At a glance: Woodward tornado, 1947

• Woodward's population was 5,500

• 116 people killed (107 in Woodward) when tornadoes struck northwest Oklahoma.

• Tornado takes lives in four towns that night: Woodward; Gage; Higgins, Texas; and Glazier, Texas

• Jim Holland, Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper, reports to headquarters, “Half the town has been blown away” and all the aid possible is needed.

• Property damage was estimated to have exceeded $5 million

• 100 blocks of buildings, mostly residences, are leveled in Woodward.

• About 3,000 residents left homeless by destruction