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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
603 PM CDT MON APR 22 2013

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 04/17-18/13 TORNADO EVENT - UPDATE 3...

...THIS UPDATE INCLUDES A NEW TORNADO IN TULSA COUNTY...

.LIBERTY TORNADO...

RATING:                 EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    65-75 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  0.5 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   50 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             04/17/2013
START TIME:             1150 PM CDT
START LOCATION:         2.4 NW LIBERTY / TULSA COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON:          35.8715 / -96.0166

END DATE:               04/17/2013
END TIME:               1151 PM CDT
END LOCATION:           2.4 NW LIBERTY / TULSA COUNTY / OK
END_LAT/LON:            35.8780 / -96.0126

SURVEY_SUMMARY: A KOTV METEOROLOGIST OBSERVED A TORNADO CROSSING
HIGHWAY 75 JUST NORTH OF 201ST STREET SOUTH IN TULSA COUNTY.  THE
TORNADO BLEW A VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD AND ONTO THE CENTER MEDIAN.
SOME MINOR TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED.

.BROKEN ARROW OKLAHOMA TORNADO 1...

RATING:                 EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    80-85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  1.3 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   250
YARDS FATALITIES:       0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             APRIL 18 2013
START TIME:             1201 AM CDT
START LOCATION:         6 SSW BROKEN ARROW / TULSA COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON:          35.9739 / -95.8363

END DATE:               APRIL 18 2013
END TIME:               1203 AM CDT
END LOCATION:           6 SW BROKEN ARROW / TULSA COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON:            35.9880 / -95.8506

SURVEY SUMMARY: THIS TORNADO DAMAGED A NUMBER OF HOMES AND SNAPPED
NUMEROUS LARGE TREE LIMBS. THE TORNADO MOVED NORTH AND THEN
CURVED NORTHWEST.

.BROKEN ARROW OKLAHOMA TORNADO 2...

RATING:                 EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    90-100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  2.1 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   400 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             APRIL 18 2013
START TIME:             1203 AM CDT
START LOCATION:         6.6 SW BROKEN ARROW / TULSA COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON:          35.9700 / -95.8503

END DATE:               APRIL 18 2013
END TIME:               1205 AM CDT
END LOCATION:           4.6 SW BROKEN ARROW / TULSA COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON:            35.9994 / -95.8385

SURVEY SUMMARY: THIS TORNADO SEVERELY DAMAGED THE SECOND STORY OF
A PERMANENT HOME AND DAMAGED MANY OTHERS. SOME WINDOWS IN A FEW
HOMES WERE BLOWN OUT. TREES WERE UPROOTED AND LARGE TREE BRANCHES
WERE SNAPPED. THIS TORNADO MOVED NORTH-NORTHEAST THEN CURVED
SLIGHTLY NORTH.

.INOLA OKLAHOMA AREA TORNADO 1...

RATING:                 EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    70-75 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  0.9 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   125 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             APRIL 18 2013
START TIME:             1228 AM CDT
START LOCATION:         3.9 SW INOLA / ROGERS COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON:          36.0989 / -95.5336

END DATE:               APRIL 18 2013
END TIME:               1229 AM CDT
END LOCATION:           3.0 SW INOLA  ROGERS COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON:            36.1089 / -95.5258

SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO BADLY DAMAGED A BARN...DOWNED SEVERAL TREES...AND DID
MINOR DAMAGE TO THE ROOF OF A HOME. THE TORNADO TRAVELED
NORTHEAST.

.INOLA OKLAHOMA AREA TORNADO 2...

RATING:                 EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    100-110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  1.8 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   140 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             APRIL 18 2013
START TIME:             1229 AM CDT
START LOCATION:         2.2 SW INOLA / ROGERS COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON:          36.1216 / -95.5246

END DATE:               APRIL 18 2013
END TIME:               1232 AM CDT
END LOCATION:           1.1 SE INOLA / ROGERS COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON:            36.1372 / -95.5011

SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO OVERTURNED SEVERAL EMPTY RAIL CARS...DESTROYED A MOBILE
HOME AND DAMAGED SEVERAL OTHER HOMES.  THE TORNADO TRAVELED NORTHEAST
AND THEN MORE NORTHERLY THE LAST HALF OF ITS EXISTENCE.

.INOLA OKLAHOMA AREA TORNADO 3...

