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Tulsa tornadoes of 2017, the Glossary

Index Tulsa tornadoes of 2017

On August 6, 2017, a series of four damaging tornadoes occurred as a result of a bow echo that formed and moved through Tulsa, Oklahoma.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 34 relations: Berkshire Hathaway, BOK Financial Corporation, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, CBS News, Central Time Zone, Chelsea, Oklahoma, Civil defense siren, Coordinated Universal Time, Cox Media Group, Enhanced Fujita scale, Griffin Media, Kansas, KOKI-TV, KOTV-DT, KTUL, List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks, Mayes County, Oklahoma, National Weather Service Tulsa, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Oologah, Oklahoma, Paramount Streaming, Rogers County, Oklahoma, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Storm Prediction Center, TGI Fridays, Time zone, Tornado warning, Tornadoes of 2017, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, Tulsa metropolitan area, Tulsa World, Tulsa, Oklahoma, UTC−05:00, Wagoner County, Oklahoma.

  2. 2017 in Oklahoma
  3. August 2017 events in the United States
  4. F2 tornadoes
  5. Tornadoes of 2017

Berkshire Hathaway

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is an American multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska.

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BOK Financial Corporation

BOK Financial Corporation — pronounced as letters, "B-O-K" — is a financial services holding company headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Offering a full complement of retail and commercial banking products and services across the American Midwest and Southwest, the company is one of the 50 largest financial services firms in the U.S., and the largest in Oklahoma.

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Broken Arrow, Oklahoma

Broken Arrow is a city in Tulsa and Wagoner counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.

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CBS News

CBS News is the news division of the American television and radio broadcaster CBS.

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Central Time Zone

The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America and some Caribbean islands.

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Chelsea, Oklahoma

Chelsea is a town in Rogers County, Oklahoma, United States.

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Civil defense siren

A civil defense siren is a siren used to provide an emergency population warning to the general population of approaching danger.

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Coordinated Universal Time

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the primary time standard globally used to regulate clocks and time.

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CMG Media Corporation (doing business as Cox Media Group) is an American media conglomerate principally owned by Apollo Global Management in conjunction with Cox Enterprises, which maintains a 29% minority stake in the company.

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Enhanced Fujita scale

The Enhanced Fujita scale (abbreviated as EF-Scale) rates tornado intensity based on the severity of the damage they cause.

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Griffin Media is an American media company based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

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Kansas

Kansas is a landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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KOKI-TV

KOKI-TV (channel 23) is a television station in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, affiliated with the Fox network.

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KOTV-DT

KOTV-DT (channel 6) is a television station in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, affiliated with CBS.

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KTUL

KTUL (channel 8) is a television station in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group.

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List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks

These are some notable tornadoes, tornado outbreaks, and tornado outbreak sequences that have occurred in North America.

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Mayes County, Oklahoma

Mayes County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.

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National Weather Service Tulsa, Oklahoma

National Weather Service - Tulsa, Oklahoma (TSA) is a local weather forecast office responsible for monitoring weather conditions for 7 counties in Northwestern Arkansas, and 25 counties in Eastern Oklahoma.

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Oklahoma

Oklahoma (Choctaw: Oklahumma) is a state in the South Central region of the United States.

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Oologah, Oklahoma

Oologah is a town in Rogers County, Oklahoma, United States.

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Paramount Streaming

Paramount Streaming (formerly CBS Digital Media, CBS Interactive, and ViacomCBS Streaming) is a division of Paramount Global that oversees the company's video streaming technology and direct-to-consumer services; including Pluto TV and Paramount+.

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Rogers County, Oklahoma

Rogers County is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Oklahoma.

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Sinclair Broadcast Group

Sinclair, Inc., doing business as Sinclair Broadcast Group, is a publicly traded American telecommunications conglomerate that is controlled by the descendants of company founder Julian Sinclair Smith.

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Storm Prediction Center

The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) is a US government agency that is part of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), operating under the control of the National Weather Service (NWS), which in turn is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the United States Department of Commerce (DoC).

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TGI Fridays

TGI Fridays Franchisor, LLC, doing business as TGI Fridays, is an American restaurant chain focusing on primarily American cuisine and casual dining.

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Time zone

A time zone is an area which observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial and social purposes.

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Tornado warning

A tornado warning (SAME code: TOR) is a public warning that is issued by weather forecasting agencies to an area in the direct path of a tornado, or a severe thunderstorm capable of producing one, and advises individuals in that area to take cover.

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Tornadoes of 2017

This page documents notable tornadoes and tornado outbreaks worldwide in 2017.

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Tulsa County, Oklahoma

Tulsa County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.

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Tulsa metropolitan area

The Tulsa metropolitan area, officially defined as the Tulsa metropolitan statistical area is a metropolis in northeastern Oklahoma centered around the city of Tulsa and encompassing Tulsa, Rogers, Wagoner, Osage, Creek, Okmulgee and Pawnee counties.

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Tulsa World

The Tulsa World is an American daily newspaper.

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Tulsa, Oklahoma

Tulsa is the second-most-populous city in the state of Oklahoma, after Oklahoma City, and is the 48th-most-populous city in the United States.

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UTC−05:00

UTC−05:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of −05:00.

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Wagoner County, Oklahoma

Wagoner County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.

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See also

2017 in Oklahoma

August 2017 events in the United States

F2 tornadoes

Tornadoes of 2017

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_tornadoes_of_2017

Also known as 2017 Tulsa tornado, Tulsa tornado of 2017.