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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
618 PM CDT FRI JUL 26 2013

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 07/23-24/13 TORNADO EVENT...

.WAGONER TORNADO...

RATING:                 EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    90 TO 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  3.5 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   850 YARDS 
FATALITIES:             0 
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             JULY 24 2013 
START TIME:             1206 AM CDT
START LOCATION:         3.3 W WAGONER / WAGONER COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON:          35.9597 / -95.4247

END DATE:               JULY 24 2013
END TIME:               1212 AM CDT
END LOCATION:           1.7 S WAGONER / WAGONER COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON:            35.9341 / -95.3704

SURVEY SUMMARY: A TORNADO DEVELOPED ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA
DURING THE LATE EVENING OF THE 23RD AND EARLY MORNING OF THE 24TH.
THE TORNADO DEVELOPED JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 51...ABOUT 3 MILES WEST
OF DOWNTOWN WAGONER...WHERE IT PRODUCED MINOR DAMAGE TO TREES AND
OUTBUILDINGS. AS IT MOVED SOUTHEAST AND CROSSED HIGHWAY 51...IT
TORE A LARGE SECTION OF ROOF FROM A LARGE METAL BUILDING...
DAMAGED THE ROOF OF A WOOD-FRAMED OFFICE BUILDING...AND DESTROYED
PORTIONS OF TWO WOOD-FRAMED STORAGE UNITS. SEVERAL HOMES RECEIVED
DAMAGE TO THEIR ROOFS AND SIDING...BARNS WERE DAMAGED OR
DESTROYED...AND LARGE TREE LIMBS WERE SNAPPED IN THIS AREA. THE
TORNADO PRODUCED MINOR DAMAGE TO HOMES AND LIGHT TREE DAMAGE UNTIL
IT NEARED HIGHWAY 69. SEVERAL TREES WERE UPROOTED TO THE NORTH...A
TRAVEL TRAILER WAS BLOWN 35 YARDS TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST...A
NUMBER OF HOMES RECEIVED ROOF DAMAGE...AND NUMEROUS LARGE TREE
LIMBS WERE SNAPPED ALONG AND NEAR HIGHWAY 69. SEVERAL BUSINESSES
ALSO RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THEIR ROOFS. OTHER HOMES WERE DAMAGED
SOUTH OF SW 15TH STREET...AN APARTMENT COMPLEX RECEIVED ROOF
DAMAGE...AND TREES HAD LARGE LIMBS SNAPPED AS IT MOVED SOUTHEAST
BEFORE DISSIPATING WEST OF HIGHWAY 16.

OTHER WIND DAMAGE WAS NOTED BY THE SURVEY TEAM AROUND WAGONER BUT
WAS PART OF A BROADER SWATH OF WIND DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THE
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS.

EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES. 

EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH
EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH
EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH
EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH

NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA. 

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EJC