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F2 tornado in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma

Tornado May 26, 1997 · Okmulgee County, Oklahoma

Rating

8.0 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$160K

Damage as recorded

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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 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 Beggs (35.7300, -96.0700).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F3 Pittsburg 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 5620021. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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