Update: Weather Officials Say 2 Tornadoes Touched down near Clifty on March 25

TULSA, OK – It wasn’t just one tornado that struck in Madison County on March 25, but two.

That’s according to the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Tulsa after completing its survey of the storms that struck near Clifty.

The NWS says its teams found that the first twister, an EF1 tornado, touched down at 5:26 p.m., 2.6 miles northwest of Clifty and ended at 5:33 p.m., 3.5 miles northeast of Clifty. It severely damaged three chicken hours and also damaged a home. It then moved east-northeast, damaging an additional chicken house, several homes and snapped trees along Highway 127. The tornado then damaged a mobile home, another chicken house and trees as it crossed Highway 23.

Based on radar data and the ground survey, it appears that the second tornado, rated an EF0 developed to the south of the dissipating tornado west of Highway 23 northeast of Clifty. It started 2.7 miles northeast of Clifty at 5:32 p.m. and ended 3.7 miles northeast of Clifty at 5:34 p.m. It crossed Highway 23, damaging the roof of a house, snapping large tree limbs and destroying a barn. It dissipated before reaching County Road 1050.

TULSA, OK — A storm that left property damage Wednesday night northwest of Clifty in Madison County indicates it was a category EF1 tornado. 

That’s according to preliminary survey findings released today by the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Tulsa.

NWS Tulsa says the survey shows a path that stretched for about 4 miles.

The office is also conducting a survey into a possible tornado that same evening in the Berryville (Carroll County) area.

Meanwhile, the tornado that struck Tulsa, Oklahoma around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday has been rated a category EF2. One person was killed in that storm.