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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
351 PM CDT THU APR 30 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 04/28/26 TORNADO EVENT
COLEMAN-BUTTERFIELD CROSSING
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 10.0 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/28/2026
START TIME: 03:26 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 NNW COLEMAN / JOHNSTON COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON: 34.2967 / -96.4302
END DATE: 04/28/2026
END TIME: 03:40 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 E BOGGY DEPOT STATE PARK / ATOKA COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON: 34.3157 / -96.268
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TORNADO BEGAN NEAR OKLAHOMA STATE HIGHWAY 48 NORTH OF COLEMAN
WHERE A BARN LOST PART OF ITS METAL ROOF AND TREES WERE SNAPPED.
ADDITIONAL TREE AND OUTBUILDING DAMAGE OCCURRED EASTWARD ALONG
WEST BUTTERFIELD CROSSING. THE TORNADO SNAPPED A FEW TREES AS IT
CROSSED SOUTH PARK LANE, SOUTH OF WEST BOGGY DEPOT ROAD. THE
TORNADO THEN BEGAN TO WEAKEN AND MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST, LIFTING
NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF WEST BOGGY DEPOT ROAD AND OAK GROVE
ROAD.
NORTH CANEY-ALLISON ROAD-CRYSTAL
RATING: EF2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 130 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 21.5 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 1000 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/28/2026
START TIME: 03:39 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 4 S BOGGY DEPOT STATE PARK / ATOKA COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON: 34.2552 / -96.3203
END DATE: 04/28/2026
END TIME: 04:10 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 5 SSE LANE / ATOKA COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON: 34.2309 / -95.9477
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TORNADO BEGAN NEAR SOUTH BLUEBIRD LANE, WHERE A FEW HOMES
SUSTAINED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE AND A LARGE METAL TANK WAS KNOCKED OVER AND
ROLLED. THE TORNADO SNAPPED SEVERAL TREES AS IT CROSSED SOUTH
PARK LANE, JUST NORTH OF THE WEST VOCA ROAD INTERSECTION. THE
TORNADO THEN PARALLELED WEST VOCA ROAD WHERE TREE AND MINOR ROOF
DAMAGE WAS NOTED EASTWARD TOWARDS U.S. HIGHWAY 69. THE TORNADO
THEN CROSSED U.S. HIGHWAY 69 AND OLD U.S. HIGHWAY 69 JUST NORTH
OF CANEY, WHERE TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. THE TORNADO
CONTINUED TO THE SOUTHEAST, DAMAGING TREES AND OUTBUILDINGS ALONG
EAST ALLISON ROAD. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF ALLISON ROAD AND FOREST HILL ROAD, WHERE A MOBILE
HOME WAS DESTROYED AND OTHER HOMES RECEIVED VARYING DEGREES OF
ROOF DAMAGE. THE TORNADO ALSO BENT SEVERAL LARGE METAL HIGH-
TENSION POWER POLES EAST OF THIS INTERSECTION ALONG ALLISON ROAD.
FURTHER TO THE EAST, A HOUSE ALONG SOUTH SAWMILL ROAD LOST A
SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF ITS ROOF. ANOTHER CONCENTRATED AREA OF
DAMAGE WAS NOTED NEAR THE EAST COTTONWOOD ROAD AND SOUTH IRON
STOB ROAD INTERSECTION, WHERE SEVERAL HOMES, BARNS AND AT LEAST
ONE CAMPER WERE SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED. TWO ADDITIONAL RESIDENCES
ALONG EAST COTTONWOOD ROAD EXPERIENCED LIGHT DAMAGE AS THE
TORNADO BEGAN TO DISSIPATE, JUST WEST OF OKLAHOMA STATE HIGHWAY
109A.
IN ADDITION, VERY STRONG STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS JUST SOUTH OF
THE TORNADO PATH CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IN AND NEAR CANEY. IN
ADDITION TO WIDESPREAD DAMAGE TO TREES, ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS,
AN ANCHORED 20-FT STORAGE UNIT WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED ON THE
SOUTHWEST SIDE OF TOWN. MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DAMAGE
ARE ESTIMATED TO BE AS HIGH AS 100-105 MPH, EQUIVALENT TO PORTIONS
OF THE TORNADO TRACK.
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.
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