Tornado in Kiowa County, Oklahoma
Tornado November 18, 2024 · Kiowa County, Oklahoma
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Kiowa County → Kiowa County → Washita County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 30 yards (0.02 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
A Tornado Debris Signature (TDS) was observed developing in northwestern Kiowa County before moving north into Washita County. No specific damage locations were reported so this path is estimated.
The wider storm
An intense (90-knot) mid-level jet streak lifted from the Texas Big Bend region into the Southern High Plains early on the 18th. An extensive quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) took shape across West Texas and moved into portions of western Oklahoma and western-north Texas during this time. With anomalously strong kinematics and marginally sufficient wind shear, a few portions of the line produced reports of thunderstorm wind damage and multiple brief/weak tornadoes. With time, the convective system gradually weakened into portions of central and eastern Oklahoma, producing only sporadic wind gusts/damage by daybreak.
Began near Lone Wolf (35.0900, -99.2940).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
8 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1222016. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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