This is what happened in Brandenburg, Joplin and Chapman too, right?
Chapman yes, but I'm not sure about Joplin and Brandenburg. The concrete in those cases completely broke and collapsed, so either they weren't properly reinforced, or the tornado was so violent that it didn't matter.
That's a good point; off hand I'm not exactly sure if poured slabs regularly have steel reinforcement though, nor do I understand the differences between reinforcing a concrete slab, a poured concrete stemwall or a regular concrete wall. @Sawmaster would be more qualified than me to comment on that matter.
Most modern homes, both of the slab foundation and poured basement foundation variety, typically have rebar running through the poured concrete. I'm not sure when this was put into practice though, or if older homes (which I believe the Cox home was) were ever built with such reinforcements.
There are definitely still areas where the trees are noticeably smaller/more sparse within the path through the metro, particularly SW of Tinker AFB and around Buena Vista Ave in Midwest City where the final three victims were killed. Or there were when I last checked anyway.
The Midwest City/Del City area I think has quite a few vacant lots still, but the scar isn't as visible as it was 10 years ago.
Yeah it's subtle depending on your zoom level/when the imagery was taken. Here's the area I mentioned - the three people were killed basically near the center of the outlined area and then the tornado lifted less than half a mile to the north:
So its last 3 fatalities were within the last half mile of its life? That's something else, and also demonstrates how so many tornadoes likely are at extreme intensity until the very end of their lives.Yeah it's subtle depending on your zoom level/when the imagery was taken. Here's the area I mentioned - the three people were killed basically near the center of the outlined area and then the tornado lifted less than half a mile to the north:
Yup:
Interesting how it stopped in the middle of a neighborhood....did it gradually rope out or just stop all of a sudden?Yup:
It was still very intense up to within a few hundred yards of where it dissipated basically:
It remained strong/violent up to roughly SE 8th St and then rapidly weakened; the last couple hundred yards the damage was very light. This is looking W across the end of the path, so the tornado would've moved from left to right (technically the end of the path is just out of frame to the right):
Those last 2 pics are interesting, with some being swept away, others partially levelled and some still standing with light damage. Also interesting how some trees are partially debarked, some merely uprooted but mostly intact and some still only missing some branches and leaves. Resembles a multivortex structure.It remained strong/violent up to roughly SE 8th St and then rapidly weakened; the last couple hundred yards the damage was very light. This is looking W across the end of the path, so the tornado would've moved from left to right (technically the end of the path is just out of frame to the right):
Closer shot of the area where the tornado first began to weaken (left side of the first photo):
The area just south of that, near where the final three deaths occurred:
If memory serves (which it often doesn't lol) the cap was quite a bit stronger around the eastern part of the metro and beyond. The storm produced a couple weaker tornadoes afterward but died out fairly quickly. There was also a subtle boundary west of the metro where LCLs were lower and helicity was maximized, and the storm would've been moving away and into less favorable parameters in general by that point. Stroud is really the only significant tornado that occurred further east, and that was a few hours later.
Is the failed occlusion the tornado experienced while crossing the river related to that cap?
I'd assume so but I dunno tbh.
If It was a building there where the Cox family lived I only remember solid buildings. It's been a while since I was there pre-tornado but I'm pretty sure all the buildings owned by the Cox family lived were all fairly good construction.
