F1 tornado in Rogers County, Oklahoma
Tornado May 26, 1996 · Rogers County, Oklahoma
F1
Rating
30.0 mi
Whole path
100 yd
Path width
1
Injury
$295K
Damage as recorded
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Rogers County → Nowata County → Craig County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
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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 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.
Began near Talala (36.5500, -95.7000).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5563138. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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