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EF1 tornado in Custer County, Oklahoma

Tornado May 19, 2024 · Custer County, Oklahoma

EF1
Rating
7.8 mi
Whole path
440 yd
Path width
$200K
Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Custer County → Custer County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 440 yards (0.25 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 near County Road N2370 north of County Road E0960. It moved southeast and then east crossing State Highway 54 about 6 miles north of Weatherford. One home east of SH-54 suffered significant roof damage and at least two others had some damage to shingles. One mobile home had roof and siding damage, a few outbuildings were damaged or destroyed, and numerous trees and power poles were damaged.

The wider storm

Significant severe weather occurred across portions of western into central Oklahoma from the late afternoon of the 19th through early morning on the 20th. Aloft, a strong and compact upper wave moved across portions of Kansas during the afternoon. While most severe weather outcomes were expected further north of the WFO Norman area, a few supercell thunderstorms developed along a trailing dryline near the 100th meridian. This included a powerful supercell thunderstorm that moved from Hemphill County, Texas (WFO Amarillo, Texas) into portions of Roger Mills/Custer/Washita/Blaine/Canadian/Oklahoma counties during the afternoon into late evening hours. This thunderstorm was responsible for thirteen (13) tornadoes, including significant tornadoes west of Custer City and near Yukon, Oklahoma. Significant damaging wind gusts/damage and large to very large hail also occurred with this thunderstorm. Additional hail-producing supercells developed into portions of northwestern Oklahoma during the evening, with one becoming briefly tornadic during the late evening across Woods County, Oklahoma.

Began near Custer City (35.6290, -98.7740).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1184125. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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