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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
200 PM CDT TUE APR 7 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 04/03/26 TORNADO EVENT
..TORNADO NEAR WILL ROGERS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT/OCCC/SOUTHWEST OKC...
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: TO BE DETERMINED
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.1 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: TO BE DETERMINED
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/03/2026
START TIME: 09:02 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 5 W VALLEY BROOK / OKLAHOMA COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON: 35.392 / -97.5829
END DATE: 04/03/2026
END TIME: 09:07 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 4 WSW VALLEY BROOK / OKLAHOMA COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON: 35.3841 / -97.5469
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TORNADO LIKELY BEGAN NEAR PORTLAND AVENUE AND INTERSTATE 44, ON
THE EASTERN GROUNDS OF WILL ROGERS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. MOVING
TO THE SOUTHEAST, THE TORNADO DAMAGED AN EXTERIOR WALL AND
WINDOWS OF A BUILDING ON THE CAMPUS OF OKLAHOMA CITY COMMUNITY
COLLEGE. GENERALLY SPORADIC DAMAGE OCCURRED AT SEVERAL RESIDENCES
BETWEEN MAY AVENUE AND PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, INCLUDING DAMAGE TO
ROOFS, SHEDS AND FENCES. SEVERAL TREES AND LARGE TREE LIMBS WERE
BLOWN DOWN ALONG THE PATH AS WELL. THE TORNADO LIKELY DISSIPATED
JUST EAST OF PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. THE EVENT TIME IS ESTIMATED
FROM RADAR.
TORNADO WEST TO NORTHEAST OF DALE
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: TO BE DETERMINED
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.6 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: TO BE DETERMINED
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/03/2026
START TIME: 09:47 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 1 W DALE / POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON: 35.3898 / -97.0597
END DATE: 04/03/2026
END TIME: 09:51 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 3 ENE DALE / POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON: 35.411 / -96.9896
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE FIRST OF TWO TORNADOES BEGAN WEST OF DALE AND NORTH OF I-40, NEAR S3340 ROAD.
THIS TORNADO PRODUCED SPORADIC DAMAGE BETWEEN I-40 AND WESTECH ROAD,
JUST SOUTH OF DALE. DAMAGE TO TREES AND A FEW POWER LINES WAS NOTED
AS THE TORNADO CURVED TO THE NORTHEAST. A TREE WAS UPROOTED JUST SOUTH
OF GARRETTS LAKE ROAD AND US HIGHWAY 177 NORTH OF SHAWNEE. THE TORNADO
DISSIPATED A SHORT TIME LATER. THE EVENT TIME IS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
TORNADO WEST OF AYDELOTTE TO NORTH OF SHAWNEE
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: TO BE DETERMINED
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.3 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: TO BE DETERMINED
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/03/2026
START TIME: 09:56 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 W AYDELOTTE / POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON: 35.4334 / -96.9593
END DATE: 04/03/2026
END TIME: 10:01 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 3 S AYDELOTTE / POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON: 35.3898 / -96.9072
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A FEW MINUTES AFTER THE DALE TORNADO DISSIPATED, A SEPARATE
CIRCULATION WAS NOTED ON RADAR, WHICH TIGHTENED AND MOVED TO THE
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST. THIS TORNADO LIKELY BEGAN JUST EAST OF THE
ACME ROAD AND MOCCASIN TRAIL INTERSECTION. WHILE MOVING TO THE
SOUTHEAST, SPORADIC EF0 DAMAGE TO TREES WAS NOTED ON LEO AVENUE,
NORTH OF GARRETTS LAKE ROAD. EF1 DAMAGE WAS ASSESSED TO A GAS STATION AWNING
ALONG OKLAHOMA STATE HIGHWAY 18 AND WESTECH ROAD. THE EVENT TIME IS
ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
TORNADO WEST TO NORTHWEST OF LITTLE
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: TO BE DETERMINED
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.0 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: TO BE DETERMINED
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/03/2026
START TIME: 10:07 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 5 W LITTLE / SEMINOLE COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON: 35.3582 / -96.7604
END DATE: 04/03/2026
END TIME: 10:11 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 3 SW CENTERVIEW / SEMINOLE COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON: 35.3925 / -96.7042
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO BEGAN NEAR THE NS 3510 COUNTY ROAD AND
EW 1140 COUNTY ROAD INTERSECTION. THE TORNADO PRODUCED TREE AND
POWER LINE DAMAGE AS IT MOVED NORTH AND EAST. EF1 TREE DAMAGE WAS
NOTED ALONG EW 1130 ROAD, JUST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40, WHERE
LARGE TREE LIMBS WERE BROKEN OFF. THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED INTERSTATE 40
JUST EAST OF THE SEMINOLE REST AREA, BEFORE DISSIPATING NEAR E 1120 COUNTY ROAD
AND S 354 COUNTY ROAD. THE EVENT TIME IS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
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.
MDU
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