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EF0 tornado in Coal County, Oklahoma

Tornado May 9, 2016 · Coal County, Oklahoma

EF0

Rating

9.1 mi

Whole path

50 yd

Path width

Death

$250K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Johnston County → Coal County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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

The centerline of the tornado crossed into Coal County from Johnston County within the town of Bromide. Although from about 1.25 miles west of Bromide to where it dissipated just east of Bromide, the tornado moved down the Johnston-Coal county line affecting both counties. Only light tree damage was observed in and near Bromide.

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 Bromide (34.4190, -96.4920).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF4 Garvin County 1 dead EF3 Murray County EF3 Bryan County EF2 Noble County EF1 Atoka County EFU Cleveland County EFU Johnston County EFU Atoka County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 638026. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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