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Tornado May 9, 2016 · Cleveland County, Oklahoma

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Not rated
0.1 mi
Path length
10 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

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.

Not rated. NOAA lists no rating for this tornado. Ratings come from surveying damage, and the National Weather Service now records “EFU” (unknown) when a tornado hit nothing a survey team could rate.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A low-precipitation supercell produced a brief tornado/waterspout that was observed over Lake Thunderbird. The tornado remained over the lake and produced no damage.

The wider storm

With the help of an upper low, storms fired along the dryline in central Oklahoma on the 9th, with some of them becoming severe.

Began near Lake Thunderbird Dam (35.2228, -97.2282).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF4 Garvin County 1 deadEF3 Johnston County 1 deadEF3 Murray CountyEF3 Bryan CountyEF2 Noble CountyEF1 Atoka CountyEFU Johnston CountyEFU Atoka County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 633088. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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