EF1 tornado in Craig County, Oklahoma
Tornado May 22, 2019 · Craig County, Oklahoma
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 350 yards (0.20 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
This tornado snapped and uprooted trees. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 95 to 105 mph. Multiple people observed this tornado, and it produced a radar-detected debris signature.
The wider storm
Severe thunderstorms developed over northeastern Oklahoma during the afternoon hours of the 22nd, ahead of a cold front that moved into the area. Very strong instability and wind shear in the air mass ahead of the cold front allowed for the development of supercell thunderstorms, which affected the area through late evening. These supercells produced twenty-one documented tornadoes, including a significant tornado, large hail up to baseball size, damaging wind gusts, and locally heavy rainfall that resulted in flash flooding across northeastern Oklahoma.
Began near Centralia (36.7813, -95.2521).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
19 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 830330. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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