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EF0 tornado in Lincoln County, Oklahoma

Tornado October 10, 2021 · Lincoln County, Oklahoma

EF0

Rating

3.3 mi

Whole path

50 yd

Path width

$20K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Oklahoma County → Lincoln County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

This tornado moved into Lincoln County from Oklahoma County at Britton Road (E 1000 Road) and continued to move northeast a short distance creating tree damage.

The wider storm

An unseasonably warm and moist airmass was in place across the region ahead of a powerful upper wave moving out of the 4 corners region. This led to the development of numerous severe thunderstorms across Oklahoma and Texas during the afternoon and evening of the 10th. Several tornadoes were reported, along with hail larger than baseballs that impacted Norman, OK for the second time in six months, leading to millions of dollars in damages once again to homes, cars, and businesses.

Began near Jacktown (35.5650, -97.1410).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Caddo County EF1 Kiowa County EF1 Caddo County EF1 Pontotoc County EF0 Pottawatomie County EF0 Pottawatomie County EF0 Lincoln County EFU Kiowa County EFU Caddo County EFU Grady County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 986968. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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