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EF0 tornado in Payne County, Oklahoma

Tornado May 1, 2008 · Payne County, Oklahoma

EF0
Rating
0.3 mi
Path length
75 yd
Path width
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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.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

The public reported a brief tornado which produced no known damage.

The wider storm

A dry line moved east into central Oklahoma during the afternoon before stalling just east of Interstate 35. Explosive thunderstorm development occurred east of the dry line over central Oklahoma by dinnertime. The thunderstorms almost immediately became severe as they moved toward the east and northeast. Hail larger than baseballs fell over southern sides of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area, with reports of large hail into Lincoln and Payne counties. Some damage was reported with the large hail, especially in the Midwest City area. A brief tornado was reported near southeast Oklahoma City, causing minor damage. Another tornado was reported in Payne county near Glencoe. The thunderstorms moved into eastern Oklahoma by mid-evening, but additional thunderstorms has already begun to develop over north-central Oklahoma. Monetary damages were estimated.

Began near Glencoe (36.2411, -96.8968).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 107424. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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