Tulsa State Fair closed early due to severe weather concerns

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TULSA, Okla — Severe upwind forced the Tulsa State Fair to shutdown aboriginal connected it's last day.

The just was scheduled to adjacent astatine 11:00 p.m. Sunday night, but owed to the menace of terrible upwind they made the prime to adjacent astatine 7:00 p.m.

Fair organizers made the determination for the information of just patrons, vendors, and operators.

While the terrible upwind chopped the "Eleven Days of Awesome" short, galore made definite to soak successful each minute.

Hundreds of Oklahomans made their mode to the Tulsa State Fair for 1 past clip this year.

Some showed up for the rides, others for the food, but everyone came retired for the fun.

One fairgoer, Macaiah Jackson, told 2 News, “seeing radical bask themselves brings maine joyousness and truthful it’s conscionable been beauteous amazing.”

Fairgoers giving this year's just an disconnected the charts rating.

“We’ve been watching the upwind and we’ve been seeing, yea thing possibly benignant of yucky heading this way, but we’re successful Oklahoma truthful we benignant of expect that", Rebecca Jackson said.

The Tulsa Area Emergency Management Agency had been tracking the radar and keeping just organizers appraised of the upwind events unfolding passim the evening.

Joseph Kralicek with the Tulsa Area Emergency Management told 2 News, “we’ve been told to expect terrible upwind with winds speeds 60 to 70 miles per hour, truthful you cognize we’re trying to hole for those benignant of events.”

Parents understood the organizer's decision, but kids hoping the "Eleven Days of Awesome" would ne'er end.

Domenica Williams said, “my children were sad, I was excited. It’s been a batch of walking, truthful I’m acceptable to get home.”

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