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EF1 tornado in Ottawa County, Oklahoma

Tornado May 8, 2024 · Ottawa County, Oklahoma

EF1

Rating

0.3 mi

Path length

60 yd

Path width

$30K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 60 yards (0.03 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 a neighborhood off the E 105 Road and moved southeast, dissipating south of the E 110 Road. The tornado damaged several homes and uprooted trees along its path. A Ring camera caught the tornado, as did a number of storm chasers and spotters. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 90 to 100 mph.

The wider storm

Severe thunderstorms developed into eastern Oklahoma during the afternoon and continued into the early evening of the 8th, ahead of an approaching cold front. Very moist and unstable air combined with strong deep layer wind shear resulted in the evolution of some supercell thunderstorms. Several tornadoes and large hail up to golf ball size occurred with the stronger storms.

Began near Peoria (36.8601, -94.6379).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1184300. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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