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EF0 tornado in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

Tornado October 9, 2018 · Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

EF0
Rating
6.2 mi
Path length
70 yd
Path width
$30K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 70 yards (0.04 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

Initial damage was observed near NE 122nd Street and Interstate 35 in northeastern Oklahoma City. The tornado moved generally northeast across east Edmond, crossing the northwestern portion of Arcadia Lake, then dissipating southeast of Danforth Road and Midwest Boulevard. Except for power pole and fencing damage at the beginning of the path, damage was limited to sporadic tree damage.

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 Edmond (35.5920, -97.4360).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Love CountyEF1 Oklahoma CountyEF1 Cleveland CountyEF0 Oklahoma CountyEF0 Cleveland CountyEF0 Oklahoma CountyEF0 Lincoln County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 790195. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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