EF3 Tornado — Ellis, Oklahoma

2019-05-23 · near Catesby, Ellis, Oklahoma

Event narrative

This tornado developed in Lipscomb County Texas and moved through Beaver County (see Storm Data entries from the NWS Amarillo in the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles) before moving into northwest Ellis County. This tornado was surveyed by meteorologists from both the NWS Norman and Amarillo.

Immediately after moving into Ellis County, a home and outbuilding were completely destroyed. An extended cab pickup truck in a carport at this home was blown 0.3 of a mile northeast with some pieces of the truck found over one half mile northeast of the home. Numerous power poles were snapped both north-south along the county line and east-west along county road 30.

The tornado continued to move northeast and into Harper County southwest of Laverne.

Wider weather episode

Isolated supercells that developed in the Texas Panhandle and moved into far northwestern Oklahoma with tornadoes and wind reported on the 23rd.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (36.5739, -100.0032)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 829978. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.