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St. Louis Tornado Outbreak Of February 1959
A destructive and deadly outbreak of 17 tornadoes occurred on February 9–10, 1959, mostly during the overnight hours, causing widespread destruction in the Midwest and Southeast regions of the United States. The strongest of the outbreak was a violent F4 tornado which tore through Northwestern Downtown St. Louis. An F3 tornado also caused heavy damage to numerous structures in Southern Highland County, Ohio, including a school that was in session at the time the tornado hit. Overall, the outbreak caused 21 fatalities (all in St. Louis), 358 injuries, and $53.713 million in damage. Non-tornadic impacts also caused two more fatalities, and at least 70 more injuries. Meteorological synopsis Early on February 7, a low-pressure system formed over Southeastern Oregon. This low strengthened as it moved slowly southeastward over the next two days before bottoming out at 992 mbars over Southwestern Colorado. It then accelerated tremendously as it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tornadoes Of 1959
Tornadoes and tornado outbreaks of 1959 were tornadoes that appeared primarily in the United States in that year. Most tornadoes form in the U.S., although some events may take place internationally. Tornado statistics for older years like this often appear significantly lower than modern years due to fewer reports or confirmed tornadoes. Events 1959 had several intense outbreaks, especially during May, which had several violent tornadoes. The year was also historic as an F0 tornado was confirmed in Alaska during December. It was the first tornado ever confirmed in the state as well as the final state to confirm its first tornado since records began in 1950. United States yearly total January There were 16 tornadoes confirmed in the US in January. January 20–21 All 16 January tornadoes touched down in an intense outbreak that struck the Southeastern United States, Southeast. It started with two weak tornadoes touching down in Mississippi on January 20. The next day was much ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tornado Outbreak
A tornado outbreak is the occurrence of multiple tornadoes spawned by the same Synoptic scale meteorology, synoptic scale weather system. The number of tornadoes required to qualify as an outbreak typically are at least six to ten, with at least two rotational locations (if squall line) or at least two supercells producing Tornado family, multiple tornadoes. The tornadoes usually occur within the same day or continue into the early morning hours of the succeeding day, and within the same region. Most definitions allow for a break in tornado activity (time elapsed from the end of the last tornado to the beginning of the next tornado) of six hours. If tornado activity indeed resumes after such a lull, many definitions consider the event to be a new outbreak. A series of continuous or nearly continuous tornado outbreak days is a tornado outbreak sequence. In the United States and Canada, tornado outbreaks usually occur from March through June in the Great Plains, the Midwestern Unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crestline, Kansas
Crestline is a census-designated place (CDP) in Cherokee County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 116. Crestline is located on U.S. Route 400, east of Columbus. History Crestline was a station on the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway. Crestline has a post office with ZIP code 66728. Demographics The 2020 United States census counted 116 people, 42 households, and 20 families in Crestline. The population density was 65.1 per square mile (25.1/km). There were 52 housing units at an average density of 29.2 per square mile (11.3/km). The racial makeup was 81.9% (95) white or European American (81.03% non-Hispanic white), 6.03% (7) black or African-American, 2.59% (3) Native American or Alaska Native, 4.31% (5) Asian, 0.0% (0) Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian, 0.86% (1) from other races, and 4.31% (5) from two or more races. Hispanic The term Hispanic () are people, Spanish culture, cultures, or countries related to Spain, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okfuskee County, Oklahoma
Okfuskee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, its population was 11,310. Its county seat is Okemah. The county is named for a former Muscogee town in present Cleburne County, Alabama, that in turn was named for the Okfuskee, a Muscogee tribe. History The area now covered by Okfuskee County was occupied by the Quapaw and Osage tribes until 1825, when they ceded the land to the United States government. The Creeks moved here in the early 1830s and built two towns, Greenleaf and Thlopthlocco. During the Civil War, Thlopthlocco served as headquarters for Confederate Col. Douglas H. Cooper. Greenleaf was where Chief Opothleyahola camped while he tried to retain unity among the Creeks, before leading over 5000 Creeks to Kansas to avoid the war. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln County, Oklahoma
Lincoln County is a county in eastern Central Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 33,458. Its county seat is Chandler. Lincoln County is part of the Oklahoma City, OK metropolitan statistical area. In 2010, the center of population of Oklahoma was in Lincoln County, near the town of Sparks. History The United States purchased the large tract of land known as the Louisiana Purchase from France in 1803. Washington Irving, Charles J. Latrobe, and Count Albert de Pourtalès accompanied Henry L. Ellsworth and others on an expedition in Indian Territory that may have passed through the far northwestern corner of the future Lincoln County. The Osage hunted on land that includes present-day Lincoln County until they ceded the area in an 1825 treaty to the federal government. The government then assigned the land to the Creek and the Seminoles after they were removed from the southeastern United States. Following Quapaw removal in 1834, several small groups of Q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paden, Oklahoma
