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EF1 tornado in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

Tornado October 9, 2018 · Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

EF1
Rating
10.0 mi
Path length
20 yd
Path width
$100K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

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 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 touched down near Interstate 40 between Air Depot Boulevard and Town Center Drive, then moved northeast through the Town Center Plaza shopping area in Midwest City. Although no structure damage was noted in the shopping center, several trees were snapped, and three employee cars were blown about 50 yards into bollards in front of JC Penney. Sporadic tree damage was noted as the tornado moved northeast to near Hiwassee Road and Wilshire Boulevard intermittently causing damage. The only structure damage noted along the path was to an aviation plant which suffered significant roof damage northeast of SE 15th Street and Midwest Boulevard in Midwest City, and some roof damage along Post Road.

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 (tik)tinker Afb (35.4330, -97.4040).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 790186. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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