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F0 tornado in Logan County, Oklahoma

Tornado May 29, 2004 · Logan County, Oklahoma

F0
Rating
4.0 mi
Path length
100 yd
Path width
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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 tornado was described by spotters as having a large funnel and as a possible "wedge" tornado, but no damage was reported (although power flashes were observed). The estimated track, based on spotters and NSSL rotation track maps from the Twin Lakes radar, began 5 miles SE of Meridian and continued NE across rural areas, ending just inside the Logan/Lincoln County line at 2125 CST, 6 miles east of Meridian. The parent mesocyclone occluded shortly thereafter, with a new one forming to the southeast.

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 Meridian (35.7833, -97.1833).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F2 Oklahoma CountyF2 Blaine CountyF2 Canadian CountyF1 Logan CountyF1 Lincoln CountyF1 Canadian CountyF1 Canadian CountyF0 Custer CountyF0 Canadian County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5395527. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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