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BROKEN ARROW, OKLAHOMA STORM SHELTERS
Broken Arrow is no stranger to tornadoes.
If you’ve lived in Broken Arrow, OK for long you are no stranger to tornadoes. Records show that between 1973 and 2023, a total of 75 tornadoes have threatened Tulsa County, including many that were EF-2 through EF-4 strength.
April 1993, a tornado touched down in East Tulsa near 6th Street and 135th East Avenue at 5:50 pm CST. The tornado moved northeast for about a mile before entering Rogers County at 5:53 pm CST. There, a truck stop located near U.S. Interstate Highway I-44 and 161st East Avenue took a direct hit from the tornado. Numerous tractor-trailers and cars were destroyed in the vicinity of the truck stop. Six people were killed at or near the truck stop.
The tornado then continued northeast into Catoosa where several residential neighborhoods and the Colonial Port Mobile Home Park received heavy damage. The seventh and final fatality associated with this tornado occurred at the mobile home park. The tornado dissipated at 6:03 pm CST 1 mile west of State Highway 66 north of Catoosa. Total damage was estimated at $500,000.
May 30, 2023 marked 10 years since an EF-2 tornado blew through Broken Arrow. The twister spun up near NSU’s campus and ripped a six-mile path of destruction. It grazed several homes and businesses with winds up to 135 miles an hour. First responders said it was a miracle no one died from the damage.
The twister was spotted near 96th Street and South 23rd (193rd) East Avenue around 8:40 p.m. before moving northeast across the Creek Turnpike and Oklahoma 51 and hitting an area close to 91st Street and 241st East Avenue (Oneta Road), said Cpl. Leon Calhoun in a news release.
Officials with the National Weather Service office in Tulsa said that “at least EF2 damage has been surveyed.” Winds in an EF2 tornado range between 111 and 135 mph.
That storm system also caused severe flooding across parts of Green Country.
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