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F0 tornado in Custer County, Oklahoma

Tornado May 29, 2004 · Custer County, Oklahoma

Rating

6.0 mi

Path length

200 yd

Path width

$1K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 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

The tornado began 4.5 miles SW of Thomas, and touched down intermittently as it moved ESE. The tornado was wrapped in rain for much of its existence. It appeared to weaken/dissipate as it crossed Highway 54, 6 to 7 miles S of Thomas, where several power poles were snapped.

The wider storm

On this day one supercell thunderstorm produced all the tornadoes in the state of Oklahoma and a majority of the extremely large hail. This storm began in extreme west central Oklahoma, moved through center sections of the state, and ended in extreme eastern Oklahoma. The storm affected portions of both the Oklahoma City and Tulsa metropolitan areas.

Began near Thomas (35.7000, -98.8000).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F2 Oklahoma County F2 Blaine County F2 Canadian County F1 Logan County F1 Lincoln County F1 Canadian County F1 Canadian County F0 Logan County F0 Canadian County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5395526. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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