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EF1 tornado in Murray County, Oklahoma

Tornado April 30, 2019 · Murray County, Oklahoma

EF1

Rating

1.9 mi

Whole path

30 yd

Path width

$1K

Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 30 yards (0.02 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 storm chaser observed most of the life cycle of this tornado using a drone. The tornado initially developed in Johnston County before crossing Highway 7 and moving into Murray County. The drone video observed a number of trees being damaged by the tornado, but no structural damage was observed. The drone video was used to precisely locate the tornado path.

The wider storm

A stationary front and and upper wave produced numerous thunderstorms with a variety of severe weather on the 30th.

Began near Scullin (34.5060, -96.8684).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Bryan County 2 dead EF1 Lincoln County EF1 Payne County EF1 Coal County EFU Murray County EFU Tillman County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 822191. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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