EF2 tornado in Rogers County, Oklahoma

This tornado developed over heavily wooded, inaccessible (by road) terrain, east of N 161st East Avenue, where the KINX WSR-88D detected a tornadic debris signature. The tornado moved east-northeast across the Caney River, and then destroyed a home and damaged several others south of the river. A large recreational vehicle was rolled and severely damaged. Numerous trees were snapped and outbuildings were damaged. The tornado then moved through another area of inaccessible terrain and crossed the Caney River again, and then crossed the S 4090 Road. Large tree limbs and power poles were snapped as it crossed the E 430 Road, and the tornado dissipated north of the E 430 Road. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 125 to 135 mph.

Severe thunderstorms developed into eastern Oklahoma during the late afternoon of the 6th, ahead of a surface dry line, and moved across the area through the evening hours. The atmosphere had become strongly unstable across eastern Oklahoma during the afternoon east of the dry line. This instability, combined with very strong low-level and deep-layer wind shear across the region, resulted in the evolution of several long-lived supercell thunderstorms. These supercells produced eleven tornadoes, a couple of which were strong and damaging, large hail up to quarter size, damaging wind gusts, and localized flash flooding.