7.2K views · 49 reactions | A TORNADO Warned storm is about to cross into Oklahoma, moving NE at 40 mph and will pass just west of Eldorado. Watch KFOR-TV for the latest! 8:10PM | Emily Sutton | Facebook

KFOR's 4Warn Storm Team caught the moment when a tornado touched down near Freedom. | KFOR-TV

ON THIS DAY IN OK: America’s first-ever tornado forecast was issued on March 25, 1948, by two officers at Tinker Air Force Base. After a tornado smashed into the base just five days earlier, military authorities directed two US Air Force meteorologists at Tinker to determine whether tornadoes could be forecast. The officers’ analysis found atmospheric conditions present in previous outbreaks, including the March 20 tornado that hit the base, would be present on March 25 – and the first official

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