Paden is a town in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 419 at the 2020 Census. It is named for Paden Tolbert, a U.S. Deputy Marshal who served the area in the early 1900s. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. The ghost town of Micawber, Oklahoma, which disappeared in the 1930s (only the Micawber Cemetery remains), is north-northeast of Paden and in Paden’s zip code. Demographics As of the census of 2010, there were 461 people, 199 households, and 134 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 234 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 54.68% White, 37.70% Native American, and 7.62% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.90% of the population. There were 199 households, out of which 27.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.7% were married couples living together, 16.6% had a female hou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prague, Oklahoma
Prague ( ) is a city in Lincoln County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 2,356 at the 2020 census, a 1.76 percent decrease from the figure of 2,388 in 2010. Czech immigrants founded the city, and named it after the Prague, capital of the present-day Czech Republic. History After the opening of the Sac and Fox Nation, Sac and Fox Reservation by a land run on September 22, 1891, Czech immigrants settled and founded Prague. Eva Barta owned the land, and named the new town "Prague" for the Czech capital in Europe, then part of Austria-Hungary. The town incorporated in 1902.Pritchett, Roger''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''. "Prague."Retrieved March 6, 2015. The town's name has been adopted in Fox language, Sac and Fox language as ''Pwêkeki''. On March 27, 1943, the film ''Hangmen Also Die!'' had its world premiere in Prague in an event which featured Adolf Hitler, Hirohito and Mussolini being hanged in effigy on Main Street. The town of Prague was apparentl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindsay, Oklahoma
Lindsay is a city in Garvin County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 2,840 at the 2010 census. It once promoted itself as "The Broomcorn Capital of the World" but no longer uses that slogan, as broomcorn is no longer raised in the area. History Lindsay was founded in January 1902, when the Kiowa, Chickasha and Fort Smith Railway (an affiliate of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe) and the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad companies were linking their lines halfway between Chickasha and Pauls Valley, a project completed in 1903. The AT&SF trains from Pauls Valley turned around at Lindsay, and the Rock Island trains from Chickasha did the same. Lindsay was named after Lewis Lindsay, a local area farmer who donated of land for the townsite. At the time of its founding, Lindsay was located in Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation. Geography Lindsay is located in northwestern Garvin County. The town's northern border follows the McClain County line. Lindsay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grady County, Oklahoma
Grady County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 54,795. Its county seat is Chickasha. It was named for Henry W. Grady, an editor of the ''Atlanta Constitution'' and southern orator.O'Dell, Larry. ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture'' - Grady County accessed March 6, 2015 Grady County is part of the . History Grady County was part of the land given to the |
Oklahoma
Oklahoma ( ; Choctaw language, Choctaw: , ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Texas to the south and west, Kansas to the north, Missouri to the northeast, Arkansas to the east, New Mexico to the west, and Colorado to the northwest. Partially in the western extreme of the Upland South, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 20th-most extensive and the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 28th-most populous of the 50 United States. Its residents are known as Oklahomans and its capital and largest city is Oklahoma City. The state's name is derived from the Choctaw language, Choctaw words , 'people' and , which translates as 'red'. Oklahoma is also known informally by its List of U.S. state and territory nicknames, nickname, "The Sooner State", in reference to the Sooners, American pioneer, American settlers who staked their claims in formerly American Indian-o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garvin County, Oklahoma
Garvin County is a county in south-central Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 25,656. Its county seat is Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, Pauls Valley. In 1906, delegates to the Constitution Convention formed Garvin County from part of the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory. The county was named after Samuel J. Garvin, a local Chickasaw rancher, merchant, and banker. Its economy is largely based on farming, ranching and oil production. History Garvin County came into existence on November 16, 1907, the day Oklahoma became a state. The territory within the present-day county had been a part of Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation in the Indian Territory.Charles Goins, ''Historical Atlas of Oklahoma'' (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2006), plate 105. An election held June 20, 1908, resulted in county citizens choosing Pauls Valley as the county seat over the towns of Wynnewood and Elmore City. Oil was discovered in the southw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
