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EF1 tornado in Delaware County, Oklahoma

Tornado April 29, 2025 · Delaware County, Oklahoma

EF1
Rating
11.0 mi
Whole path
1,000 yd
Path width
$150K
Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Delaware County → Delaware County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 1,000 yards (0.57 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 Monkey Island on Grand Lake o' the Cherokees. There is video of this tornado over the lake. The tornado moved northeast across Patricia Island, uprooting a couple trees and snapping large tree limbs. More large tree limbs and a few trees were uprooted near Highway 59. The tornado widened as it approached the S 620 Road, where the roof of a metal building system was damaged and trees were uprooted. The tornado continued to widen as it approached Grove Municipal Airport. Outbuildings were severely damaged, homes were damaged, and trees were snapped or uprooted near the airport. There is video of the tornado as it moved across the north side of the airport, damaging outbuildings. The tornado crossed Highway 10 and dissipated north of the E 280 Road. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 90 to 100 mph.

The wider storm

Strong to severe thunderstorms developed into portions of eastern Oklahoma during the morning hours of the 29th, along and ahead of a cold front moving into the area. Weak instability and strong wind shear combined to allow the storms to become organized, with the strongest producing several tornadoes, large hail up to golf ball size, and damaging wind gusts.

Began near Grove (36.5830, -94.8450).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1257133. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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