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Event	Tornado
-- Scale	EF3
-- Length	15
-- Width	400
State	OKLAHOMA
County/Area	ELLIS
WFO	OUN
Begin Date	04/14/2012 22:42:00 CST-6
Begin Range	2
Begin Azimuth	SSW
Begin Location	ARNETT
Begin Lat/Lon	36.11/-99.78
End Date	04/14/2012 23:05:00 CST-6
End Range	7
End Azimuth	S
End Location	FARGO
End Lat/Lon	36.28/-99.6
Deaths Direct/Indirect	0/0 (fatality details below, when available...)
Injuries Direct/Indirect	0/0
Property Damage	0.00K
Crop Damage	0.00K
Episode Narrative	A severe weather outbreak occurred on the afternoon and evening of Saturday April 14th, 2012 across Kansas and northwest Oklahoma. Multiple tornadoes, including a few that were strong, very large hail and damaging winds accompanied the supercells that formed through the afternoon and evening. Over a dozen tornadoes occurred in northwest Oklahoma in addition to the numerous tornadoes in Kansas. Much of Oklahoma remained under clear skies for the afternoon, which coupled with plentiful moisture allowed very strong instability to develop. A dryline stretched from western Kansas into northwest and western Oklahoma through the afternoon hours. Thunderstorms ignited off the dryline in the early afternoon, with the first severe weather reports around 230pm. The first tornado was not reported until nearly 4pm as low level wind shear increased gradually. The tornado reports continued through nearly 1am with the tornado that impacted Woodward, OK the last tornado of the evening. With the first supercells firing around 2 PM, many dropped large hail, some as large as 3 inches in diameter. Many brief tornado touchdowns were reported as well, with the initial reports north of Woodward, OK. Additional supercells developed through the afternoon with a prominent tornadic supercell developing near Waynoka, Oklahoma. This supercell produced multiple tornadoes near Cherokee and continued moving to the northeast. One tornado with this supercell produced damage to a cemetery west of Byron. Fortunately, many of the tornadoes from this thunderstorm remained over mainly rural areas in Waynoka, Woods and Alfalfa counties. Another tornadic supercell developed southwest of Woodward before midnight and tracked toward Woodward. The Woodward tornado began around 1150 PM roughly 3 miles northeast of Arnett and moved northeast into Woodward county. The southwest city limits of Woodward were impacted near 1218 AM on Sunday April 15th, 2012 and the tornado finally exited the north-northwest side of Woodward around 1223 AM. The tornado dissipated shortly afterward, 4 miles north of Woodward. Sadly, 6 fatalities were reported with the tornado that impacted Woodward.
Event Narrative	The tornado developed south of Arnett and moved northeast. Two homes were categorized as destroyed and a few other homes sustained damage. Trees and power lines were also damaged as the tornado moved toward the Woodward county border. The tornado eventually crossed the border, doing substantially more damage towards Woodward.

