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EF1 tornado in Comanche County, Oklahoma

Tornado May 16, 2015 · Comanche County, Oklahoma

EF1
Rating
7.1 mi
Path length
400 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 400 yards (0.23 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A large tornado was observed southwest of Meers in the Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge. The tornado moved northeast passing just west of Meers and dissipating approximately 1.5 miles north of Meers.

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 Meers (34.7186, -98.6547).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Wilbarger CountyEF1 Roger Mills CountyEF1 Dewey CountyEF1 Major CountyEF0 Beckham CountyEF0 Caddo CountyEF0 Comanche CountyEF0 Caddo CountyEF0 Tillman County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 582303. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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