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EF0 tornado in Jefferson County, Oklahoma

Tornado May 19, 2015 · Jefferson County, Oklahoma

EF0

Rating

2.0 mi

Path length

200 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 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 chasers reported a tornado estimated to have moved from about 4 miles west of Oscar to 2 miles west-northwest of Oscar. 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 (33.9757, -97.8210).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 584362. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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