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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1200 PM CDT WED APR 22 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 04/17/2026 TORNADO EVENT
MCCORD OKLAHOMA TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 TO 105 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 14.4 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 1200 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/17/2026
START TIME: 07:03 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 SE PONCA CITY / KAY COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON: 36.685 / -97.064
END DATE: 04/17/2026
END TIME: 07:19 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 3 SW APPERSON / OSAGE COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON: 36.713 / -96.808
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO DEVELOPED WEST OF PONCA CITY. IT MOVED EAST INTO OSAGE
COUNTY AND ACROSS MCCORD, WHERE NUMEROUS TREES WERE UPROOTED, POWER
POLES WERE BLOWN DOWN, AND HOMES AND BUSINESSES WERE DAMAGED. THE
TORNADO CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST, ROUGHLY PARALLELING THE ARKANSAS
RIVER, AND BRIEFLY BACK INTO KAY COUNTY, SOUTH OF MCFADDEN COVE. IT
UPROOTED AND SNAPPED NUMEROUS TREES AND DAMAGED HOMES SOUTHEAST OF
MCFADDEN COVE AFTER MOVING BACK INTO OSAGE COUNTY. THE TORNADO MOVED
EAST-NORTHEAST ACROSS KAW DAM ROAD, OSAGE COVE ROAD, AND BURBANK
LANDING ROAD BEFORE DISSIPATING OVER OPEN TERRAIN. THE NWS OFFICE IN
NORMAN HAS PROVIDED INFORMATION ABOUT THE BEGINNING OF THIS TORNADO
IN KAY COUNTY.
KAW LAKE OKLAHOMA TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 TO 95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.3 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 75 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/17/2026
START TIME: 07:12 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 5 SW KAW CITY / KAY COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON: 36.700 / -96.925
END DATE: 04/17/2026
END TIME: 07:13 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 5 SW KAW CITY / OSAGE COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON: 36.697 / -96.922
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO CROSSED INTO OSAGE COUNTY FROM KAY COUNTY, AFTER
DAMAGING BOAT DOCKS AT THE MARINA. IN OSAGE COUNTY, A FEW TREES
WERE UPROOTED SOUTH OF KAW DAM ROAD. THE NWS OFFICE IN
NORMAN HAS PROVIDED INFORMATION ABOUT THE BEGINNING OF THIS TORNADO
IN KAY COUNTY.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH
EF5.....>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
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