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EF0 tornado in Comanche County, Oklahoma

Tornado October 12, 2021 · Comanche County, Oklahoma

EF0
Rating
8.4 mi
Whole path
900 yd
Path width
$15K
Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 900 yards (0.51 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 Comanche County from Kiowa County approximately three miles north of U.S. Highway 62, and moved northeast and then due north. At least one home suffered some shingle damage, a mobile home received roof damage, and a barn door was blown in. Tree damage was also observed along the path. None of the damage in Comanche County was observed to be greater than EF0, although the tornado was likely stronger as there were few damage indicators encountered along the path.

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 Indiahoma (34.6520, -98.8260).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 987102. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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