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F1 tornado in Osage County, Oklahoma

Tornado April 19, 2003 · Osage County, Oklahoma

Rating

5.0 mi

Path length

200 yd

Path width

$15K

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

A F1 tornado touched down 8 miles west southwest of Dewey or 6.5 miles northeast of Okesa and traveled 5 miles east northeast before entering Washington county 5 miles northwest of Dewey or 7.2 miles southeast of Bowring. The tornado produced a 200 yard wide damage swath along its path. The damage was to trees and power lines.

Began near Okesa (36.5167, -96.7667).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F2 Washington County F1 Nowata County F0 Pawnee County F0 Pittsburg County F0 Haskell County F0 Creek County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5353109. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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