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One of the strongest tornadoes in recorded history hit Oklahoma last night, and is receiving very little news coverage because it luckily hit a sparsely populated area. (hexbear.net)

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The image I’ve included is surface level radar (top left) to radar at 15000ft (bottom right) and is truly incredible. You almost never see such obvious and large scale cyclonic activity like this that is both so wide and so high up into the atmosphere. Wind speeds of over 200mph

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[–] AstroStelar@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There's a Chattanooga in Oklahoma?

[–] CoolerOpposide@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

There’s also a Kremlin

[–] AstroStelar@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

"Garfield County" lol