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F2 tornado in Nowata County, Oklahoma

Tornado May 26, 1996 · Nowata County, Oklahoma

Rating

30.0 mi

Whole path

880 yd

Path width

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 880 yards (0.50 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F2 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F2 meant considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted; the scale paired it with winds of 113–157 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 Watova (36.6000, -95.6500).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5563139. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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