The Tornado Outbreak of May 19, 2013

Synopsis

On Sunday the 19th, with an upper level low approaching off the Colorado Front Range through the Panhandles a fairly stout dry line began to surge eastward off the Texas Cap Rock and Panhandle reaching as far east as El Reno, OK.  With deep layer moisture and more than favoriable wind fields across central Oklahoma, supercell storms quickly developed along the dry line, primarily along the I-44 corridor, and moved quickly to the east/northeast.  As these storms gained intensity, many became tornadic in nature, with Tornadoes impacting Edmond, Arcadia, Luther and Carney, Lake Thunderbird (eastern Norman) and Shawnee, and two near the town of Prague.  The most intense tornado occured within the city of Shawnee, where EF-4 damage was found as the tornado traveled north of the city before crossing I-40.

Information and Resources

• KMZ file for the Lake Thunderbird-Shawnee damage path only
• KMZ file for the Lake Thunderbird-Shawnee damage path including damage points
• KMZ file for the Edmond damage path only
• KMZ file for the Edmond damage path including damage points
• KMZ file for the Prague area damage paths only
• KMZ file for the Prague area damage paths including damage points

More weather information (storm reports, weather maps, soundings, etc.) about this day can be found at this link: http://www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/archive/event.php?date=20130519

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You can follow the link on our home page in the Top News in the coming days for more up-to-date information on the tornadoes.