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F1 tornado in Marshall County, Oklahoma

Tornado May 6, 2001 · Marshall County, Oklahoma

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

25 yd

Path width

$1K

Damage as recorded

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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 F1 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F1 meant moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken; the scale paired it with winds of 73–112 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 was observed by two spotters about nine miles west of Madill near McMillon and lasted approximately 30 seconds to one minute. Several small trees were downed. In addition, house windows were broken, and roof shingles were blown off a house.

The wider storm

A large severe weather outbreak affected portions of central Oklahoma on the 6th with three tornadoes. An abundance of large hail was reported mainly east of Interstate 35.

Began near Madill (35.6000, -98.1167).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F0 Carter County F0 Love County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5248434. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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