on cinderblocks completely destroyed. Undercarriage can be seen sitting on its side behind the tractor. (looking east) |
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| 10: Large trees uprooted in opposite directions within the tornado's path. (looking southeast) | 11: Small cabin destroyed. (looking northeast) | 12: Tornado path can be seen in the widespread severe tree damage that occurred in the hills to the west of Yanush. (looking east) |
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