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Tornado October 12, 2021 · Custer County, Oklahoma

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Not rated
0.2 mi
Path length
20 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.

Not rated. NOAA lists no rating for this tornado. Ratings come from surveying damage, and the National Weather Service now records “EFU” (unknown) when a tornado hit nothing a survey team could rate.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A number of storm chasers from various angles observed a second tornado adjacent to the tornado the moved from the east side of Clinton to southeast of Custer City. Although motion was difficult to determine at night, was believed to be a satellite tornado. This tornado produced no known damage and the location of this tornado was 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 Clinton (35.5305, -98.9449).

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 989414. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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