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News & Current Events Apr 24, 2026 at 4:06 PM

Enid, Oklahoma, surveys damage after massive tornado tears through city

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Enid, Oklahoma, surveys damage after massive tornado tears through city
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Enid, Oklahoma, surveys damage after massive tornado tears through city
Residents of Enid, Oklahoma, are surveying the damage on Friday after a massive tornado ripped through the city on Thursday.
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Equivalent-Battle973 Apr 24, 2026 +33
Holy shit, ground scouring, trees debarked, and some homes have been slabbed, this things gonna be at least an Ef-4 once the surveys are done.
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botchman Apr 24, 2026 +44
With the types of damage produced by this tornado I wouldn't be surprised if it's a high end EF-4 or even an EF-5. Its amazing that there have been no reported fatalities, but that could change unfortunately
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Equivalent-Battle973 Apr 24, 2026 +12
Be wild if we ended up having 2 EF-5s in 2 years if it ends up being one. THe footage on the /r/tornado sub is WILD of this thing to.
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greenirishsaint Apr 24, 2026 +7
EF-4 https://koco.com/article/enid-oklahoma-tornado-rating/71123134
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Wut23456 Apr 24, 2026 +2
Preliminary EF-4. Meaning at least an EF-4. Could still be an EF-5
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Montjo17 Apr 24, 2026 +7
Does not look like EF5 damage at least in the pictures in that article, not even particularly close to it
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LoneStarBandit19 Apr 25, 2026 +1
It stripped an entire neighborhood of homes to the slab foundations.
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Montjo17 Apr 25, 2026 +3
But it didn't wipe any of those slabs clean. Compare that neighborhood imagine to, say, the Jarrell EF5
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lucassster Apr 24, 2026 +1
The linked story says it was ef3
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ContessaChaos Apr 24, 2026 +7
They just upgraded it to an EF4.
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lucassster Apr 24, 2026 +3
Yep just checked and I see that now. Must’ve been right as I was posting. Those are some crazy looking pictures
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ContessaChaos Apr 24, 2026 +1
The video clip was gnarly. Looked like some Wizard of Oz shit.
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lucassster Apr 24, 2026 +2
I just watched a couple on the tornado sub, that thing was huge
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ActualNative Apr 25, 2026 +2
They have, preliminarily, estimated the tornado to be 500 yards (1500ft) wide, and to have travelled about 9 miles.
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lucassster Apr 25, 2026 +1
Google says a nfl field is 53 yards wide… that tornado was definitely huge
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ContessaChaos Apr 24, 2026 +1
It was!
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Cort_the_Bondsman Apr 24, 2026 +3
Well, at LEAST ef3, anyway
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Dinker54 Apr 24, 2026 +21
Hope the taco truck made it unscathed, that was my favorite thing about Enid.
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OopsWeKilledGod Apr 24, 2026 +15
Liar, no one likes anything in Enid. It's like Northerm Lawton.
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Dinker54 Apr 24, 2026 +11
Nah, I got a fantastic queso birria taco from that truck.  I’ll admit that there wasn’t much else about the place that would bring me back though.
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theyoyomaster Apr 25, 2026 +1
Oh yeah, the quesabirria is fantastic. 
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hirudoredo Apr 24, 2026 +6
idk, my mom got some speed there back in the 70s she said was pretty good.
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OopsWeKilledGod Apr 24, 2026 +2
That's fair, I forgot about the drugs
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wafflesandeggs Apr 24, 2026 +3
Can confirm, was born in Enid. No one likes anything from Enid.
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omnie_fm Apr 24, 2026 +2
Awful. Hope they get the money they need to build back better and stronger.
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One-Emu-1103 Apr 24, 2026 +42
I'm glad that everyone is OK.
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sundogmooinpuppy Apr 24, 2026 +7
I hope the horses are ok too.
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theyoyomaster Apr 25, 2026 +1
Not many horses in the area where it hit, might have been a few goats and beehives on the outskirts of gray ridge but almost every pet I’ve heard of made it through. 
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hisdudeness47 Apr 24, 2026 +2
And when we say: Yee-ow! A-yip-i-o-ee-ay! We’re only sayin’, You’re doin’ fine, Oklahoma! Oklahoma, O.K.!
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CherokeeFly Apr 25, 2026 +1
What do you mean? We know the risks, living here.
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SGFCardenales Apr 25, 2026 +1
Gotta love a state that in its state song acknowledges they’re just ok. Just sorta mid, meh. Yeah. That’s Oklahoma on a good day.
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Additional_Quiet2600 Apr 24, 2026 +11
Good luck with that fema funding.
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Hyperious3 Apr 24, 2026 +3
it's a red state, and the reddest part of it. Trump will rush support to them using blue state tax dollars.
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PorkeChopps Apr 25, 2026 -3
Not the time
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Anishinaapunk Apr 25, 2026 +7
I escaped Oklahoma after 20+ years. Here's what will happen next: the politicians will make speeches about the "Oklahoma spirit" of strength, independence, and community. Behind the scenes, they will quietly petition the Federal government for the very same emergency funding that they campaign against. Okies won't realize that once again, they've been bailed out by the very federal government they despise, and will continue to vote against their own interests because they believe their own legends about how stalwart they are in the fight against "big government liberalism." Next year, another tornado will repeat this cycle.
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Anishinaapunk Apr 25, 2026 +7
Almost forgot: this time, they'll be totally perplexed that the guy they voted for [cut billions from FEMA](https://www.npr.org/2026/03/30/nx-s1-5753765/fema-trump-extreme-weather-rural-pennsylvania) and cut FEMA's staff, so they won't get through this with the federal aid they're used to. Now that it really WILL depend on their "Oklahoma gumption" to get through it, they'll suffer. And blame Biden, AOC, and immigrants.
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BTTammer Apr 24, 2026 +3
It's a miracle!  The Lord works in mysterious ways that we must never question!  (Sarcasm)
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Rhissanna Apr 24, 2026 +1
Is the Shark Bridge ok?
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Silver_Foxx Apr 24, 2026 +1
Watching a chaser named Scott Peake get within 50 yds of that thing yesterday was wild.
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CrustedTesticle Apr 25, 2026 +1
Does being in a basement or underground guarantee your survival during an EF4 or 5 or are you still fucked?
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PorkeChopps Apr 25, 2026 +2
No one died, 10 injuries
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theyoyomaster Apr 25, 2026 +1
Almost no basements in the neighborhood that was hit but the vast majority had dedicated shelters. 
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Substantial-Ease567 Apr 25, 2026 +1
Unless the house collapses on you, you are safe underground.
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MentalSky_ Apr 24, 2026
I got lots of T and Ps
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