Tornado in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma

Tornado May 11, 2023 · Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma

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Not rated

0.2 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

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.

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

Pottawatomie County storm spotters observed a brief tornado about 4 miles north-northwest of Asher, or about 2.5 miles southwest of Pearson. No damage was reported and the specific path is estimated.

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 Pearson (35.0460, -96.9550).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 McClain County EF1 Cleveland County EF0 Grady County EF0 Grady County EF0 McClain County EF0 Grady County EF0 McClain County EF0 Cleveland County EF0 Pottawatomie County EFU Grady County EFU Grady County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1100947. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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