EF2 tornado in Carter County, Oklahoma
Tornado April 22, 2020 · Carter County, Oklahoma
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Carter County → Murray County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 600 yards (0.34 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
Damage was observed in high-resolution satellite imagery from a large tornado that occurred in areas of the southern Arbuckle Mountains inaccessible to ground survey teams. The large tornado developed on the southern slopes of the Arbuckle Mountains and was observed by many storm spotters and storm chasers as it moved northeast into the Arbuckles. The satellite imagery indicated a clear path of tree damage that moved intermittently northeast and east-northeast with the most significant and widest area of tree damage along a tree line along Cool Creek where numerous large trees were toppled along a 600 yard wide path. The tornado crossed into Murray County south-southwest of Dougherty.
The wider storm
A dryline and upper level wave combined with strong shear to produce multiple tornadic supercells across southern Oklahoma on the 22nd.
Began near Springer (34.3385, -97.1260).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
9 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 890644. 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.
We couldn’t get your location. Check that location access is allowed for this site, or type an address.