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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – As spring storm systems strengthen across the United States, emergency officials are urging Oklahoma residents to review tornado safety plans now as severe weather threats increase across the southern Plains.
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), tornado activity rises sharply during the spring months when warm, moisture-rich air from the Gulf of Mexico collides with colder air moving across the Plains. Oklahoma sits in the heart of the nation’s most active tornado corridor and regularly experiences powerful severe storms capable of producing large hail, destructive winds and strong tornadoes…