EF1 tornado in Delaware County, Oklahoma
Tornado October 10, 2021 · Delaware County, Oklahoma
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 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 developed along the leading edge of a strong convective line of thunderstorms, west of County Road 586, and south of Eucha Lake. It moved northeast across Highway 59, and dissipated north of County Road 458, and east of Eucha Lake. The tornado snapped and uprooted numerous trees along its path. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 95 to 105 mph.
The wider storm
Severe thunderstorms developed across central Oklahoma during the afternoon of the 10th, along a cold front that was moving into the area. These storms moved eastward and across eastern Oklahoma during the evening. In response to a strong upper level disturbance translating into the Southern Plains, wind fields as well as wind shear strengthened considerably during the evening across eastern Oklahoma ahead of the approaching thunderstorms. The very strong wind shear combined with moderately strong instability that existed across the area, resulted in some supercell thunderstorms, as well as the eventual evolution of a squall line. One of the supercells produced a tornado, and the squall line produced several tornadoes as it moved through eastern Oklahoma. Large hail up to two inches in diameter, and damaging wind gusts also occurred from these thunderstorms.
Began near Eucha (36.3020, -94.8340).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
6 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 982005. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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