Tornado outbreak ongoing near Norman/Oklahoma City, these may make it to Tulsa according to SPC... local live coverage

[wnylib]

4. This coverage reminds me of the supercell tornado storm of 1985

that swept through eastern Ohio, northwestern PA, southwestern NY, and southern Ontario, Canada.

I was in southwestern NY at the time, reading a book with the TV tuned in to a PA station. I had turned the volume down and was surprised when I glanced at the TV screen and saw a running tape at the bottom calling for all electrical and rescue emergency crews to report to work regardless of shift or vacation time.

When I turned up the volume and heard the locations of several tornadoes on the ground in Ohio and PA, I knew that we were in the path in western NY. Tornadoes generally move in SW to NE patterns. As a native of northwest PA, I knew the locations of the towns being named.

I warned my husband and we went to the basement with a portable radio. We got heavy winds and hail, but touchdowns occurred outside of town.

That supercell spawned several tornadoes on the ground at once in the affected areas, ranging from EF1 to EF5. Whole towns were wiped out. A portion of the storm moved eastward in PA, halfway across the state, hitting campgrounds. Unfortunately, there were several deaths and hundreds of injuries.

This region does not get tornadoes often like the Midwest does, but that afternoon and evening was a nightmare.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_United_States%E2%80%93Canada_tornado_outbreak#:~:text=The%201985%20United%20States%E2%80%93Canada,including%2014%20in%20Ontario%2C%20Canada.