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EF2 tornado in Le Flore County, Oklahoma

Tornado April 9, 2009 · Le Flore County, Oklahoma

EF2

Rating

10.7 mi

Whole path

550 yd

Path width

Injuries

$350K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Le Flore County → Polk County, Arkansas; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 550 yards (0.31 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF2 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF2 is considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, consistent with estimated gusts of 111–135 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 destroyed a mobile home, injuring four occupants, two of which were severely injured. Several other mobile homes were also severely damaged and a permanent home was damaged. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted. Based on this damage, maximum winds were estimated to be between 120 and 130 mph.

The wider storm

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

Began near (pgo)page (34.6192, -94.5619).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Pushmataha County EF1 Le Flore County EF0 Craig County EF0 Latimer County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 168479. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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