EF1 tornado in Kiowa County, Oklahoma
Tornado May 16, 2015 · Kiowa County, Oklahoma
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Hardeman County, Texas → Wilbarger County, Texas → Jackson County → Wilbarger County, Texas → Jackson County → Tillman County → Kiowa County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 700 yards (0.40 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
The tornado that originally began in northwest Hardeman County Texas moved into Kiowa County from Tillman County and finally ended it's 40-mile path about 3 miles east of Snyder. Damage in Kiowa County was confined to broken power poles along US-183 south of Snyder and US-62 just southeast of Snyder and to trees.
The wider storm
With an upper low traversing the region, a cold front stationed over the panhandles, and a developing dryline, storms developed out in the panhandles early on the 16th and made their way eastward across Oklahoma through the day. Toward evening, when the severe weather occurred, the front surged eastward with a line of storms forming along it.
Began near Snyder (34.5942, -98.9861).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
9 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 582241. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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