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Issued by NWS Tulsa, OK
Issued by NWS Tulsa, OK
000 NOUS44 KTSA 260156 PNSTSA ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-261400- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Tulsa OK 856 PM CDT Thu May 25 2017 ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 05/18/17 TORNADO EVENT - UPDATE 2... .UPDATE...UPDATED TO INCLUDE TORNADOES IN BENTONVILLE...NEAR ASHLAND...NEAR SAVANNA...NEAR HANNA...NEAR STIDHAM...NEAR CHECHOTAH...NEAR KEEFETON...AND NEAR BRAGGS. .OVERVIEW...A line of severe thunderstorms moved through eastern Oklahoma and northwestern Arkansas during the evening hours of May 18th and the early morning hours of the 19th. Strong instability and very strong low level wind shear that was present across the area as the storms moved through the region, supported the development of persistent and strong low-level circulations along the leading edge of the line of thunderstorms. These circulations resulted in the development of at least 16 tornadoes that we have confirmed. NWS Tulsa meteorologists have surveyed this damage over the past several days, and their findings are detailed below. .Ashland Oklahoma Tornado... Rating: EF-1 Estimated Peak Wind: 95 to 105 mph Path Length /Statute/: 8.2 miles Path Width /Maximum/: 1000 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: May 18 2017 Start Time: 946 pm CDT Start Location: 2.6 N Ashland / Pittsburg County / OK Start Lat/Lon: 34.8051 / -96.0686 End Date: May 18 2017 End Time: 954 pm CDT End Location: 4.8 W Savanna / Pittsburg County / OK End Lat/Lon: 34.8270 / -95.9269 Survey Summary: This tornado developed north of Ashland and moved east-northeast, snapping or uprooting numerous trees, damaging an outbuilding, damaging a home, and snapping power poles. .Savanna Oklahoma Tornado... Rating: EF-1 Estimated Peak Wind: 100 to 110 mph Path Length /Statute/: 4.6 miles Path Width /Maximum/: 1000 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: May 18 2017 Start Time: 956 pm CDT Start Location: 4.2 WNW Savanna / Pittsburg County / OK Start Lat/Lon: 34.8403 / -95.9151 End Date: May 18 2017 End Time: 1002 pm CDT End Location: 1.1 NNE Savanna / Pittsburg County / OK End Lat/Lon: 34.8439 / -95.8338 Survey Summary: This tornado snapped or uprooted numerous trees. .Hanna Oklahoma Tornado... Rating: EF-2 Estimated Peak Wind: 110 to 120 mph Path Length /Statute/: 13.7 miles Path Width /Maximum/: 850 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: May 18 2017 Start Time: 957 pm CDT Start Location: 4.5 NW Hanna / McIntosh County / OK Start Lat/Lon: 35.2461 / -95.9500 End Date: May 18 2017 End Time: 1009 pm CDT End Location: 3.7 SSW Stidham / McIntosh County / OK End Lat/Lon: 35.3211 / -95.7272 Survey Summary: This tornado developed south of Highway 9 and west of the Indian Nation Turnpike where it snapped or uprooted trees. As the tornado moved east-northeast, it crossed the Indian Nation Turnpike where it snapped trees. A large outbuilding was destroyed, a home was damaged, numerous trees were snapped or uprooted, and a metal high- voltage truss tower was blown down as it crossed Highway 9. The tornado continued to move east-northeast snapping or uprooting trees, and then curved to the northeast before dissipating after it crossed the N 4090 Road. .Stidham Oklahoma Tornado 1... Rating: EF-1 Estimated Peak Wind: 95 to 105 mph Path Length /Statute/: 4.7 miles Path Width /Maximum/: 500 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: May 18 2017 Start Time: 1011 pm CDT Start Location: 1.6 SW Stidham / McIntosh County / OK Start Lat/Lon: 35.3578 / -95.7225 End Date: May 18 2017 End Time: 1015 pm CDT End Location: 3 NE Stidham / McIntosh County / OK End Lat/Lon: 35.3922 / -95.6532 Survey Summary: This tornado destroyed a mobile home...damaged the roofs of several other homes...destroyed outbuildings...snapped or uprooted numerous trees...and blew down power poles. .Stidham Oklahoma Tornado 2... Rating: EF-1 Estimated Peak Wind: 95 to 105 mph Path Length /Statute/: 3.8 miles Path Width /Maximum/: 450 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: May 18 2017 Start Time: 1015 pm CDT Start Location: 2.3 ENE Stidham / McIntosh County / OK Start Lat/Lon: 35.3761 / -95.6591 End Date: May 18 2017 End Time: 1019 pm