Oklahoma, a state known for twisters, appears on track to nearly double its record number of November tornadoes this year, with just less than one-half of the month to go.
National and state weather officials have confirmed 16 tornadoes have touched down in the Sooner State as of Nov. 18, with the expectation that number will break 20 as investigations continue.
Oklahoma’s previous record for November was 12, set in 1958.
“We have never seen a November like this in state history,” Gary McManus, state meteorologist at the Oklahoma Climate Survey Mesonet, said in an email update called the Mesonet Ticker. “Even pre-state history, going back to 1895 at least.”…