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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
720 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2025
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 05/17/25 THROUGH 06/06/25
TORNADO EVENTS...
UPDATE
ADDED ELEVEN TORNADOES. THREE OF THE TORNADOES
ON THIS LIST HAVE HAD PRIOR PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS
ISSUED (MAY 18 HEMPHILL COUNTY TX/ELLIS COUNTY OK TORNADO
ISSUED BY NWS AMARILLO, MAY 18 ARNETT TORNADO #1, AND
JUNE 3 NEWCASTLE TORNADO). ANALYSIS CONTINUES ON THESE AND
NUMEROUS OTHER REPORTS.
MAY 17 NORTHEAST OF WHITE BEAD
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 TO 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.8 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 40 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/17/2025
START TIME: 5:28 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 1 N WHITE BEAD / GARVIN COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON: 34.78 / -97.30
END DATE: 05/17/2025
END TIME: 5:34 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 ENE WHITE BEAD / GARVIN COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON: 34.78 / -97.26
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TORNADO WAS OBSERVED DEVELOPING JUST WEST OF INTERSTATE 35 NEAR
THE WASHITA RIVER. TREES WERE UPROOTED AS THE TORNADO APPROACHED
COUNTY ROAD 3215 BEFORE DISSIPATING NEAR COUNTY ROAD 3320.
MAY 18 HEMPHILL COUNTY TX/ELLIS COUNTY OK TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.6 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 75 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/18/2025
START TIME: 05:21 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 7 S HIGGINS / HEMPHILL COUNTY / TX
START LAT/LON: 36.01 / -100.00
END DATE: 05/18/2025
END TIME: 05:27 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 7 SSE HIGGINS TX / ELLIS COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON: 36.03 / -99.99
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO STARTED NEAR COUNTY ROAD 30 ON THE VERY EASTERN EDGE
OF HEMPHILL COUNTY TEXAS (NWS AMARILLO FORECAST AREA) AND QUICKLY
INTENSIFIED AS IT CROSSED ONTO PROPERTY WHERE IT PRODUCED DAMAGE
TO SEVERAL BUILDINGS AND A HOME. THE HOME SUSTAINED SOME ROOFING
DAMAGE AND THE BACK CORNER OF THE HOUSE HAD A PARTIAL UPLIFT OF
THE ROOF DECK. ADDITIONAL STORAGE BUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED INCLUDING
SHED DOORS BLOWN OFF AND ROOFS AND SIDING DAMAGED. SEVERAL TREES
WERE UPROOTED IN THE YARD. A CATTLE WIND BREAK WAS PARTIALLY TORN
FROM THE GROUND. THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED INTO ELLIS COUNTY
OKLAHOMA WHERE IT SNAPPED A FEW TREE LIMBS ON E690. THE TORNADO
THEN CROSSED AN OPEN FIELD AND THE LAST NOTED DAMAGE WAS ALONG
NS1690 WHERE SOME LARGE BRANCHES WERE SNAPPED. BASED ON STORM
SPOTTER FOOTAGE AND SURVEY, IT APPEARS THE TORNADO LIFTED SHORTLY
THEREAFTER. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AN EF1 BASED ON THE HOUSE
DAMAGE AND THE TREE DAMAGE. THANKS TO NWS AMARILLO FOR THE SURVEY.
MAY 18 ARNETT TORNADO #1
RATING: EF3
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 140 TO 145 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 5.5 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/18/2025
START TIME: 05:41 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 6 WSW ARNETT / ELLIS COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON: 36.09 / -99.86
END DATE: 05/18/2025
END TIME: 05:56 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 WSW ARNETT / ELLIS COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON: 36.13 / -99.78
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO BEGAN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF E0630 RD AND N1760 RD,
BREAKING FOUR POWER POLES AND DAMAGING TREES. IT MOVED EAST-
NORTHEAST ALONG E0630 RD, WITH EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE NOTED JUST
EAST OF N1770 RD. THE TORNADO THEN TURNED MORE NORTHEAST AND
MOVED OVER OPEN COUNTRY. FOR MUCH OF THE PATH, THERE WERE FEW IF
ANY DAMAGE INDICATORS, BUT IMAGERY FROM DRONE SURVEY TEAMS
CONFIRMS THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH WAS CONTINUOUS ALONG THE 5 MILE
TRACK. ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED ALONG E0620 RD AS THE
TORNADO CONTINUED MOVING NORTHEAST, WITH THE MOST SEVERE DAMAGE
ALONG N1810 RD MILE SOUTH OF E0610 RD. IT WAS AT THIS LOCATION
WHERE TREES WERE PARTIALLY DEBARKED AND ONLY STUBS OF LARGE
LIMBS/BRANCHES WERE LEFT, AND THIS WAS THE BASIS FOR THE
EF3 RATING. NEAR THE END OF THE TRACK, THE TORNADO APPEARED TO BE
AT ITS MOST INTENSE AS IT TURNED ALMOST DUE NORTH, WITH MORE
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE ALONG E0610 RD ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE
CITY OF ARNETT. IN ADDITION, AT THIS LOCATION A LARGE SHIPPING
CONTAINER WAS DISPLACED 175 FEET. THE TORNADO DISSIPATED IN FAR
SOUTHWEST ARNETT, JUST NORTH OF E0610 RD AND 1/10 MILE WEST OF
LINCOLN ST. RESEARCHERS WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, NATIONAL
SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY AND THE OTUS PROJECT COLLECTED DETAILED
DATASETS ON THE TORNADO, AND WE APPRECIATE THEIR ASSISTANCE AND
COLLABORATION IN HELPING US PIECE THIS TOGETHER. ANALYSIS OF THEIR
DATA WILL CONTINUE OVER THE COMING DAYS AND WEEKS.
