F0 tornado — Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

F0 tornado in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

Tornado October 22, 2000 · Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

Rating

3.0 mi

Path length

25 yd

Path width

$10K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 25 yards (0.01 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F0 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F0 meant light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken; the scale paired it with winds of 40–72 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

This tornado formed across southern Oklahoma City near the intersection of Eastern and SE 22nd. Minor damage to buildings, trees, and power lines, consistent with an F0 rating, occurred over a narrow, 3 mile path.

The wider storm

Significant flash flooding and 6 tornadoes, mostly small, weak and short-lived, developed on the 22nd, across a 35 mile wide band from near Frederick in southwest Oklahoma northeastward to near Chandler in central Oklahoma. Rainfall amounts in this band averaged 4 to 8 inches. Anadarko in Caddo County, received 10 inches, which classifies as a 250-year rain event. Record-like flooding developed in some areas, particularly across southern Caddo and Grady Counties, from near Apache and Anadarko to near Chickasha.

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5161325. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

F0 tornado in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

What the National Weather Service wrote

The wider storm

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