EF0 tornado in Garvin County, Oklahoma

Tornado October 7, 2018 · Garvin County, Oklahoma

EF0

Rating

1.0 mi

Whole path

20 yd

Path width

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Murray County → Garvin County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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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.

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

A tornado was observed touching down in Murray County west of Davis, then moving northeast crossing into Garvin County near NS328 Road. The tornado moved northeast for less than one-half mile before dissipating. No damage was observed except for a few tree limbs.

The wider storm

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

Began near Wynnewood (34.5070, -97.1600).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 790178. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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