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EF1 tornado in Cleveland County, Oklahoma

Tornado May 11, 2023 · Cleveland County, Oklahoma

EF1
Rating
2.2 mi
Path length
300 yd
Path width
$200K
Damage as recorded
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 300 yards (0.17 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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

This tornado developed in the Canadian River valley just to the west of Noble, then move east and northeast through the north side of town before dissipating southwest of the intersection of 48th Street and Post Oak Road. The most significant damage was just north of Highway 77 and Etowah Road where homes and businesses had significant roof damage.

The wider storm

A deepening upper/low pressure system slowly approached portions of the Central Plains on the 11th. Combined with increasing instability and wind shear, a favorable environment for severe weather (capable of producing all severe hazards) developed across much of western into central Oklahoma on the evening of the 11th. Numerous supercell thunderstorms developed and produced twelve tornadoes and large hail across portions of these areas.

Began near Noble (35.1420, -97.4090).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1100945. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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