Remember: as many walls as possible between you and the outside. If you are home when a warning is issued, go to your safe place. The National Weather Service says it means just that: Watch. Avoid media that won’t automatically cut in with warnings for your area.Ī watch means conditions are good for storms to develop. On the day of the storm, tune in to local broadcasters or your local NWS office and follow them and FEMA on social media if you will check it often enough. The golden rule: Put as many walls between you and the outside.
To begin, buy a weather radio, which carries alerts from your local National Weather Service office (and many models can be programmed to sound an alert tone only if your area is threatened.) You should also clear a path to your basement or a closet or interior room on the lowest floor of your home. It’s all about having a plan, and start planning early if possible. The wind speeds in these storms were measured using Doppler radar rather than traditional anemometers, which can be swept away when directly hit by a storm. It was a bit larger than a tornado that hit Hallam, Nebraska, on May 22, 2004.Ī May 3, 1999, storm that later killed 36 people at Moore, Oklahoma, had winds of about 302 mph at Bridge Creek, Oklahoma. (Alaska had three.) Texas had the greatest number of killer tornadoes, too, followed by Arkansas, Tennessee and Missouri.Īmong cities, more have occurred in Oklahoma City than anywhere else – more than 100 since 1893.Ī twister 2.6 miles wide struck near El Reno, Oklahoma, on May 31, 2013, with winds measured at 290 mph about 500 feet above the ground. Storm Prediction Center data compiled in 2010 showed that, in the previous 30 years, Texas had the most storms, followed by Kansas, Florida and Oklahoma.
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