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F0 tornado in Cleveland County, Oklahoma

Tornado May 4, 1999 · Cleveland County, Oklahoma

F0
Rating
2.0 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
$1K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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.

The wider storm

Severe thunderstorms affected parts of southwest and central Oklahoma from early morning through mid-afternoon of the 4th. One tornado, rated F0, was observed by 2 persons about 7 miles north-northeast of Norman in Cleveland County, near Stanley Draper Lake. The only known damage occurred to fences, which were blown down near the intersection of Midwest Blvd. and SE 149th. There were also numerous reports of straight-line wind damage associated with other severe thunderstorms. Several trees were blown down at 0600 CST on Pecan Rd. and Kyme Rd. in Ponca City in Kay County. Trees were reported down again in Ponca City at 0655 CST, and power lines were downed 3 miles east of Ponca City. The last report of damage from Kay County involved a lightning strike. Lightning struck the roof of a house on North 5th St. in Ponca City, causing a large fire. Lightning also struck a barn in Yale in Payne County, setting it on fire, which then spread to a nearby barn. Other reports of damage included a blown down fence at the Postal Service Training Center in Norman in Cleveland County, large tree limbs blown down in Agra in Lincoln County, large tree limbs and power lines downed in Pauls Valley in Garvin County, and a large tree blown down at Elks Country Club in Duncan in Stephens County.

Began near Norman (35.3200, -97.4000).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5705961. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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