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EF1 tornado in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma

Tornado April 26, 2016 · Pontotoc County, Oklahoma

EF1

Rating

2.0 mi

Path length

200 yd

Path width

$20K

Damage as recorded

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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 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 tornado moved through far northern Pontotoc County north of Byng. A home just west of US-377 suffered significant damage and a few other buildings were damaged. The tornado may have affected portions of far southern Seminole County on the other side of the Canadian River, but this area was inaccessible to the survey team.

The wider storm

The 26th began with a few isolated storms forming out ahead of the dryline and becoming severe. Later in the afternoon, the dryline surged east and storms fired along the boundary. These storms quickly became severe and gradually merged into a line as they moved eastward through the evening.

Began near Byng (34.9050, -96.6930).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Oklahoma County EF0 Canadian County EF0 Oklahoma County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 627347. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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