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EF0 tornado in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma

Tornado October 10, 2021 · Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma

EF0
Rating
1.6 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
$10K
Damage as recorded
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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

The tornado developed approximately 1.5 miles south-southwest of Dale as indicated by a Tornado Debris Signature in this location, although this area was not accessible to the survey team. The tornado moved north-northeast damaging trees and a service station canopy just north of Interstate 40. A barn west of Dale was also damaged.

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 Dale (35.3680, -97.0630).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 986970. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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