MAY 18 ARNETT TORNADO #2
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 TO 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 5 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/18/2025
START TIME: 5:56 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 1 SW ARNETT / ELLIS COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON: 36.13 / -99.79
END DATE: 05/18/2025
END TIME: 6:04 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 4 NNE ARNETT / ELLIS COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON: 36.19 / -99.76
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AS ONE TORNADO DISSIPATED JUST WEST OF ARNETT, A SECOND TORNADO
DEVELOPED WHICH MOVED NORTHEAST FROM JUST WEST TO NORTH OF
ARNETT. TREES AND AT LEAST ONE BUILDING WAS DAMAGED NORTH OF ARNETT.
MAY 19 SOUTHEAST OF ALLEN
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 TO 105 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 600 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/19/2025
START TIME: 2:46 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 SE ALLEN / HUGHES COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON: 34.85 / -96.39
END DATE: 05/19/2025
END TIME: 2:53 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 4 ENE ALLEN / HUGHES COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON: 34.90 / -96.35
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO DEVELOPED IN HUGHES COUNTY TO THE SOUTHEAST OF ALLEN
AND MOVED GENERALLY NORTHEAST. TREE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED THE PATH
WITH SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE ALONG COUNTY ROADS 1480 AND 3725. AT
LEAST ONE HOME AND ONE BARN HAD ROOF DAMAGE.
MAY 19 SOUTHWEST OF ATWOOD
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 75 TO 80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.8 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 40 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/19/2025
START TIME: 2:53 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 4 SSW ATWOOD / HUGHES COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON: 34.91 / -96.37
END DATE: 05/19/2025
END TIME: 2:56 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 SSW ATWOOD / HUGHES COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON: 34.93 / -96.35
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO AFFECTED AREAS NORTHEAST OF ALLEN AND SOUTHWEST
OF ATWOOD. SCATTERED TREE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED ALONG THE PATH.
MAY 19 SOUTHEAST OF WARDVILLE
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 TO 105 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1 MILE
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 400 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/19/2025
START TIME: 5:37 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 4 SE WARDVILLE / ATOKA COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON: 34.61 / -95.99
END DATE: 05/19/2025
END TIME: 5:38 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 4 SE WARDVILLE / ATOKA COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON: 34.61 / -95.97
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO PRODUCED SCATTERED TREE DAMAGE SOUTHEAST OF
WARDVILLE. IT DEVELOPED ABOUT 1 MILE EAST OF US HIGHWAY 69
NORTH OF LIMESTONE GAP AND MOVED GENERALLY EAST DISSIPATING
SOON AFTER CROSSING HIGHWAY 69. THANKS TO NWS TULSA FOR THE
SURVEY.
MAY 24 NEAR VANOSS
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 105 TO 110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.6 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/24/2025
START TIME: 4:10 AM CDT
START LOCATION: NEAR VANOSS / PONTOTOC COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON: 34.76 / -96.86
END DATE: 05/24/2025
END TIME: 4:15 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 3 SE VANOSS / PONTOTOC COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON: 34.74 / -96.83
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO DEVELOPED NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF VANOSS AND
MOVED SOUTHEAST. A HOME SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE
ALONG COUNTY ROAD 3450. SCATTERED DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SOUTHEAST TO NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROADS 3470 AND 1570.
JUNE 3 NEWCASTLE TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 TO 110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.8 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 125 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/03/2025
START TIME: 5:00 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 5 SSE NEWCASTLE / MCCLAIN COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON: 35.21 / -97.59
END DATE: 06/03/2025
END TIME: 5:05 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 6 SE NEWCASTLE / MCCLAIN COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON: 35.21 / -97.54
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE NEWCASTLE TORNADO DEVELOPED ABOUT A MILE EAST OF US-62 TO THE
NORTH OF SOUTHEAST 32ND STREET, AND MOVED GENERALLY EAST
DISSIPATING IN A TREE LINE NEAR THE CANADIAN RIVER. ONE HOME
SUFFERED ROOF DAMAGE, A BARN COLLAPSED, AND NUMEROUS LARGE TREES
WERE SNAPPED.
