Drone video shows stretch of Sulfur, Oklahoma downtown after devastating tornado
First light tornado damage from Sulfur, Oklahoma was seen on April 28, 2024. Drone footage shows destroyed businesses and homes, as well as cars thrown and spun over from an intense tornado that passed through the town.
SULPHUR, Okla. – A downtown stretch of an Oklahoma community was wiped out during a tornado outbreak on Saturday night.
Widespread damage and at least two deaths have been reported after 16 reports of tornadoes across Oklahoma on Saturday. During the severe weather outbreak, the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma, issued 59 Tornado Warnings on Saturday, the most issued in a signal day for the NWS office.
Drone video and images from the ground show parts of West Muskogee Avenue in Sulfur are unrecognizable after a tornado tore through the area with local businesses, including restaurants, art boutiques and gift shops.
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The morning after the storm, the owners of the Mix Mercantile, a boutique selling clothing, home goods and more, found their business in a state of disaster. Owner Christy Morris shared the images below of what she found in the daylight.
Damages to the Mix Mercantile business in Sulfur, Oklahoma, on April 28, 2024. (Christy Morris / The Mix Mercantile)
Images from Google Street Maps taken before Saturday show what the shopping and dining area looked like before the tornado tore the buildings apart.
An image on the left shows the view from Google Street View before the storm, and the image on the right from Christy Morris, owner of The Mix Mercantile, shows the destruction after the tornado. (Google Maps / Christy Morris)
From visuals from right after the tornado in the darkness, it’s hard to distinguish what used to be a building that housed a shop or another local business.
This image shows a car in front of debris that litters a street after a tornado in Sulfur, Oklahoma, on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
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This image shows buildings that received heavy damage after a tornado in Sulfur, Oklahoma, on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
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This image shows debris in a street after a tornado in Sulfur, Oklahoma, on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
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Damages to the Mix Mercantile business in Sulfur, Oklahoma on April 28, 2024.
(Christy Morris/The Mix Mercantile)
Damages to the Mix Mercantile business in Sulfur, Oklahoma on April 28, 2024.
(Christy Morris/The Mix Mercantile)
Images from Christy Morris, owner of The Mix Mercantile, shows the destruction after the Sulfur, Oklahoma tornado on April 28, 2024.
(Christy Morris)
Images from Christy Morris, owner of The Mix Mercantile, shows the destruction after the Sulfur, Oklahoma tornado on April 28, 2024.
(Christy Morris)
Images from Christy Morris, owner of The Mix Mercantile, shows the destruction after the Sulfur, Oklahoma tornado on April 28, 2024.
(Christy Morris)
An image on the left shows the view from Google Street View before the storm and the image on the right from Christy Morris, owner of The Mix Mercantile, shows the destruction after the tornado.
(Google Maps/Christy)
After a weekend of severe weather outbreaks from Iowa to Texas, National Weather Service storm damage survey teams continue to assess the destruction in Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma.
In Oklahoma, Holdenville police confirmed at least two deaths during the severe weather.
Numerous towns in Oklahoma, including Sulfur, Marietta, Ardmore, Holdenville, Mills Creek and Dickson, suffered significant damage from the severe weather outbreak.
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Sitt declared a state of emergency for 12 counties impacted by severe weather.
