EF1 tornado in Grady County, Oklahoma
Tornado May 2, 2018 · Grady County, Oklahoma
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 400 yards (0.23 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
A tornado developed near County Road 1560 and County Street 2770 to the southwest of Rush Springs. The tornado moved generally northeast crossing US Highway 81 about 3 miles north of Rush Springs, then dissipating about 2 miles SSE of Agawam (or 4.5 miles NNW of Rush Springs). One unoccupied mobile home was rolled and destroyed west of Rush Springs, although adjacent tree damage was relatively minor. Otherwise, damage consisted primarily of tree damage along the path as well as minor damage to a few homes.
The wider storm
Several discrete supercells formed off a dryline in the eastern parts of the panhandles in the late afternoon of the 2nd. These storms moved eastward through the evening, eventually congealing into a line before coming across central Oklahoma. QLCS tornadoes became a significant hazard at this point. After this round of storms made its way out of the area, scattered storms began to form from central Texas up into south western Oklahoma overnight, moving generally northeast into the early morning hours.
Began near Acme (34.7530, -98.0560).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
15 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 759153. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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