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EF1 tornado in Payne County, Oklahoma

Tornado July 3, 2016 · Payne County, Oklahoma

EF1

Rating

0.8 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

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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.

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

Tornado reported by spotters and documented with public photos. County EM reported damage just north of 32nd and Prairie Rd.

The wider storm

On the evening of the 3rd, a line of storms formed along a front across Oklahoma and western north Texas and moved slowly eastward, producing severe weather, a tornado, and flash flooding.

Began near Stillwater (36.0979, -96.9938).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 644285. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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