CDT End Location: 6.3 SW Checotah / McIntosh County / OK End Lat/Lon: 35.4047 / -95.6012 Survey Summary: This tornado destroyed an outbuilding...damaged a home...snapped or uprooted numerous trees...and blew down power poles. .Checotah Oklahoma Tornado... Rating: EF-1 Estimated Peak Wind: 100 to 110 mph Path Length /Statute/: 8.8 miles Path Width /Maximum/: 600 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: May 18 2017 Start Time: 1025 pm CDT Start Location: 1.8 E Checotah / McIntosh County / OK Start Lat/Lon: 35.4664 / -95.4911 End Date: May 18 2017 End Time: 1032 pm CDT End Location: 7.5 E Rentiesville / McIntosh County / OK End Lat/Lon: 35.5402 / -95.3635 Survey Summary: This tornado developed north of I-40 near the N 4230 Road where it snapped large limbs...damaged homes...and blew down privacy fences. It moved northeast snapping or uprooting trees and damaging outbuildings. A home was damaged...an large outbuilding was destroyed...power poles were blown down...and numerous trees were snapped and uprooted near the N 4270 Road. It appeared to dissipate after crossing the N 4290 Road, to the north of the E 1020 Road. .Redbird Oklahoma Tornado... Rating: EF-1 Estimated Peak Wind: 90 to 100 mph Path Length /Statute/: 5 miles Path Width /Maximum/: 500 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: May 18 2017 Start Time: 1030 pm CDT Start Location: 7 SSW Redbird / Wagoner County / OK Start Lat/Lon: 35.7882 / -95.6194 End Date: May 18 2017 End Time: 1036 pm CDT End Location: 4.1 SE Redbird / Wagoner County / OK End Lat/Lon: 35.8350 / -95.5523 Survey Summary: This tornado developed just east of the Arkansas River, south of Redbird and southeast of Haskell. The tornado destroyed a center-pivot irrigation system and snapped several power poles and trees as it moved northeast, dissipating southwest of Porter. .Keefeton Oklahoma Tornado... Rating: EF-1 Estimated Peak Wind: 90 to 100 mph Path Length /Statute/: 5.3 miles Path Width /Maximum/: 900 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: May 18 2017 Start Time: 1035 pm CDT Start Location: 1.9 SE Keefeton / Muskogee County / OK Start Lat/Lon: 35.5643 / -95.3315 End Date: May 18 2017 End Time: 1040 pm CDT End Location: 5.1 SW Braggs / Muskogee County / OK End Lat/Lon: 35.6049 / -95.2516 Survey Summary: This tornado snapped or uprooted numerous trees...damaged outbuildings...and blew down power poles. .Muskogee Oklahoma Tornado 1... Rating: EF-1 Estimated Peak Wind: 90 to 100 mph Path Length /Statute/: 2.0 miles Path Width /Maximum/: 400 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: May 18 2017 Start Time: 1037 pm CDT Start Location: 3 WSW Muskogee / Muskogee County / OK Start Lat/Lon: 35.7300 / -95.4173 End Date: May 18 2017 End Time: 1039 pm CDT End Location: 1.4 WNW Muskogee End Lat/Lon: 35.7520 / -95.3932 Survey Summary: This tornado developed on Eagle Crest Golf Club, where several homes were damaged and trees were uprooted. It moved northeast blowing down trees and power poles, and then dissipated over the west side of Muskogee. .Porter Oklahoma Tornado... Rating: EF-1 Estimated Peak Wind: 95 to 105 mph Path Length /Statute/: 10.3 miles Path Width /Maximum/: 700 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: May 18 2017 Start Time: 1039 pm CDT Start Location: 0.9 SSW Porter / Wagoner County / OK Start Lat/Lon: 35.8548 / -95.5275 End Date: May 18 2017 End Time: 1052 pm CDT End Location: 1.4 WNW Wagoner / Wagoner County / OK End Lat/Lon: 35.9625 / -95.4019 Survey Summary: This tornado developed south of Porter where it uprooted trees and destroyed an outbuilding. It moved northeast damaging homes, destroying outbuildings, uprooting or snapping numerous trees...and blowing power poles down. The tornado dissipated on the northwestern side of Wagoner, north of Highway 51. .Muskogee Oklahoma Tornado 2... Rating: EF-2 Estimated Peak Wind: 115 to 125 mph Path Length /Statute/: 2.8 miles Path Width /Maximum/: 400 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: May 18 2017 Start Time: 1040 pm CDT Start Location: 1.1 NW Muskogee / Muskogee County / OK Start Lat/Lon: 35.7583 / -95.3846 End Date: May 18 2017 End Time: 1043 pm CDT End Location: 3 NNE Muskogee / Muskogee County / OK End Lat/Lon: 35.7893 / -95.3530 Survey Summary: This tornado developed over