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F1 tornado in Mayes County, Oklahoma

Tornado May 30, 2004 · Mayes County, Oklahoma

Rating

7.2 mi

Path length

600 yd

Path width

$25K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 600 yards (0.34 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. 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

This tornado was produced by the storm that produced tornadoes in Creek and Wagoner Counties. The tornado occurred in southern Mayes County between Murphy and Locust Grove. This tornado damaged and uprooted trees along its path. Damage to inhabited buildings was mainly to shingles and broken windows. Structural damage was mainly contained to outbuildings,

Began near Murphy (36.1167, -95.2167).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F3 Creek County F1 Creek County F0 Creek County F0 Wagoner County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5398968. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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