10 businesses in Tulsa condemned following tornado damage

OKLAHOMA CITY Ten businesses in a Tulsa shopping district were so badly damaged by a weekend tornado that they have been condemned, including the TGI Fridays and Whataburger restaurants where several people were injured, city officials said Monday. Notices posted by city inspectors prohibit 10 commercial structures located in the Highland Plaza district from being…

Emergency Management: Tulsa tornado was out of city before we could send warning

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — The Tulsa Area Emergency Management Agency says an EF2 tornado that touched down in Tulsa overnight was gone before the city could send out a warning to citizens. The National Weather Service confirmed Sunday that preliminary damage reports suggest an EF2 struck midtown Tulsa around 1:25 a.m. and moved quickly into…

Pic of the week: ‘Mothership’ supercell drops two tornadoes on Tulsa

This, ladies and gentleman, is what we call a “mothership” supercell. Meteorologists and storm chasers refer to a select few supercell thunderstorms as “motherships” for a simple, very non-meteorological reason: they resemble spaceships. To be considered a mothership supercell, the whole structure of the storm must typically be seen from top to bottom and end…