This post originally appeared on GIC.org.
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Gray Sky Event: Tornado Strikes Norman, Oklahoma
Severe storms moved across the Texas Panhandle and Oklahoma on Sunday night. The storm produced high winds and an EF-2 tornado hit near Norman, Oklahoma. Homes, businesses, and schools were damaged in the third largest city in the state about 20 miles south of Oklahoma City. The GIC, along with its operations partner Vexcel, quickly activated and assigned a fixed-wing aircraft to collect high-resolution aerial imagery of the tornado-damaged properties on Monday. The collection included the highest impact areas and followed the tornado’s path northeast.
Ortho imagery was published at 10cm and made available to GIC members and partners late Monday night. This detailed imagery shows the extensive structure and roof damage to properties in the tornado’s track. Aerial imagery is now available in GIC platforms, including GIC Viewer, APIs, Image Services for ArcGIS, and select partner platforms.
The GIC also has before images Norman area to better inform insurers with remote assessment and triage teams on the ground. Our thoughts are with the Norman community and emergency responders as the respond and start to rebuild. If you need access to imagery, please contact us below.
Here’s a handful of images from yesterday’s collection:
Before and After Images
Damage Assessment And Reports
Once this tornado imagery is published, the GIC works with its partner Verisk to run AI analysis on every property in the disaster collection area. Property-level damage assessment and damage reports are now available to GIC members and select partners. Every property has color-coded damage building footprint, CAT Score, Approximate FEMA classification, and several roof structure and damage ratings. This automated insight helps insurers understand the erratic nature of damage from tornados, triage response, and helps close claims faster so their customers can begin the rebuilding process.
Request Access
Please let us know if you need imagery for your response and recovery. You can learn more about how the GIC captures Gray Sky events here. No one captures more disasters than the GIC. To request access to imagery from the tornado in Norman, Oklahoma please fill out our contact form below.
Large-format UltraCam cameras & sensors.
vexcel-imaging.com
Aerial surveys by fixed-wing aircraft.
kasurveys.com
Aerial imagery and data for government and business.
vexceldata.com
