Oklahoma Braces For Possible Historic Tornado Season Ahead

Local meteorologists are closely monitoring a very active severe weather pattern that's expected to move into Oklahoma later this week. Some meteorologists are expecting the most active tornado pattern since 2011.

Rain showers and thunderstorms could move into Oklahoma as early as Thursday, but severe storms won't ramp up until Saturday and will continue into Sunday and Monday.

Severe storms to begin Saturday in the Texas panhandle and move east into Oklahoma.

On Saturday, severe storms are expected to ramp up in the Texas panhandle along a dryline and then move east into Oklahoma. This active stretch of severe weather could continue into next week.

As of Tuesday, the National Weather Service in Norman doesn't have specifics about what the severe storms will bring, but multiple risks of severe storms is anticipated, and Oklahoma residents are encouraged to remain weather aware.

Meteorologists are anticipating an active tornado pattern reminiscent to 2011.

With the upcoming active severe weather pattern, meteorologists are seeing similarities to the April 2011 Super Outbreak, which was deemed the largest and deadliest tornado outbreak in 75 years. The National Weather Service recorded a total of 360 tornadoes across the southern states from April 25-28.

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Oklahoma's Extreme Meteorologist Reed Timmer posted to his official Facebook page on Monday stating that a historic severe weather pattern is possible this April, and could be like one we haven't seen since 2011.

He's expecting this weekend to kick off "round after round" of severe weather and tornadoes throughout the month of April.

Oklahoma saw one of its 13 EF5 tornadoes in 2011.

Oklahoma recorded 50 tornadoes in April of 2011. Four strong tornadoes were confirmed, including a deadly EF3 that struck Atoka on April 14, 2011. But during the spring severe weather outbreaks of 2011, Oklahoma was hit by some of its most violent tornadoes in history.

Oklahoma has recorded 13 EF5 tornadoes since 1905. The last EF5 tornado that struck Oklahoma was Moore in 2013, but before that, an EF5 was recorded in 2011 near Piedmont and El Reno. Also, in 2011, Oklahoma recorded a total of 21 strong to violent tornadoes, including 13 EF2s, four EF3s, three EF4s, and one EF5.

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