Tornado in Enid oklahoma

[K-man]

Hello all.
This is in response to several questions I’ve had today regarding the weather last night. A tornado formed just over Vance Air Force base last night and slowly moved east/northeast about 6 miles on the south and east side of Enid. One housing addition was particularly hard hit but thanks to the warnings not a single person was injured enough to require hospitalization. When the tornado finally fizzled out it was less than 1/2 mile from Champlin firearms. If it was continued on the path it was taking it would have arrived at my place in about 8 miles.

This picture is highway 81 south of Enid. Vance AFB on the right and the housing addition on the left. Thanks and prayers going out to the people who had losses but grateful it wasn’t worse. I was wondering if it was going to be raining double guns and exotic rifles.

 

[Wishfulthinker580]

Glad y’all are ok. Was watching it yesterday evening and was wondering how close it was going to get

 

[Wishfulthinker580]

They said it was an EF4

 

[Brent in Az]

Wow....that is a monster nado. Gives me nightmares just looking at it.

 

[Rez Exelon]

NGL, I was paying attention to the weather close last night. The atmospheric instability in green country was unnerving. Most everything passed a bit north of us, but I did get woken up in the middle of the night by the line of storms that ripped through. The wind was blowing so hard the raindrops sounded like hail hitting the glass of the windows. Several places I've driven past have shown signs of flooding with debris cresting fairly deep ditches.