Tornado in Beckham County, Oklahoma
Tornado May 16, 2017 · Beckham County, Oklahoma
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 the National Weather Service wrote
An NWS employee observed a tornado from an occluded mesocyclone to the south-southeast of Erick. The tornado was observed for about two minutes. No damage was reported and the specific path is estimated.
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 (35.1200, -99.8500).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
4 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 700769. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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