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EF1 tornado in Love County, Oklahoma

Tornado October 9, 2018 · Love County, Oklahoma

EF1
Rating
1.0 mi
Path length
100 yd
Path width
$60K
Damage as recorded
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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 moved southwest to northeast across Marietta producing tree damage, and creating significant roof damage to at least a couple of homes.

The wider storm

A narrow line of thunderstorms formed during the morning of the 9th along a fast-moving pre-frontal trough, producing numerous brief tornadoes along with a few wind and flood reports.

Began near Marietta (33.9320, -97.1250).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 790183. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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