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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
413 PM CDT TUE MAR 10 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 03/06/2026 TORNADO EVENT - UPDATE 3
UPDATE
UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE ONETA TORNADO
OVERVIEW
SUPERCELLS THAT DEVELOPED AHEAD OF A DRY LINE OVER
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA MOVED THROUGH NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA DURING THE
EVENING OF THE 6TH. SEVERAL OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED MULTIPLE
TORNADOES, A COUPLE OF WHICH WERE STRONG. NWS TULSA METEOROLOGISTS
SURVEYED STORM DAMAGE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, AND THEN AGAIN TODAY, AND
DETAILS FOR NINE CONFIRMED TORNADOES FOLLOW BELOW. WE ARE STILL
INVESTIGATING OTHER REPORTS, AND ADDITIONAL SURVEYS MAY BE NEEDED FOR
THIS EVENT IN THE COMING DAYS.
BRISTOW OKLAHOMA TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 TO 110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 6.2 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 270 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 03/06/2026
START TIME: 05:18 PM CST
START LOCATION: 3 WNW BRISTOW / CREEK COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON: 35.855 / -96.449
END DATE: 03/06/2026
END TIME: 05:32 PM CST
END LOCATION: 6 NNE BRISTOW / CREEK COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON: 35.913 / -96.366
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO DEVELOPED APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRISTOW,
WEST OF SOUTH 401ST WEST AVENUE AND NORTH OF WEST 221ST STREET
SOUTH. MOVING NORTHEAST, IT CROSSED SOUTH 401ST WEST AVENUE,
WHERE IT DESTROYED A SINGLE-WIDE MOBILE HOME AND AN OUTBUILDING.
AS THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST ACROSS STATE HIGHWAY 16, IT
UPROOTED TREES AND SNAPPED LARGE LIMBS. AT THE INTERSECTION OF
STATE HIGHWAY 48 AND WEST 181ST STREET SOUTH, THE TORNADO
IMPACTED AN INDUSTRIAL SITE, COLLAPSING OVERHEAD DOORS AND
REMOVING ROOF SECTIONS FROM TWO METAL BUILDINGS. THE TORNADO
MAINTAINED A NORTHEAST TRACK, BREAKING ADDITIONAL TREE BRANCHES
ALONG SOUTH 337TH WEST AVENUE, BEFORE DISSIPATING NORTH OF STATE
HIGHWAY 66.
TULSA OKLAHOMA TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 105 TO 110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 6.0 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 600 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 03/06/2026
START TIME: 06:24 PM CST
START LOCATION: 4 NE GRAY / OSAGE COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON: 36.175 / -96.022
END DATE: 03/06/2026
END TIME: 06:34 PM CST
END LOCATION: 4 SSE SPERRY / TULSA COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON: 36.244 / -95.958
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO DEVELOPED NEAR N GILCREASE MUSEUM ROAD, NORTH OF W
NEWTON STREET. IT MOVED NORTHEAST DAMAGING A NUMBER OF HOMES,
DAMAGING THE ROOF OF AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, UPROOTING TREES, AND
SNAPPING NUMEROUS LARGE TREE LIMBS IN NEIGHBORHOODS WEST OF N TISDALE
PARKWAY. IT CROSSED INTO TULSA COUNTY NEAR W APACHE STREET. THE
TORNADO DAMAGED MANY HOMES AND SNAPPED NUMEROUS LARGE TREE LIMBS
BETWEEN THE COUNTY LINE AND THE GILCREASE EXPRESSWAY. IT CONTINUED TO
MOVE NORTHEAST DAMAGING MANY HOMES NORTH OF THE GILCREASE EXPRESSWAY,
AND INTENSIFIED AS IT APPROACHED E 36TH STREET N. AN OFFICE BUILDING
WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED AND THE TULSA TECHNOLOGY CENTER WAS SEVERELY
DAMAGED AS THE TORNADO APPROACHED N PEORIA AVENUE. NUMEROUS TREES
WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED IN THAT AREA. THE TORNADO MOVED NORTH-
NORTHEAST ACROSS E 46TH STREET N AND DISSIPATED NORTH OF E 61ST
STREET N. MANY HOMES WERE DAMAGED, A FEW TREES WERE UPROOTED,
NUMEROUS LARGE TREE LIMBS WERE SNAPPED, AND MOBILE HOMES WERE DAMAGED
IN THAT PORTION OF THE PATH. THIS TORNADO PRODUCED A TORNADIC DEBRIS
SIGNATURE FROM THE KINX WSR-88D.