the northern side of Muskogee where it damaged homes and snapped or uprooted trees. The tornado destroyed a well-constructed metal framed building south of Highway 62, and then tore the roof off a couple apartment buildings north of Highway 62. Trees and power poles were snapped and businesses along Highway 62 had roof damage and broken windows. It continued northeast destroying outbuildings and blowing down trees, dissipating northeast of the intersection of N Main and E Harris Road. .Braggs Oklahoma Tornado... Rating: EF-1 Estimated Peak Wind: 85 to 95 mph Path Length /Statute/: 3.7 miles Path Width /Maximum/: 350 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: May 18 2017 Start Time: 1041 pm CDT Start Location: 4.2 SW Braggs / Muskogee County / OK Start Lat/Lon: 35.6183 / -95.2472 End Date: May 18 2017 End Time: 1045 pm CDT End Location: 0.7 SW Braggs / Muskogee County / OK End Lat/Lon: 35.6551 / -95.2053 Survey Summary: This tornado uprooted trees...snapped numerous large tree limbs...damaged outbuildings...and blew down power poles. .Okay/Hulbert Oklahoma Tornado... Rating: EF-1 Estimated Peak Wind: 95 to 105 mph Path Length /Statute/: 16.6 miles Path Width /Maximum/: 650 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: May 18 2017 Start Time: 1045 pm CDT Start Location: 5.1 W Ft Gibson / Muskogee County / OK Start Lat/Lon: 35.8073 / -95.3392 End Date: May 18 2017 End Time: 1059 pm CDT End Location: 5.2 NNW Hulbert / Cherokee County / OK End Lat/Lon: 36.0036 / -95.1706 Survey Summary: This tornado developed in the Arkansas River lowlands northeast of Muskogee, near the Wagoner County line where trees were uprooted. It moved across southeastern Wagoner County uprooting trees to the south and east of Okay, and then crossed the south side of Fort Gibson Lake. The tornado moved across Sequoyah State Park where trees were snapped and uprooted. It dissipated northwest of Hulbert after uprooting and snapping trees for several miles north of Highway 51. .Fort Gibson Lake Oklahoma Tornado... Rating: EF-1 Estimated Peak Wind: 90 to 100 mph Path Length /Statute/: 12.7 miles Path Width /Maximum/: 650 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: May 18 2017 Start Time: 1048 pm CDT Start Location: 4.1 SE Wagoner / Wagoner County/ OK Start Lat/Lon: 35.9150 / -95.3299 End Date: May 18 2017 End Time: 1105 pm CDT End Location: 9.4 SE Chouteau / Mayes County / OK End Lat/Lon: 36.0815 / -95.2374 Survey Summary: This tornado developed southeast of Wagoner in lowlands of Fort Gibson Lake. It moved northeast uprooting numerous trees, damaging homes, and destroying outbuildings north of Highway 51. The tornado then moved over Fort Gibson Lake and back onshore northeast of Wagoner where trees were uprooted and snapped, several boat docks were destroyed, and homes were damaged. It moved back over Fort Gibson Lake and then across the far northeastern portion of Wagoner County where trees were uprooted and snapped. The tornado dissipated shortly after crossing the Mayes County line, on the east side of the Neosho River, southeast of Chouteau. .Peggs Oklahoma Tornado... Rating: EF-1 Estimated Peak Wind: 100 to 110 mph Path Length /Statute/: 5.8 miles Path Width /Maximum/: 800 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: May 18 2017 Start Time: 1101 pm CDT Start Location: 6 SW Peggs / Cherokee County / OK Start Lat/Lon: 36.0169 / -95.1727 End Date: May 18 2017 End Time: 1107 pm CDT End Location: 1.8 NW Peggs / Mayes County / OK End Lat/Lon: 36.0933 / -95.1275 Survey Summary: This tornado snapped or uprooted numerous trees. .Bentonville Arkansas Tornado... Rating: EF-0 Estimated Peak Wind: 80 to 85 mph Path Length /Statute/: 2 miles Path Width /Maximum/: 225 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: May 19 2017 Start Time: 1207 am CDT Start Location: 4.3 SW Bentonville / Benton County / AR Start Lat/Lon: 36.3207 / -94.2529 End Date: May 19 2017 End Time: 1209 am CDT End Location: 2.4 SSW Bentonville / Benton County / AR End Lat/Lon: 36.3412 / -94.2275 Survey Summary: This tornado damaged the roofs of a number of homes...uprooted trees...snapped numerous large tree limbs...and blew down several power poles. 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. $$ EJC/SFP
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