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EF0 tornado in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

Tornado December 14, 2014 · Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

EF0
Rating
0.2 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

From KWTV helicopter video. The tornado lasted less than a minute and no damage was observed or reported.

The wider storm

A strong upper level low moved over the Southern and Central Plains region during the day on Sunday. Adequate moistening and sunshine allowed for modest instability to build within a narrow corridor across central Oklahoma. Isolated thunderstorms developed along a pacific front/dryline feature during the mid afternoon hours. These storms occasionally exhibited supercell characteristics, producing large hail and funnel clouds. One very brief tornado occurred over northeastern Oklahoma county. No damage or injuries occurred.

Began near Arcadia Lake (35.6200, -97.3800).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 553549. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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