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EF1 tornado in Atoka County, Oklahoma

Tornado May 25, 2015 · Atoka County, Oklahoma

EF1

Rating

1.0 mi

Path length

400 yd

Path width

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. 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

Emergency management and spotters observed a relatively large tornado east of Mack Alford Correctional Center in the forests in or near the Atoka Wildlife Management Area. No structural damage is known to have occurred with this tornado.

The wider storm

As an upper level trough continued to move over the central plains, storms formed ahead of a cold front in west Texas. These storms formed a line as the moved eastward and developed northward into Oklahoma.

Began near Stringtown (34.5369, -96.0164).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Bryan County 1 dead EF2 Atoka County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 582558. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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