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Tornado April 23, 2022 · Canadian County, Oklahoma

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Not rated
0.3 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

Not rated. NOAA lists no rating for this tornado. Ratings come from surveying damage, and the National Weather Service now records “EFU” (unknown) when a tornado hit nothing a survey team could rate.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A tornado was observed from the weather observer at Will Rogers World Airport southwest from the airport. This tornado was estimated to be in an inaccessible area near the Canadian River to the south-southwest of Mustang based on a brief Tornado Vortex Signature from the Will Rogers TDWR radar.

The wider storm

A dryline positioned itself to the west of the I-35 corridor, with several supercells developing by late afternoon of the 23rd. These storms brough hail and wind to parts of central and southwest Oklahoma, as well as a couple tornadoes.

Began near Mustang (35.3320, -97.7480).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

4 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1024998. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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