User:WeatherWriter/2023 Cole–Goldsby tornado

On April 19, 2023, a large and intense tornado struck the towns of Cole and Goldsby, in McClain County, Oklahoma.

Tornado summary
The tornado touched down near Rockwell Avenue and was described as having multiple vortices. The National Weather Service documented that the tornado moved with an erratic path, generally east and east-northeast through the town of Cole. In Cole, several homes and mobile homes were damaged or destroyed. On the western side of Cole, a man was killed in a mobile home that was destroyed. In a nearby mobile home, a women was injured and later died after suffering a heart attack on the way to the hospital. The National Weather Service documented this death as an indirect fatality from the tornado as the heart attack was not directly caused by the tornado. Along Portland Avenue and Main Street in Cole, three homes were partially destroyed at EF3 intensity. After passing through Cole, the tornado crossed Oklahoma State Highway 74B while moving northeast, before turning due north as it passed 290th Street and Chestnut Road. The tornado crossed just west of the town of Goldsby, producing EF2 damage to several structures. The tornado dissipated just before it reached Oklahoma State Highway 9, after a final turn towards the northwest.