F0 tornado in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma

Tornado May 26, 1997 · Okfuskee County, Oklahoma

Rating

1.6 mi

Whole path

30 yd

Path width

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Seminole County → Okfuskee County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 30 yards (0.02 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.

Began near Bearden (35.3500, -96.4200).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F3 Pittsburg County F2 Okmulgee County F1 Creek County F1 Creek County F1 Okmulgee County F1 Okmulgee County F1 Okmulgee County F1 Pittsburg County F1 Latimer County F0 Creek County F0 Tulsa County F0 Okmulgee County F0 Ottawa County F0 Creek County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5619826. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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