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EF0 tornado in Canadian County, Oklahoma

Tornado May 31, 2013 · Canadian County, Oklahoma

EF0
Rating
0.5 mi
Path length
120 yd
Path width
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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. 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

One of two satellite tornadoes was observed rotating around the primary El Reno tornado by storm chasers and the RaXPol mobile research radar.

The wider storm

A tornado outbreak occurred during the late afternoon and early evening hours of the 31st. A stalled front and deeply mixed dryline served as a focus for thunderstorm development. The front/dryline triple point was where the most intense supercells initiated. These storms traveled eastward, eventually impacting the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. Several tornadoes occurred, including the El Reno tornado, which unfortunately claimed several lives. In addition to the tornado, very large hail and heavy rains led to flash flooding in Oklahoma City. This flash flood event ranked as one of the worst in Oklahoma City history in terms of fatalities and damages to property. The event lasted well into the overnight hours.

Began near Union City (35.4400, -98.0030).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 El Reno Tornado (2013) 8 deadEF2 Canadian CountyEF1 Cleveland CountyEF1 Canadian CountyEF1 Oklahoma CountyEF0 Kingfisher CountyEF0 Canadian CountyEF0 Canadian CountyEF0 Oklahoma CountyEF0 Grady CountyEF0 Canadian County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 488183. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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