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F1 tornado in Jackson County, Oklahoma

Tornado April 15, 2003 · Jackson County, Oklahoma

Rating

4.0 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$8K

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

The storm that produced the tornado that started in Hardeman County Texas continued to move northeast and produced another tornado near Duke, Oklahoma. The tornado blew the roof off a greenhouse approximately two miles northeast of Duke. Six power poles were also downed along with numerous trees damaged.

Began near Duke (35.3333, -97.5000).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F1 Roger Mills County F1 Roger Mills County F1 Beckham County F1 Harmon County F1 Oklahoma County F0 Roger Mills County F0 Jackson County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5352587. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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