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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK  
330 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2025  
   
..MAY 18 ARNETT TORNADO UPGRADED TO EF3
 
 
WITH REVIEW OF ADDITIONAL DETAILS IN CONJUNCTION WITH RESEARCHERS  
FROM THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY AND UNIVERSITY OF  
OKLAHOMA, THE TORNADO THAT MOVED FROM APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES WEST-  
SOUTHWEST OF ARNETT TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF ARNETT ON SUNDAY, MAY 18  
HAS BEEN UPGRADED FROM EF2 TO EF3. THIS WAS ONE OF AT LEAST FOUR  
TORNADOES THAT AFFECTED ELLIS COUNTY OKLAHOMA IN NORTHWEST  
OKLAHOMA ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.  
 

 
 
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