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Tornado in Beckham County, Oklahoma

Tornado May 16, 2017 · Beckham County, Oklahoma

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Not rated

1.0 mi

Path length

20 yd

Path width

EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 20 yards (0.01 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. 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

The Erick Fire Department and storm chasers observed a tornado south of the entrance to Sandy Sanders Wildlife Management Area on State Highway 30. No damage was reported.

The wider storm

Storms formed along the dryline in the Texas panhandle on the afternoon of the 16th before moving eastward. As a cold front caught up to the storms, convection increased and storms began to form into a line. This line continued eastward across the state overnight into the 17th.

Began near Erick (35.0700, -99.9200).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Beckham County 1 dead EF2 Roger Mills County EF1 Roger Mills County EFU Beckham County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 700767. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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