EF1 tornado in Lincoln County, Oklahoma
Tornado February 26, 2023 · Lincoln County, Oklahoma
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Pottawatomie County → Lincoln County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
This tornado moved north into Pottawatomie County. It produced damage to trees and an outbuilding before dissipating about one-third of a mile north of the county line.
The wider storm
A powerful storm system, with highly anomalous magnitudes of wind shear and moisture for late February, impacted the forecast area on the evening of the 26th. A broken line of severe thunderstorms developed across the eastern Texas Panhandle/far western Oklahoma and quickly swept through much of the forecast area. Widespread wind damage, including gusts near 90 mph, along with a record number of tornadoes (13) for February occurred. Several reports of large hail were also received. Behind the line of thunderstorms, a tight pressure gradient and strong westerly low-level jet allowed widespread 50-60 mph winds gusts to continue through the late evening hours.
Began near Meeker (35.4690, -96.8750).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
13 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1082914. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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