EFU Tornado — Cimarron, Oklahoma

2024-05-29 · near Boise City, Cimarron, Oklahoma

Event narrative

This tornado occurred in open field near the Santa Fe Trail campground in northwest Cimarron County. No damage is known from this tornado. It was observed and captured via photographic evidence by a storm spotter in that area. It was on the ground for at least a minute, before becoming obscured by rain and may have lifted soon after.

Wider weather episode

A wet pattern set up over the Panhandles May 29 through the 31st. Instability in the atmosphere helped to create strong to severe thunderstorms first in the form of discrete cells the night of the 29th into the early AM hours of the 30th. One of which produced a tornado in the western Oklahoma Panhandle. Then subsequent nights disturbances aloft helped create a Mesoscale Convective Complex both on the night of the 30th and again on the 31st. Besides the tornado reported on the 29th this storm in Cimarron County also produced hail up to 1.75' in diameter. On the next two nights the severe wind gusts reaching upwards of 74 mph. Severe hail was more isolated compared to the winds that were more widespread with lines of storms surging from the northwest to the southeast on the 30th and from the west-northwest to east-southeast on the night of the 31st.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1184892. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.