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F2 tornado in Le Flore County, Oklahoma

Tornado March 26, 2000 · Le Flore County, Oklahoma

Rating

4.0 mi

Path length

300 yd

Path width

$1.2M

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 300 yards (0.17 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F2 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F2 meant considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted; the scale paired it with winds of 113–157 mph, figures later judged too high, especially toward the top of the scale, and revised downward in the Enhanced Fujita scale. Ratings then, as now, came from the damage.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A tornado touched down 1.5 miles northwest of Hodgen and moved southeast passing near the town of Hodgen before lifting 2 miles southeast of Hodgen. Three mobile homes were destroyed and as many as eight others were damaged. In addition, two broiler houses were destroyed, killing all the chickens inside.A few other agriculture structures were damaged and a few power lines were blown down.

Began near Hodgen (34.8500, -94.6333).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F0 Muskogee County F0 Pittsburg County F0 Pushmataha County F0 Tulsa County F0 McIntosh County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5136499. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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