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F1 tornado in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

Tornado April 15, 2003 · Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

Rating

3.2 mi

Path length

70 yd

Path width

$125K

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 main damage was to a church on the NW corner of SE 15th Street and Henney Road where part of the west wall was damaged. The tornado also caused roof damage to homes near the intersections of SE 10th Street and Choctaw Road, and Falcon Way and Choctaw Road. A few sheds were also damaged. Trees were damaged along the entire path of the tornado. The tornado path was from near SE 19th Street and Shirley Lane to just east of Indian Meridian Road, about 0.3 N of Reno Avenue.

Began near Choctaw (35.8333, -99.5333).

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 F0 Roger Mills County F0 Jackson County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5352591. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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