EF0 Tornado — Okmulgee, Oklahoma

2025-03-04 · near Eram, Okmulgee, Oklahoma

Event narrative

This tornado developed west of the N 330 Road and south of Watts Road, where large tree limbs were snapped. It moved northeast crossing the N 340 Road, where large tree limbs were snapped, and then crossed McKinley Road, damaging the roof of a house. It then crossed the N 350 Road, where large tree limbs were snapped, and dissipated south of Gun Club Road. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 75 to 80 mph.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1242791. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.