Home / Oklahoma / Beckham

Tornado in Beckham County, Oklahoma

Tornado May 25, 2019 · Beckham County, Oklahoma

–

Not rated

0.2 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

A storm chaser observed a tornado estimated to be about 3 miles southwest of Retrop in southeastern Beckham County. No damage was observed. The duration of the tornado may have been longer, but it became wrapped in rain and unobservable soon after developing.

The wider storm

Scattered supercells merged into a linear system that produced a variety of severe weather on the 25th.

Began near Retrop (35.1293, -99.3976).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Canadian County 2 dead EF0 Oklahoma County EF0 Oklahoma County EF0 Oklahoma County EF0 Oklahoma County EF0 Cleveland County EFU Greer County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 830766. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

Tornadoes near your address

See every tornado that passed near a place you know, measured to its path.