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EF0 tornado in Grant County, Oklahoma

Tornado March 29, 2007 · Grant County, Oklahoma

EF0
Rating
3.0 mi
Whole path
20 yd
Path width
$30K
Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Garfield County → Grant County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 20 yards (0.01 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

This tornado originally began 3 miles west of Hillsdale in Garfield county and crossed into Grant county 5 miles SSE of Nash. This tornado continued for one mile before lifting. Most of the damage was found around a farm 4 miles SSE of Nash, with the majority of the damage to trees. Two trees in a farm field were uprooted. A large portion of a roof to an outbuilding was found approximately 500 feet from the most probable origin (the home owner did not want pictures of the house/around the house to be taken and the survey complied). Other debris from outbuildings was found in the same area, including two feeders (troughs) with one hanging from a tree. An aluminum/vinyl barn was also damaged. Part of the vinyl covering was found approximately 1/4 mile from the barn. This portion of the tornado also produced EF0 damage, with estimated costs of $15 thousand.

The wider storm

Showers and thunderstorms developed during the morning hours over central Oklahoma. During the afternoon hours, thunderstorms began to show brief, but persistent signs of rotation, that later resulted in three tornadoes. The most significant tornado of the day struck the western Oklahoma City metro area, producing EF2 damage. Other tornadoes were reported near Okeene, and over northwest Garfield county. Damage was reported with each of these thunderstorms, which included roof damage, tree and power line damage, and automobile accidents. No fatalities were reported, but five direct injuries were reported in western Oklahoma City.

Began near Nash (36.6032, -98.0155).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 23796. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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