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EF0 tornado in Jefferson County, Oklahoma

Tornado May 19, 2015 · Jefferson County, Oklahoma

EF0
Rating
1.0 mi
Path length
250 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 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

Spotters and chasers reported a tornado east of US-81 approximately 4 miles south-southeast of Ryan. No damage was reported.

The wider storm

Severe storms developed near a stalled boundary across Oklahoma and the panhandles and moved eastward through the afternoon and evening of the 19th, causing widespread heavy rainfall and additional flooding. One fatality occurred near Cole in McClain county, as a vehicle was swept into floodwaters.

Began near Ryan (33.9665, -97.9233).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF0 McClain CountyEF0 McClain CountyEF0 Cleveland CountyEF0 Tillman CountyEF0 Pottawatomie CountyEF0 Jefferson CountyEF0 Jefferson CountyEF0 Carter CountyEF0 Carter County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 584361. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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