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F3 tornado in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

Tornado May 26, 1997 · Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

Rating

5.0 mi

Path length

440 yd

Path width

Injury

$100K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 440 yards (0.25 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F3 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F3 meant severe damage: whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned; the scale paired it with winds of 158–206 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 Indianola (35.1700, -95.8800).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

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 Okfuskee County F0 Tulsa County F0 Okmulgee County F0 Ottawa County F0 Creek County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5619919. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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