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EF1 tornado in McIntosh County, Oklahoma

Tornado March 4, 2025 · McIntosh County, Oklahoma

EF1

Rating

0.7 mi

Path length

150 yd

Path width

$20K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 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

A tornado developed east of Airport Drive, moved east-northeast across Pecan Lane, and dissipated north of Airport Road. The tornado damaged outbuildings and homes, and blew down trees. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 85 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 Eufaula Muni Arpt (35.3010, -95.6220).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Okmulgee County EF1 Okmulgee County EF0 McIntosh County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1242793. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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