EF1 tornado in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

A brief tornado affected the area near Northwest Expressway and Rockwell Avenue. Two large shopping complexes received significant roof damage, enough to close two of the stores for several days. A smaller retail building received major roof damage and a majority of its windows were blown out. A restaurant had part of its wall collapse and a plywood board from the small retail building was driven into the side of the building. An apartment complex received damage, mostly minor. One of the buildings in the complex had part of its roof completely removed. The tornado continued into a neighborhood, damaging mainly trees and doing minor shingle damage before lifting.

Thunderstorms developed early in the afternoon, from near the Lawton area, northeast toward the Oklahoma metro area. Thunderstorms became severe relatively quickly as they moved through Caddo and Grady counties, and began to show signs of rotation as they moved toward western Oklahoma City. One supercell thunderstorm spawned several tornadoes as it moved through western and northern Oklahoma. Sporadic damage was reported along its path, some of it significant as it moved through northern Oklahoma county and southern Logan county. Other supercells developed near the same areas of Caddo and Grady counties and moved northeast. Some locations received several rounds of very large hail through the afternoon.

Later in the afternoon, a second area of thunderstorms developed over northern Texas. Several supercell thunderstorms developed and moved northeast toward the Red River. One supercell thunderstorm moved northeast over Clay county and northwest Montague county. A tornado developed as it moved into Jefferson county near the Red River. It continued northeast through western Love county and into Carter County. Significant damage was reported in and around the Lone Grove area and over the far north sides of Ardmore. There were eight fatalities in and around Lone Grove. The tornado crossed Interstate 35 and eventually crossed into southern Murray county. Wind damage was reported in Coal and Atoka counties. Minor injuries were reported with the Atoka county thunderstorms. Monetary damages were estimated.