CASTLE OKLAHOMA TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 70 TO 75 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 5.0 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 160 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 03/06/2026
START TIME: 06:38 PM CST
START LOCATION: 4 WSW MASON / OKFUSKEE COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON: 35.549 / -96.416
END DATE: 03/06/2026
END TIME: 06:45 PM CST
END LOCATION: 2 N MASON / OKFUSKEE COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON: 35.599 / -96.351
SURVEY SUMMARY:
CHASER VIDEO AND A DEBRIS SIGNATURE FROM KINX WSR-88D INDICATED
THIS TORNADO BEGAN WEST OF HIGHWAY 48 ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH-
NORTHWEST OF CASTLE. THE TORNADO CROSSED HIGHWAY 48, WHERE IT
DAMAGED THE ROOF OF TWO MOBILE HOMES AND DOWNED SMALL BRANCHES
ALONG E980 ROAD BEFORE DISSIPATING.
OWASSO OKLAHOMA TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 TO 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.0 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 180 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 03/06/2026
START TIME: 06:38 PM CST
START LOCATION: 4 W OWASSO / TULSA COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON: 36.267 / -95.921
END DATE: 03/06/2026
END TIME: 06:41 PM CST
END LOCATION: 3 WNW OWASSO / TULSA COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON: 36.291 / -95.899
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO DEVELOPED JUST WEST OF N YALE AVENUE AND NORTH OF E
76TH STREET N. IT UPROOTED A TREE AS IT CROSSED N YALE AVENUE AND
MOVED NORTHEAST ACROSS A NEIGHBORHOOD ON E 82ND STREET N. SEVERAL
HOMES WERE DAMAGED, LIGHT POLES WERE BLOWN DOWN, AND LARGE TREE
LIMBS WERE SNAPPED. THE TORNADO BLEW DOWN POWER POLES AND SNAPPED
LARGE TREE LIMBS AS IT CROSSED E 86TH STREET N. OUTBUILDINGS WERE
DAMAGED AND LARGE TREE LIMBS WERE SNAPPED BY THE TORNADO AS IT
CROSSED N HUDSON AVENUE, AND THEN CROSSED N SHERIDAN AVENUE,
WHERE IT DISSIPATED.
COLLINSVILLE OKLAHOMA TORNADO
RATING: EF2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 125 TO 135 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.7 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 03/06/2026
START TIME: 06:55 PM CST
START LOCATION: 3 E COLLINSVILLE / ROGERS COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON: 36.361 / -95.784
END DATE: 03/06/2026
END TIME: 07:02 PM CST
END LOCATION: 3 S OOLOGAH / ROGERS COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON: 36.396 / -95.714
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO DEVELOPED OVER HEAVILY WOODED, INACCESSIBLE (BY ROAD)
TERRAIN, EAST OF N 161ST EAST AVENUE, WHERE THE KINX WSR-88D DETECTED
A TORNADIC DEBRIS SIGNATURE. THE TORNADO MOVED EAST-NORTHEAST ACROSS
THE CANEY RIVER, AND THEN DESTROYED A HOME AND DAMAGED SEVERAL OTHERS
SOUTH OF THE RIVER. A LARGE RECREATIONAL VEHICLE WAS ROLLED AND
SEVERELY DAMAGED. NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED AND OUTBUILDINGS WERE
DAMAGED. THE TORNADO THEN MOVED THROUGH ANOTHER AREA OF INACCESSIBLE
TERRAIN AND CROSSED THE CANEY RIVER AGAIN, AND THEN CROSSED THE S
4090 ROAD. LARGE TREE LIMBS AND POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED AS IT
CROSSED THE E 430 ROAD, AND THE TORNADO DISSIPATED NORTH OF THE E
430 ROAD.
BEGGS OKLAHOMA TORNADO
RATING: EF3
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 135 TO 140 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 6.8 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 950 YARDS
FATALITIES: 2
INJURIES: 2
START DATE: 03/06/2026
START TIME: 07:17 PM CST
START LOCATION: 1 WNW BEGGS / OKMULGEE COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON: 35.748 / -96.088
END DATE: 03/06/2026
END TIME: 07:29 PM CST
END LOCATION: 3 SSW LIBERTY / OKMULGEE COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON: 35.812 / -96.004
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO BEGAN ON THE WEST SIDE OF BEGGS, DIRECTLY IMPACTING
THE BEGGS PUBLIC SCHOOLS CAMPUS. THE HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL
ROOF SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE, AND THE BUS BARN ALSO
SUFFERED HEAVY DAMAGE TO THE ROOF AND OVERHEAD DOORS. AS IT MOVED
NORTHEAST, IT CROSSED 15TH STREET, UPROOTING AND SNAPPING TREES.
AFTER CROSSING HAPPY CAMP ROAD, IT DESTROYED OUTBUILDINGS AND
BEGAN A BRIEF JOG NORTHWARD, PARALLELING NORTH 180 ROAD. THE
STRONGEST AND WIDEST PHASE OF THE TORNADO OCCURRED AS IT MOVED
EAST ALONG GRIMES ROAD. ONE SINGLE-WIDE MANUFACTURED HOME WAS
COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND SEVERAL OTHER SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES
WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED WITH THE LOSS OF ROOFS AND WINDOWS. TWO
FATALITIES AND TWO INJURIES OCCURRED AT ONE HOMESTEAD WHERE A
DOUBLE-WIDE MANUFACTURED HOME WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND
SEVERAL AUTOMOBILES WERE MOVED AND TOSSED 20 TO 30 YARDS. A NEARBY
BARN WAS DESTROYED AND HEAVY LIMB LOSS OCCURRED ON LARGE TREES.
