The first tornado warning ever issued was on March 25, 1948, for Tinker Air force Base in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In the afternoon of March 25th, captains at the air force base noticed striking similarities between the developing weather situation and others that had produced tornadoes in Oklahoma. In particular, it was a situation very similar to an event several days earlier that had produced a tornado at Tinker Air Force Base. The captains advised their superior officer of what they deemed to be a tornado threat for Tinker. A tornado roared through Tinker Air Force Base that evening, causing considerable damage and a few injuries, but the destruction could have been worse had the warning not been issued.
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