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EF0 tornado in Beckham County, Oklahoma

Tornado October 12, 2021 · Beckham County, Oklahoma

EF0
Rating
0.1 mi
Path length
10 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.

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

A storm chaser observed a brief tornado near State Highway 6 approximately 4 miles north-northwest of Retrop. No damage was reported.

The wider storm

A warm front lifted north during the afternoon and evening of the 12th, with a couple supercells developing along it across southwest OK. Large hail, strong winds, and numerous tornadoes were reported with these storms as they moved northeastward. Later, a line of severe storms moved into far western OK along a cold front, with strong winds and hail reported with these storms.

Began near Retrop (35.2092, -99.3973).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Tillman CountyEF1 Tillman CountyEF1 Kiowa CountyEF1 Canadian CountyEF1 Oklahoma CountyEF1 Custer CountyEF0 Tillman CountyEF0 Oklahoma CountyEFU Washita CountyEFU Comanche CountyEFU Caddo CountyEFU Custer County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 987094. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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