THE TORNADO THEN CONTINUED NORTHEAST CROSSING STATE HIGHWAY 75,
WHERE IT THREW A METAL SHIPPING CONTAINER ACROSS THE LANES AND
UPROOTED TREES. THE TORNADO DISSIPATED AFTER CROSSING NORTH
205 ROAD, ABOUT THREE MILES SOUTH OF THE TULSA COUNTY LINE.
BROKEN ARROW OKLAHOMA TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 TO 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.5 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 130 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 03/06/2026
START TIME: 08:03 PM CST
START LOCATION: 1 NNW ONETA / WAGONER COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON: 36.037 / -95.721
END DATE: 03/06/2026
END TIME: 08:06 PM CST
END LOCATION: 2 NNE ONETA / WAGONER COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON: 36.047 / -95.699
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO DEVELOPED JUST SOUTH OF THE MUSKOGEE TURNPIKE, EAST
OF S 225TH EAST AVENUE. IT MOVED NORTHEAST ACROSS A NEIGHBORHOOD
WEST OF S 241ST EAST AVENUE, AND THEN INTO THE SOUTHERN PORTION
OF FOREST RIDGE. THE TORNADO UPROOTED A FEW TREES, DAMAGED THE
ROOFS OF SEVERAL HOMES, SNAPPED LARGE TREE LIMBS, AND BLEW DOWN
LARGE SECTIONS OF PRIVACY FENCES.
ONETA OKLAHOMA TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 TO 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.6 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 300 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 03/06/2026
START TIME: 08:05 PM CST
START LOCATION: 1 NNE ONETA / WAGONER COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON: 36.034 / -95.700
END DATE: 03/06/2026
END TIME: 08:08 PM CST
END LOCATION: 2 NE ONETA / WAGONER COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON: 36.044 / -95.674
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO DEVELOPED OVER OPEN COUNTRY NORTH OF E 91ST STREET S
AND WEST OF S 257TH EAST AVENUE. IT MOVED NORTHEAST ACROSS A
NEIGHBORHOOD WEST OF S 257TH EAST AVENUE, WHERE THE ROOFS OF
NUMEROUS HOMES WERE DAMAGED AND WINDOWS WERE BROKEN. THE TORNADO
DAMAGED THE ROOFS OF MORE HOMES EAST OF S 257TH EAST AVENUE,
ALONG E 85TH STREET S, E 86TH STREET S, AND JOY AVENUE. SEVERAL
OUTBUILDINGS WERE ALSO DAMAGED IN THIS AREA, SEVERAL TREES WERE
SNAPPED OR UPROOTED, AND NUMEROUS LARGE TREE LIMBS WERE SNAPPED.
THE TORNADO DISSIPATED JUST WEST OF S 273RD EAST AVENUE. BASED ON
KINX WSR-88D RADAR DATA, THIS TORNADO ROTATED ANTICYCLONICALLY.
INOLA OKLAHOMA TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 TO 105 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 6.6 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 350 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 03/06/2026
START TIME: 08:29 PM CST
START LOCATION: INOLA / ROGERS COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON: 36.147 / -95.509
END DATE: 03/06/2026
END TIME: 08:41 PM CST
END LOCATION: 3 W CHOUTEAU / MAYES COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON: 36.192 / -95.406
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO DEVELOPED OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF INOLA, AND
MOVED NORTHEAST ACROSS THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN. ONE HOME HAD A
PORTION OF THE ROOF BLOWN OFF, AND A NUMBER OF OTHER HOMES
RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. MANY LARGE LIMBS WERE SNAPPED FROM TREES.
THE TORNADO THEN MOVED NORTHEAST ACROSS THE E 595 ROAD, WHERE THE
ROOF OF A HOME WAS DAMAGED AND TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN. IT UPROOTED
TREES AS IT MOVED ACROSS THE E 590 ROAD, CROSSED HIGHWAY 412, AND
BLEW A PORTION OF THE ROOF FROM A HOME ON THE E 580 ROAD. THE
TORNADO MOVED INTO MAYES COUNTY NEAR THE E 580 ROAD, WHERE LARGE
TREE LIMBS WERE SNAPPED AND SEVERAL POWER POLES WERE BLOWN DOWN.
IT MOVED ACROSS OPEN COUNTRY UNTIL IT DISSIPATED NEAR THE W
570 ROAD AND S 427 ROAD. THE TORNADO PRODUCED A TORNADIC DEBRIS
SIGNATURE FROM THE KINX WSR-88D.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH
EF5.....>200 MPH
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
EJC/SRC/SFP
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