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EF0 tornado in Comanche County, Oklahoma

Tornado May 16, 2015 · Comanche County, Oklahoma

EF0
Rating
6.0 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
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 EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 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

Storm spotters and storm chasers observed a tornado develop southwest of Geronimo and move east-northeast. No structure damage was reported and the path is estimated.

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 Geronimo (34.4493, -98.4172).

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 CountyEF1 Comanche CountyEF0 Beckham CountyEF0 Caddo CountyEF0 Caddo CountyEF0 Tillman County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 582323. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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