F0 tornado in Jackson County, Oklahoma

Tornado April 15, 2003 · Jackson County, Oklahoma

Rating

1.0 mi

Path length

300 yd

Path width

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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 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 is the second segment of the tornado that developed in Hardeman County, Texas and moved northeast into extreme western Jackson County before dissipating in Harmon County, Oklahoma. The tornado traveled a mile before moving into Harmon County 11.5 miles SSW of Gould at 1830 CST. No damage was reported with this segment of the tornado.

Began near Lincoln (35.5500, -99.9167).

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5352589. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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