All events for this episode:

Location	County/Zone	St.	Date	Time	T.Z.	Type	Mag	Dth	Inj	PrD	CrD
Totals:								6	29	0.00K	0.00K
LAVERNE	HARPER CO.	OK	04/14/2012	13:30	CST-6	Hail	1.00 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
SELMAN	HARPER CO.	OK	04/14/2012	14:15	CST-6	Hail	2.75 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
FORT SUPPLY	WOODWARD CO.	OK	04/14/2012	14:47	CST-6	Hail	1.75 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
FORT SUPPLY	WOODWARD CO.	OK	04/14/2012	14:49	CST-6	Tornado	EF0	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
SELMAN	HARPER CO.	OK	04/14/2012	14:59	CST-6	Hail	1.75 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
FORT SUPPLY	WOODWARD CO.	OK	04/14/2012	14:59	CST-6	Tornado	EF0	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
SELMAN	HARPER CO.	OK	04/14/2012	15:00	CST-6	Tornado	EF1	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
WOODWARD	WOODWARD CO.	OK	04/14/2012	15:08	CST-6	Hail	3.00 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
MOORELAND	WOODWARD CO.	OK	04/14/2012	15:26	CST-6	Tornado	EF0	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
CAMP HOUSTON	WOODS CO.	OK	04/14/2012	15:33	CST-6	Tornado	EF0	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
ARNETT	ELLIS CO.	OK	04/14/2012	15:52	CST-6	Hail	1.75 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
ARNETT	ELLIS CO.	OK	04/14/2012	16:05	CST-6	Hail	3.00 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
REYDON	ROGER MILLS CO.	OK	04/14/2012	16:10	CST-6	Hail	2.75 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
SHARON	WOODWARD CO.	OK	04/14/2012	16:15	CST-6	Hail	1.75 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
TANGIER	WOODWARD CO.	OK	04/14/2012	16:18	CST-6	Tornado	EF0	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
TANGIER	WOODWARD CO.	OK	04/14/2012	16:24	CST-6	Tornado	EF0	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
ARNETT	ELLIS CO.	OK	04/14/2012	16:40	CST-6	Hail	0.75 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
MOORELAND	WOODWARD CO.	OK	04/14/2012	16:50	CST-6	Hail	1.75 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
VICI	DEWEY CO.	OK	04/14/2012	17:04	CST-6	Hail	1.75 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
VICI	DEWEY CO.	OK	04/14/2012	17:13	CST-6	Hail	1.75 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
MOORELAND	WOODWARD CO.	OK	04/14/2012	17:15	CST-6	Tornado	EF0	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
MOORELAND	WOODWARD CO.	OK	04/14/2012	17:50	CST-6	Tornado	EF0	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
MOORELAND	WOODWARD CO.	OK	04/14/2012	17:51	CST-6	Tornado	EF0	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
BOUSE JUNCTION	MAJOR CO.	OK	04/14/2012	18:01	CST-6	Tornado	EF0	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
BOUSE JUNCTION	MAJOR CO.	OK	04/14/2012	18:06	CST-6	Tornado	EF0	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
WAYNOKA	WOODS CO.	OK	04/14/2012	18:06	CST-6	Hail	2.00 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
WAYNOKA	WOODS CO.	OK	04/14/2012	18:14	CST-6	Tornado	EF1	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
HOPETON	WOODS CO.	OK	04/14/2012	18:15	CST-6	Hail	1.50 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
WAYNOKA	WOODS CO.	OK	04/14/2012	18:19	CST-6	Tornado	EF0	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
WAYNOKA	WOODS CO.	OK	04/14/2012	18:30	CST-6	Tornado	EF0	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
CHEROKEE	ALFALFA CO.	OK	04/14/2012	18:47	CST-6	Tornado	EF1	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
CHEROKEE	ALFALFA CO.	OK	04/14/2012	18:57	CST-6	Tornado	EF0	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
AMORITA	ALFALFA CO.	OK	04/14/2012	19:19	CST-6	Tornado	EF1	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
MANCHESTER	GRANT CO.	OK	04/14/2012	19:37	CST-6	Tornado	EF0	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
BUFFALO	HARPER CO.	OK	04/14/2012	21:45	CST-6	Hail	1.75 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
SHATTUCK	ELLIS CO.	OK	04/14/2012	22:07	CST-6	Hail	1.00 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
ARNETT	ELLIS CO.	OK	04/14/2012	22:42	CST-6	Tornado	EF3	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
TANGIER	WOODWARD CO.	OK	04/14/2012	23:05	CST-6	Tornado	EF3	6	29	0.00K	0.00K
CHEYENNE	ROGER MILLS CO.	OK	04/14/2012	23:30	CST-6	Thunderstorm Wind	52 kts. EG	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
CHEYENNE	ROGER MILLS CO.	OK	04/15/2012	00:45	CST-6	Thunderstorm Wind	52 kts. EG	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
CLINTON	CUSTER CO.	OK	04/15/2012	00:45	CST-6	Thunderstorm Wind	52 kts. EG	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
HOBART	KIOWA CO.	OK	04/15/2012	00:55	CST-6	Hail	0.75 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
Totals:								6	29	0.00K	0.00K