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EF0 tornado in Kiowa County, Oklahoma

Tornado October 7, 2018 · Kiowa County, Oklahoma

EF0

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

10 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 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

Storm chasers observed a brief tornado approximately 3 miles northeast of Saddle Mountain, or about 12 miles east-northeast of Cooperton. No damage was reported.

The wider storm

A warm front lifted north through Oklahoma during the day on the 7th, producing numerous thunderstorms.

Began near Cooperton (34.9040, -98.6623).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF0 Kiowa County EF0 Murray County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 790176. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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