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EF1 tornado in Cleveland County, Oklahoma

Tornado June 12, 2009 · Cleveland County, Oklahoma

EF1
Rating
2.2 mi
Path length
200 yd
Path width
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 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

The low-end EF1 tornado developed at the southern edge of the Summit Lakes addition just southeast of 24th Avenue SE and Alameda Street, then moved through the Highland Hills addition just northwest of 48th Avenue SE and Lindsey Street. Numerous trees were damaged and a small number of homes received minor roof damage. Monetary damage estimates were not available.

The wider storm

On the evening of June 12th, an outflow boundary extended from Norman to Holdenville, with a dry line south of the Red River over western north Texas. A strong cap suppressed thunderstorm development through much of the day, but finally weakened enough by late afternoon and early evening for thunderstorms to develop. Thunderstorms crossed into south central Oklahoma, producing hail up to half-dollar size through mid evening before weakening. Thunderstorms also formed along the outflow boundary across central Oklahoma and rapidly became severe, producing an EF1 tornado in Norman.

Began near Norman (35.2130, -97.4000).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 182723. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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