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EF0 tornado in Tillman County, Oklahoma

Tornado October 12, 2021 · Tillman County, Oklahoma

EF0
Rating
0.4 mi
Path length
30 yd
Path width
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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

Several storm chasers, including an off-duty meteorologist from the Storm Prediction Center, observed a brief tornado approximately 5 miles southwest of Frederick. No damage was reported and the location is estimated.

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 Frederick (34.3388, -99.0820).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 987096. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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