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Tulsa tornado of 2017 - Wikipedia Tulsa tornado of 2017 Jump to : navigation , search It has been suggested that this article be merged into Tornadoes of 2017 . ( Discuss ) Proposed since August 2017 . Tulsa tornado of 2017 <Th_colspan="2"> EF2 tornado Formed August 6 , 2017 , 1 : 19 a.m. CDT ( UTC − 05 : 00 ) Duration 6 minutes Dissipated August 6 , 2017 , 1 : 25 a.m. CDT ( UTC − 05 : 00 ) Max rating EF2 tornado Duration of tornado outbreak 6 minutes Highest winds 120 -- 130 mph ( 190 -- 210 km / h ) ( Estimated by damage survey ) Areas affected Tulsa County , Oklahoma <Td_colspan="2"> Most severe tornado damage ; see Enhanced Fujita scale Time from first tornado to last tornado The 2017 Tulsa tornado took place on August 6 , 2017 near Tulsa , Oklahoma . Events ( edit ) The tornado formed at 1 : 19 A.M. CDT ( 06 : 19 UTC ) south of East 36th Street South and east of South Harvard Avenue and dissipated just north of Broken Arrow , Oklahoma . The worst damage along its 6.9 - mile - long ( 11.1 km ) path was in midtown Tulsa ( between South Sheridan Road and South Yale Avenue , near East 41st Street South ) , where several buildings had their roofs removed and outer walls collapsed . The Remington Tower office building ( near Skelly Drive and 41st Street ) underwent dramatic facade and window damage . The tornado also caused roof and structural damage to Promenade Mall and impacted infrastructure at the BOK Financial Corporation operations center ( near 41st and Sheridan ) , rendering its online , mobile and automated telephone systems inoperable . More than 7 people were rescued from T.G.I. Friday 's at 41st and Yale Avenue , after the roof collapsed into the building . This was the first tornado to hit the Tulsa area in the month of August since 1958 ( and only the 3rd to strike the area since 1950 ) , the tornado injured 26 people -- with two seriously injured -- in the east part of the city . Even with the tornado detectable on radar , the Tulsa County Emergency Management Agency did not begin civil defense sirens in the area because the National Weather Service did not issue a tornado warning until 1 : 25 a.m. , after which time an EF1 tornado had entered Broken Arrow , damaging multiple home roofs and several large tree branches . A second EF1 hit east of Oologah at 1 : 32 a.m. CDT ( 06 : 32 UTC ) , damaging several trees , barns and a home , downing multiple telephone poles . References ( edit ) ^ Jump up to : NWS Damage Survey for 8 / 6 / 17 Tornado Event ( Report ) . Iowa Environmental Mesonet . National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in Tulsa , Oklahoma . August 6 , 2017 . Retrieved August 7 , 2017 . Jump up ^ `` Three Tornadoes Struck Green Country Early Sunday '' . KOTV - DT . Griffin Communications . August 7 , 2017 . Jump up ^ `` NWS confirms EF - 2 tornado damage in midtown Tulsa '' . KTUL . Sinclair Broadcast Group . August 6 , 2017 . Retrieved August 7 , 2017 . Jump up ^ Ken Miller ( August 6 , 2017 ) . `` Rare August tornado sends 30 to hospital in Tulsa ; no deaths '' . KOKI - TV . Cox Media Group . Associated Press . Retrieved August 7 , 2017 . Jump up ^ Paighten Harkins ( August 7 , 2017 ) . `` EF2 tornado that hurt 30 , ripped through midtown , was rare in 2 ways '' . Tulsa World . BH Media . Jump up ^ `` Why was there no warning before devastating Tulsa tornado ? '' . CBS News . CBS Interactive . August 7 , 2017 . Jump up ^ Clayton Youngman ( August 6 , 2017 ) . `` NWS : 2 tornadoes touched down in Tulsa metro Sunday ; 3rd tornado hit Rogers County '' . KTUL . Sinclair Broadcast Group . Retrieved August 7 , 2017 . <Th_colspan="2"> Tornado outbreaks of 2017 <Td_colspan="2"> January 2 January 15 -- 16 January 21 -- 23 February 7 ( New Orleans ) February 19 -- 20 February 28 -- March 1 March 6 -- 7 March 28 -- 31 April 2 -- 3 April 4 -- 6 April 28 -- May 1 May 15 -- 20 August 6 This article about disaster management or a disaster is a stub . You can help Wikipedia by expanding it . Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tulsa_tornado_of_2017&oldid=804286365 '' Categories : 2017 in Oklahoma August 2017 events in the United States History of Tulsa , Oklahoma Tornadoes in Oklahoma Tornadoes of 2017 Disaster stubs Hidden categories : Articles to be merged from August 2017 All articles to be merged All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 8 October 2017 , at 00 : 00 . About Wikipedia