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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
927 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2025
..UPDATED FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE MAY 18 ARNETT TORNADO
AFTER REVIEW OF ADDITIONAL DAMAGE SURVEY DATA 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. THE RATING IS
BASED ON SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS ALONG THE
TRACK. THIS WAS ONE OF AT LEAST FOUR TORNADOES THAT AFFECTED ELLIS
COUNTY OKLAHOMA IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA ON MAY 18TH.
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