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Tornado in Harper County, Oklahoma

Tornado May 23, 2019 · Harper County, Oklahoma

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Not rated

0.5 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

Not rated. NOAA lists no rating for this tornado. Ratings come from surveying damage, and the National Weather Service now records “EFU” (unknown) when a tornado hit nothing a survey team could rate.

What the National Weather Service wrote

An Oklahoma City television storm chaser observed a tornado estimated to be about 5 miles west of Buffalo. No damage was reported.

The wider storm

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

Began near Buffalo (36.8300, -99.7204).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Beaver County EF1 Harper County EFU Harper County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 829983. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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