EF1 Tornado — Muskogee, Oklahoma

2025-05-19 · near Webbers Falls, Muskogee, Oklahoma

Event narrative

This is the first segment of a two segment tornado. The tornado developed near the intersection of the N 4390 Road and the E 1035 Road, and moved east-northeast destroying outbuildings, snapping or uprooting trees, and blowing over a center pivot irrigation system before crossing the Arkansas River, and moving into Sequoyah County. It produced a tornadic debris signature from the KSRX WSR-88D. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was 95 to 105 mph.

Wider weather episode

Severe thunderstorms developed over central Oklahoma along and ahead of a dry line during the afternoon of the 19th, as an upper level disturbance approached the Southern Plains. These thunderstorms moved northeast off the dry line and across portions of eastern Oklahoma during the mid afternoon and evening hours. The atmosphere east of the dry line across eastern Oklahoma became very unstable during the afternoon and evening, and this instability combined with strong deep-layer and low-level wind shear, resulted in the development of a few supercell thunderstorms and a severe squall line. Multiple tornadoes, large hail slightly larger than golf ball size, and damaging wind gusts occurred with these thunderstorms across eastern Oklahoma. Locally heavy rainfall also produced some localized flash flooding.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1264095. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.