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EF0 tornado in Latimer County, Oklahoma

Tornado April 9, 2009 · Latimer County, Oklahoma

EF0

Rating

4.3 mi

Path length

150 yd

Path width

$100K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 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 damaged a gas compressor station, damaged several homes, and damaged numerous trees. Several citizens viewed and photographed the tornado.

The wider storm

Widespread severe thunderstorms occurred across eastern Oklahoma during the late afternoon and evening hours of the 9th.

Began near Damon (34.8278, -95.3096).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Le Flore County EF1 Pushmataha County EF1 Le Flore County EF0 Craig County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 168465. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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