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F0 tornado in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

Tornado April 19, 2003 · Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

Rating

1.0 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$50K

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 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

A brief tornado occured in rural areas to the east of Crowder. A homestead received substantial damage from this tornado. Three sheds, including a 100 foot cattle shed were destroyed. Shingles were blown of a house and a tin roof was blown off a barn. A series of supercells crossed southeast Oklahoma on this afternoon. Numerous other tornado reports were received during the event, but further investigation led to the conclusion that most of these reports were funnel-shaped scud.

Began near Crowder (35.2500, -95.1333).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5353780. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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