OKC Radio: Tornado Knocks KOKC 1520 AM Off-Air

One of KOKC's Towers (photo by Storm Chaser Johnny Kelly)

Oklahoma's first severe weather of the Spring kicked off with bang Wednesday as scattered reports of tornadoes, large hail, and storm damage came in from all around the state. Hail the size of baseballs and golf balls have been common in many of the communities that the storms have moved through.

An amazing photo captured the aftermath of what a tornado did to a KOKC 1520 AM radio tower near Moore, Oklahoma. Two of the station's 3 towers were damaged. The station's N/T format is now airing on KEBC 1560 AM and continues its FM simulcast on K276EX 103.1 T-FM.

It was late Wednesday afternoon, things began to take a grim turn and by 5:30 p.m. the first tornado was confirmed in northeastern Oklahoma near Keystone Lake.

Shortly after, a tornado touched down two miles west of the OKC Fairgrounds with multiple power flashes visible from the air.

Then, around 6:35 p.m., a tornado near SW 4th St. and crossed Interstate 35 in Moore. Then, another was spotted in the same pathway tornadoes took in Moore's 2013 tornado, which resulted in 23-deaths.

There have been reports of significant damage and natural gas leaks. It also caused multiple car crashed and overturned vehicle including a semi on I-35. As a result Moore schools were canceled for Thursday.



KFOR-TV4 Chief Meteorologist Mike Morgan and Bob Moore Chopper 4 pilot Jon Welsh were on the air as a tornado formed and touched down in Moore, Oklahoma on Wednesday, capturing the storm’s path of destruction live on KFOR.

No sooner had Morgan pointed to what he called a ‘gustnado’ of debris, when rotating winds from the storm started to cause electrical explosions and other destruction on screen that turned into a tornado.