May 10, 2008 Severe Weather Outbreak
Yanush Tornado

A tornado touched down 7 miles southwest of Hartshorne in Pittsburg County at approximately 5:30 pm. The tornado was rated an EF2 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale with maximum wind speeds of 125 to 135 mph. The tornado track length was approximately 22 miles with a maximum width of one third mile. This tornado struck Yanush and then lifted 1.3 miles east northeast of Yanush.

May 10, 2008 Pittsburg/Latimer County (Yanush) Tornado
Yanush, OK tornado track map
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1: House with roof removed and failure of garage. (looking southeast) 2: Mobile home severely damaged. (looking north) 3: Numerous large trees uprooted. For reference, person in image in 6' tall. (looking north-northeast)
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4: Fence detroyed with concrete posts pulled out of the ground. (looking east-southeast) 5:  Destroyed mobile home. (looking east-southeast) 6: Destroyed barn. (looking east-northeast)
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7: Damaged 1-ton truck. (looking west) 8: Widespread severe tree damage. Many trees uprooted. (looking east-northeast) 9: Mobile home sitting on cinderblocks completely destroyed. Undercarriage can be seen sitting on its side behind the tractor. (looking east)
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10: Large trees uprooted in opposite directions within the tornado's path. (looking southeast) 11: Small cabin destroyed. (looking northeast) 12: Tornado path can be seen in the widespread severe tree damage that occurred in the hills to the west of Yanush. (looking east)
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Yanush tornado radar image
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