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EF1 tornado in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

Tornado April 24, 2026 · Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

EF1
Rating
2.3 mi
Path length
650 yd
Path width
$250K
Damage as recorded
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 650 yards (0.37 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

This tornado developed north of Harper Valley Road and west of Poe Lane. It moved east-southeast across Harper Valley Road, where trees were uprooted and large tree limbs were snapped. The tornado then moved southeast across Kiowa, where numerous trees were uprooted or snapped, homes were damaged, outbuildings were destroyed, and power poles were snapped. It then dissipated just southeast of Kiowa. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 95 to 105 mph.

The wider storm

Strong thunderstorms developed into northeastern Oklahoma during the late evening of the 23rd, as a cold front moved into the area. The strongest thunderstorms produced hail up to nickel size.

Another round of thunderstorms developed along the cold front over east central and southeastern Oklahoma during the afternoon of the 24th. The strongest thunderstorms produced large hail up to golf ball size and a tornado.

Began near Kiowa (34.7290, -95.9310).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1325214. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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