JUNE 6 NEAR CIMARRON CITY
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 TO 95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 8 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 300 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/06/2025
START TIME: 3:55 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 13 ENE KINGFISHER / KINGFISHER COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON: 35.91 / -97.71
END DATE: 06/06/2025
END TIME: 4:04 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 ENE CIMARRON CITY / LOGAN COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON: 35.90 / -97.57
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO INITIALLY DEVELOPED IN KINGFISHER COUNTY NEAR COUNTY
ROADS 760 AND 2970. THE TORNADO MOVED EAST-SOUTHEAST PRODUCING
RELATIVELY LIGHT TREE DAMAGE IN KINGFISHER COUNTY BEFORE MOVING
INTO LOGAN COUNTY NORTH OF COOKSEY ROAD. THE TORNADO CONTINUED
EAST-SOUTHEAST CROSSING BETWEEN CIMARRON CITY AND CRESCENT SPRINGS
BEFORE TURNING EAST-NORTHEAST AND DISSIPATING NORTHEAST OF COOKSEY
ROAD AND MAY AVENUE. UTILITY POLES WERE BROKEN ALONG COUNCIL ROAD,
ONE BUILDING HAD IT'S EXTERIOR DOOR DAMAGED, AND OTHERWISE DAMAGE
WAS PRIMARILY TO TREES ALONG THE PATH. FARTHER SOUTH, DAMAGING
WINDS FROM THE STORM'S REAR FLANK DOWNDRAFT ALSO PRODUCED DAMAGE
NEAR CEDAR VALLEY.
JUNE 6 NEWCASTLE TORNADO #1
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 75 TO 80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.5 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 30 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/06/2025
START TIME: 4:48 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 1.5 SSW NEWCASTLE / MCCLAIN COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON: 35.24 / -97.61
END DATE: 06/06/2025
END TIME: 4:50 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 1.5 SSE NEWCASTLE / MCCLAIN COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON: 35.23 / -97.59
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO DEVELOPED NEAR SOUTHWEST 16TH STREET AND DICKERSON
STREET IN NEWCASTLE, AND MOVED EAST-SOUTHEAST CROSSING US HIGHWAY
62 AND DISSIPATING SOUTHEAST OF HIGHWAY 62 AND SOUTHEAST 16TH
STREET. DAMAGE WAS PRIMARILY TO TREES ALONG THE PATH.
JUNE 6 NEWCASTLE TORNADO #2
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 65 TO 70 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.3 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/06/2025
START TIME: 4:54 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 4 SE NEWCASTLE / MCCLAIN COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON: 35.20 / -97.56
END DATE: 06/06/2025
END TIME: 4:56 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 5 SSE NEWCASTLE / MCCLAIN COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON: 35.19 / -97.55
SURVEY SUMMARY:
SCATTERED TREE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED ALONG THIS TORNADO PATH IN
NEWCASTLE FROM SOUTHEAST 32ND BETWEEN MAY AND PENNSYLVANIA
AVENUES TO SOUTH OF SOUTHEAST 40TH STREET AND PENNSYLVANIA
AVENUE.
JUNE 6 EAST OF LEXINGTON
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 TO 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.4 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/06/2025
START TIME: 5:28 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 ENE LEXINGTON / CLEVELAND COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON: 35.03 / -97.28
END DATE: 06/06/2025
END TIME: 5:32 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 5 ESE LEXINGTON / CLEVELAND COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON: 35.00 / -97.26
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO DEVELOPED NEAR 108TH STREET NORTH OF STATE HIGHWAY
39 AND MOVED SOUTHEAST PAST LEWIS ROAD BETWEEN 120TH STREET AND
132ND STREET. ONE HOME SUFFERED ROOF DAMAGE AND TREES WERE
DAMAGED ALONG THE PATH.
JUNE 6 NORTHWEST OF BYARS
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 TO 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.3 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/06/2025
START TIME: 5:52 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 NW BYARS / MCCLAIN COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON: 34.91 / -97.09
END DATE: 06/06/2025
END TIME: 5:56 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 N BYARS / MCCLAIN COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON: 34.89 / -97.05
SURVEY SUMMARY:
SCATTERED TREE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED FROM WARD AVENUE ABOUT 2
MILES NORTH OF STATE HIGHWAY 59 SOUTHEAST TO JOHNSONVILLE
ROAD ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF NORTH OF BYARS.
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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