RATING:                 EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    90-95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  1.9 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   180 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             APRIL 18 2013
START TIME:             1233 AM CDT
START LOCATION:         0.6 SE INOLA / ROGERS COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON:          36.1465 / -95.5014

END DATE:               APRIL 18 2013
END TIME:               1236 AM CDT
END LOCATION:           1.9 ENE INOLA / ROGERS COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON:            36.15.70 / -95.4771

SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO DAMAGED THE ROOFS OF A NUMBER OF HOMES AND BADLY DAMAGED
A METAL FRAME BUILDING...DESTROYING A SMALLER OUTBUILDING.  THIS
TORNADOS PATH IS THE MOST COMPLEX OF THE THREE.  THE TORNADO
INITIALLY MOVED EAST-NORTHEAST BEFORE TURNING SHARPLY NORTH.  NEAR THE
END OF ITS EXISTENCE THE TORNADO VEERED TOWARD THE EAST AS COMPLEX
INTERACTIONS OCCURRED WITHIN THE BROADER AREA OF ROTATION.

.SALINA OKLAHOMA TORNADO...

RATING:                 EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    85-95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  6.5 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   100 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:

START DATE:             APRIL 18 2013
START TIME:             1248 AM CDT
START LOCATION:         5.4 NE CHOUTEAU / MAYES COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON:          36.2500 / -95.2861

END DATE:               APRIL 18 2013
END TIME:               1258 AM CDT
END LOCATION:           2.4 NW SALINA / MAYES COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON:            36.3061 / -95.1922

SURVEY SUMMARY: THIS TORNADO TORE MUCH OF THE ROOF OFF OF A
INDUSTRIAL BUILDING ON HIGHWAY 69A ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE MID-
AMERICA INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX...DESTROYED A BARN...SNAPPED NUMEROUS
LARGE TREE LIMBS...AND UPROOTED A COUPLE TREES.

.SPAVINAW OKLAHOMA TORNADO...

RATING:                 EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    100-110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  3.5 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   350 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             APRIL 18 2013
START TIME:             107 AM CDT
START LOCATION:         2.1 SW SPAVINAW / MAYES COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON:          36.3752 / -95.0788

END DATE:               APRIL 18 2013
END TIME:               113 AM CDT
END LOCATION:           1.4 NE SPAVINAW / MAYES COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON:            36.4011 / -95.0248

SURVEY SUMMARY: THIS TORNADO DEVELOPED IN THE CYCLONIC COMMA HEAD
OF THE BOW ECHO...WELL BEHIND THE INITIAL STORM SURGE AND GUST
FRONT. IT DEVELOPED SOUTH OF THE EAST 440 ROAD SOUTHWEST OF
SPAVINAW...SNAPPING AND UPROOTING NUMEROUS TREES AS IT APPROACHED
THE TOWN. NUMEROUS HOMES WERE DAMAGED...INCLUDING SEVERAL MOBILE
HOMES THAT WERE DESTROYED...THE ROOF OF THE SCHOOL WAS SEVERELY
DAMAGED...TREES AND POWER POLES WERE BLOWN DOWN...AND SEVERAL
BUSINESSES WERE DAMAGED AS THE TORNADO MOVED THROUGH TOWN. IT
DISSIPATED SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 20 NORTHEAST OF TOWN.

.BUTLER OKLAHOMA TORNADO...

RATING:                 EF-2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    115-125 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  8 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   800 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             APRIL 18 2013
START TIME:             130 AM CDT
START LOCATION:         4 E ZENA / DELAWARE COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON:          36.4918 / -94.7809

END DATE:               APRIL 18 2013
END TIME:               140 AM CDT
END LOCATION:           7 SE GROVE / DELAWARE COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON:            36.5513 / -94.6567

SURVEY SUMMARY: THIS TORNADO DEVELOPED ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF
THE BOW ECHO. IT FORMED JUST EAST OF HIGHWAY 59...SOUTH OF
HIGHWAY 127. THE MOST INTENSE STAGE OF THIS TORNADO`S LIFECYCLE
WAS EARLY ON AS IT PRODUCED AN 800 YARD WIDE CORRIDOR OF
IMPRESSIVE TREE DAMAGE AS IT CROSSED THE 628 ROAD AND SEVERELY
DAMAGED A PERMANENT HOME. NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED AND
UPROOTED...POWER POLES WERE BLOWN DOWN...HOMES WERE DAMAGED...AND
BARNS WERE DESTROYED AS THE TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST. IT DISSIPATED
ABOUT 2 MILES WEST OF THE MISSOURI STATE LINE...NORTH OF THE EAST
324 ROAD.

EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES.

EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH
EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH
EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH
EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH

NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE
PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA.

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