EF1 tornado in Coal County, Oklahoma
Tornado May 9, 2016 · Coal County, Oklahoma
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Atoka County → Coal County → Atoka County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 750 yards (0.43 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Although the center line of this tornado did not move into Coal County from Atoka County until one-third of a mile west of US-75, the north edge of the tornado had expanded into Coal County producing tree damage 7 miles farther west, to the west of NS-376 Road. As the tornado approached US-75, the tornado produced slight roof damage to a house on Mockingbird Lane just north of the county line. The tornado damaged a radio station building at US-75 as the center line crossed into Coal County and began moving northeast. The tornado continued moving northeast through a rural area of southeastern Coal County before turning back to the east and moving into Atoka County near EW-177 Road.
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 Lehigh (34.4190, -96.1970).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
8 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 633093. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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