TTAA00 KOKC 062259 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 545 PM CST THU MAY 6 1999 ...MAY 3 TORNADO OUTBREAK TORNADO COUNT UPDATED TO 26... UPDATED INFORMATION HAS BEEN COMPILED ABOUT THIS OUTBREAK. 26 TORNADOES HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED SO FAR. ADDITIONAL TORNADOES ARE LIKELY TO BE INCLUDED LATER AS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO ANALYZE REPORTS... DAMAGE SURVEYS AND VIDEO TAPES. AN UPDATED MAP OF TORNADO TRACKS ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA IS NOW AVAILABLE ON THE NWS NORMAN WEB PAGE AT URL HTTP://WWW.NSSL.NOAA.GOV/NWS /IN LOWER CASE LETTERS/. ...REPORT ON TORNADOES FROM PINK TO SHAWNEE TO STROUD... ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS NOW AVAILABLE OF TORNADO DAMAGE OF THE FAMILY OF TORNADOES FROM PINK TO SHAWNEE TO STROUD... A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM HAS COMPLETED THE INITIAL SURVEY OF TORNADO DAMAGE ACROSS POTTAWATOMIE AND PORTIONS OF LINCOLN COUNTY. THIS REPORT INCLUDES DETAILS ONLY OF THIS REGION. OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAMS HAVE INVESTIGATED OTHER AREAS OF DAMAGE ACROSS THE STATE AND ADDITIONAL REPORTS IN THESE SEGMENTS WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED WHEN DATA IS COMPILED. THIS REPORT IS PRELIMINARY AND MAY BE ADJUSTED AS MORE INFORMATION IS RECEIVED AND ANALYZED. TORNADO #1... A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN EASTERN CLEVELAND COUNTY APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE NORTH OF ETOWAH... CAUSING ONLY ISOLATED TREE DAMAGE. THE TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST INTO POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY HEAVILY DAMAGING A CHURCH AS IT CROSSED STATE HIGHWAY 9 NEAR PINK. SCATTERED TREE DAMAGE CONTINUED TO THE NORTHEAST UNTIL THE TORNADO DISSIPATED IN THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF BETHEL ACRES NEAR WACO ROAD AND STEVENS ROAD. THIS TORNADO WAS RATED F1... ALTHOUGH ONLY F0 DAMAGE OCCURRED IN CLEVELAND COUNTY. TORNADO #2... THE STORM PRODUCED ANOTHER TORNADO THAT TOUCHED DOWN JUST NORTH OF BETHEL ACRES... NEAR INDEPENDENCE ROAD AND DRUMMOND ROAD. THIS TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST INTO THE CLARKS HEIGHTS ADDITION DAMAGING A NUMBER OF HOMES WHERE THE TORNADO WAS RATED F2. IT CONTINUED NORTHEAST OUT OF THE SHAWNEE CITY LIMITS WHERE A NUMBER OF MOBILE HOMES WERE DESTROYED AND ONE FATALITY OCCURRED. THE TORNADO CURVED TO THE NORTH AND DISSIPATED NEAR ACME ROAD AND MOCCASIN TRAIL. TORNADO #3... AS THE PREVIOUS TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTH AND DISSIPATING... THE STORM SPAWNED ANOTHER TORNADO THAT TOUCHED DOWN WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF WOLVERINE ROAD AND LEO STREET. THIS TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST DAMAGING HOMES IN A COUPLE OF NEIGHBORHOODS AS IT CROSSED INTO LINCOLN COUNTY. SCATTERED DAMAGE CONTINUED AS IT MOVED THROUGH THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF MEEKER. THIS TORNADO DISSIPATED APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF MEEKER. THIS TORNADO WAS RATED F1. TORNADO #4... THE FOURTH TORNADO IN THIS FAMILY TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF SPARKS AND TRAVELED NORTH-NORTHEAST INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE TOWN OF DAVENPORT. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST FROM DAVENPORT AND INCREASED IN INTENSITY AS IT MOVED INTO STROUD. THE TORNADO LIKELY EVOLVED INTO A MULTIPLE VORTEX TORNADO AS IT APPROACHED STROUD. A WAREHOUSE ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF STROUD SUFFERED HEAVY DAMAGE AND A NUMBER OF SEMI TRAILERS AT THE WAREHOUSE WERE BLOWN OVER. TO THE EAST OF THE WAREHOUSE... THE STROUD HOSPITAL RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE. THE TORNADO MOVED THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD PARTIALLY UNROOFING HOMES. IT MOVED ACROSS THE TURNPIKE STRIKING A MOTEL AND HEAVILY DAMAGING THE OUTLET MALL. ALMOST THE ENTIRE MALL SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL ROOF DAMAGE... AND TWO PORTIONS OF THE MALL RECEIVED HEAVY STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. TWO NEIGHBORHOODS OF MOBILE HOMES WERE DESTROYED AS THE TORNADO MOVED TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF STROUD. SCATTERED DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES CONTINUED AS THE TORNADO MOVED OUT OF STROUD. IT CURVED BACK TO THE NORTHEAST AS IT MOVED INTO CREEK COUNTY APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE NORTH OF THE TURNPIKE... AND IT IS BELIEVED TO HAVE DISSIPATED SOUTH OF STROUD LAKE. THIS TORNADO HAS NOT YET BEEN RATED PENDING FURTHER ANALYSIS. DS/LQ NNNN