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500 NOUS44 KTSA 231902 PNSTSA ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-240715- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 202 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013 ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 05/20/2013 TORNADO EVENT - UPDATE 1... .UPDATE...MULTIPLE TORNADOES ADDED BASED ON YESTERDAY`S SURVEYS AND MODIFICATIONS WERE MADE TO THE TALALA TORNADO. .AVANT TORNADO... RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100-110 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 6.5 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 500 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: MAY 20 2013 START TIME: 351 PM CDT START LOCATION: 5 SSW AVANT / OSAGE COUNTY / OK END DATE: MAY 20 2013 END TIME: 405 PM CDT END LOCATION: 5.2 WNW VERA / WASHINGTON COUNTY / OK SURVEY SUMMARY: NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. A HOME WAS DAMAGED BY A LARGE LIMB THAT FELL ONTO ITS ROOF. THIS TORNADO PATH IS LIKELY MULTIPLE TORNADOES. CHASER VIDEO WILL BE USED TO DETERMINE HOW MANY SEGMENTS MAY HAVE OCCURRED. .RAMONA TORNADO... RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95-105 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.5 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 400 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: MAY 20 2013 START TIME: 421 PM CDT START LOCATION: 3 SE RAMONA / WASHINGTON COUNTY / OK END DATE: MAY 20 2013 END TIME: 430 PM CDT END LOCATION: 5.2 E RAMONA / WASHINGTON COUNTY / OK SURVEY SUMMARY: THIS TORNADO DAMAGED A COUPLE HOMES AND SNAPPED OR UPROOTED SEVERAL TREES. .TALALA TORNADO... RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 TO 105 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 6 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 500 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: MAY 20 2013 START TIME: 433 PM CDT START LOCATION: 5.8 ENE RAMONA / WASHINGTON COUNTY / OK END DATE: MAY 20 2013 END TIME: 447 PM CDT END LOCATION: 3.4 NNW TALALA / ROGERS COUNTY / OK SURVEY SUMMARY: THIS TORNADO REMAINED OVER OPEN COUNTRY FOR MOST OF ITS LIFECYCLE. THE RATING IS BASED ON THE SINGLE HOME THAT IT IS KNOWN TO HAVE DAMAGED AND THE NEARBY BARN. THE PATH LENGTH IS THEREFORE AN ESTIMATE BASED ON RADAR DATA AND THE WIDTH WILL BE AN ESTIMATE MAINLY BASED ON CHASER VIDEO. .WYANDOTTE TORNADO 1... RATING: EF-2 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 115-125 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 10 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 800 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: MAY 20 2013 START TIME: 625 PM CDT START LOCATION: 4 N FAIRLAND / OTTAWA COUNTY / OK START LAT/LON: 36.8129 / -94.8461 END DATE: MAY 20 2013 END TIME: 640 PM CDT END LOCATION: 4 NE WYANDOTTE / OTTAWA COUNTY / OK END LAT/LON: 36.8298 / -94.6706 SURVEY SUMMARY: THIS TORNADO SNAPPED OR UPROOTED NUMEROUS TREES AND DAMAGED NUMEROUS HOMES. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS LOCATED NEAR THE AREA WHERE THE TORNADO CROSSED HIGHWAY 137 WHERE A METAL BUILDING WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED AND SEVERAL HOMES WERE DAMAGED. MANY HARDWOOD TREES WERE ALSO SNAPPED IN THAT AREA. .WYANDOTTE TORNADO 2... RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100-110 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 9.5 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 600 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: MAY 20 2013 START TIME: 632 PM CDT START LOCATION: 2.8 NW WYANDOTTE / OTTAWA COUNTY / OK START LAT/LON: 36.8128 / -94.7701 END DATE: MAY 20 2013 END TIME: 642 PM CDT END LOCATION: 0.5 SE SENECA / NEWTON COUNTY / MO END LAT/LON: 36.8359 / -94.6062 SURVEY SUMMARY: THIS TORNADO DAMAGED SEVERAL HOUSES...DAMAGED BARNS OR OUTBUILDINGS...AND SNAPPED OR UPROOTED A NUMBER OF TREES. IT DISSIPATED OVER THE SOUTH SIDE OF SENECA MISSOURI AFTER SNAPPING OR UPROOTING SEVERAL TREES AS IT CROSSED THE STATE LINE AND CROSSED HIGHWAY 43. SEVERAL EYEWITNESSES NORTH OF WYANDOTTE SAW TWO TORNADOES APPROACHING FROM THE WEST AND RADAR DATA AS WELL AS DAMAGE PATTERNS SUPPORT THAT CONCLUSION. IN ADDITION...THERE WAS LOTS OF EVIDENCE OF STRAIGHT-LINE WIND DAMAGE SOUTH OF THE TORNADO PATHS AS THE BOW ECHO STORM SURGED EAST AS IT APPROACHED THE STATE LINE. .PROCTOR TORNADO... RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 TO 105 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: MAY 20 2013 START TIME: 632 PM CDT START LOCATION: 1.7 SE PROCTOR / ADAIR COUNTY / OK END DATE: MAY 20 2013 END TIME: 634 PM CDT END LOCATION: 2.8 E PROCTOR / ADAIR COUNTY / OK SURVEY SUMMARY: THIS TORNADO UPROOTED TREES AND SNAPPED A FEW TREES. .CHRISTIE TORNADO... RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 TO 110 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.5 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 300 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: MAY 20 2013 START TIME: 635 PM CDT START LOCATION: 2.5 SW CHRISTIE / ADAIR COUNTY / OK END DATE: MAY 20 2013 END TIME: 637 PM CDT END LOCATION: 1 NW CHRISTIE / ADAIR COUNTY / OK SURVEY SUMMARY: THIS TORNADO SNAPPED OR UPROOTED TREES AND DAMAGED A BARN. .WESTVILLE TORNADO... RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 TO 110 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 8 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 500 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: MAY 20 2013 START TIME: 640 PM CDT START LOCATION: 2.7 WSW CHRISTIE / ADAIR COUNTY / OK END DATE: MAY 20 2013 END TIME: 647 PM CDT END LOCATION: 1.6 N CINCINNATI / WASHINGTON COUNTY / AR SURVEY SUMMARY: THIS TORNADO DESTROYED TWO BARNS...DAMAGED ANOTHER...AND SNAPPED OR UPROOTED NUMEROUS TREES. 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 EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. $$ EJC/CAS/WHM