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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1130 AM CDT Thu Apr 30 2020

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 04/28/2020 TORNADO EVENT...

.SARDIS LAKE TORNADO...

Rating:                 EF-1
Estimated Peak Wind:    90 to 100 mph
Path Length /Statute/:  5.2 miles
Path Width /Maximum/:   550 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             April 28 2010 
Start Time:             902 pm CDT
Start Location:         2.8 NW Clayton / Pushmataha County / OK
Start Lat/Lon:          34.6228 / -95.3822

End Date:               April 28 2020
End Time:               919 pm CDT
End Location:           4.6 NW Tuskahoma / Pushmataha County / OK
End Lat/Lon:            34.6740 / -95.3176

Survey Summary: This tornado developed over the hilly terrain south
of Sardis Lake. It uprooted trees and blew down power poles as it
crossed the E 1660 Road and then Highway 43, south of the lake. The 
tornado moved across the eastern portion of the lake, and came back 
onto land near the E 1625 Road, where trees were uprooted and large
limbs were snapped. The tornado crossed Highway 2, where trees were
uprooted, and then it dissipated, just south of the Latimer County 
line.

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