PIEDMONT, Okla. — When three tornadoes marched toward Oklahoma City and its suburbs Wednesday, thousands of people in the path benefited from good forecasts, luck and live television to avoid the kind of catastrophe that befell Tuscaloosa, Ala., and Joplin, Mo.
Forecasts, TV, luck eased tornado risk in Oklahoma
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 | 6:09 p.m. CDT
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