F0 tornado in Carter County, Oklahoma

Tornado May 6, 2001 · Carter County, Oklahoma

Rating

1.0 mi

Path length

220 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 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 was observed by many spotters and described as multiple-vortex. No damage was observed or reported.

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 Springer (35.5667, -97.4833).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F1 Marshall County F0 Love County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5248481. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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