EF1 tornado in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma
Tornado March 4, 2025 · Okmulgee County, Oklahoma
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Okmulgee County → Okmulgee County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 350 yards (0.20 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
This tornado developed south of New Lake Road and east of the S 230 Road, where trees were snapped. It moved northeast across I-40, crossed Holly Road damaging outbuildings, and then Arbeka Road, where large tree limbs were snapped. It then dissipated north of Holly Road and east of Arbeka Road. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 90 to 95 mph.
The wider storm
Strong to severe thunderstorms developed into eastern Oklahoma during the early morning hours of the 4th, as a strong storm system translated from the Southern Rockies into the Southern Plains. Instability was weak but wind shear was very strong ahead of the attendant surface low pressure system and frontal boundaries. This allowed the thunderstorms to produce several tornadoes and damaging wind gusts.
Began near Henryetta (35.4230, -95.9570).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
3 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1242785. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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