Tornado Reports
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| 18:23Z | EF0 | KDIX | NJ | Monmouth | Perrineville | An EF-0 tornado touched down in Millstone Township in Monmouth County. The tornado initially touched down north of Buono Farm and tracked northeast where it crossed New Jersey State Route 33.and damaged a flag pole and a business fencing. A barn was damaged on Prodelin Way. Numerous trees and some wires were knocked down along its path, especially on Prodelin and Arrowhead Ways and Bergen Mills Road. The tornado moved along Arrowhead Way before it lifted. The tornado's approximate path length was 1.7 miles, maximum path width of 50 yards and estimated maximum wind speed of 70 mph. No deaths or injuries were reported. |
| 19:05Z | EF0 | KDTX | MI | Gratiot | Galloway | A National Weather Service Storm Survey Team confirmed an EF-0 tornado briefly touched down on Tuesday, August 9th, 2011 in Lafayette Township in Gratiot County. This tornado was on the ground for about 250 yards in Lafeyette Township causing significant damage to a 99 year old family farm. This same storm produced a weak EF-0 tornado that touched down briefly for about 200 yards in a corn field in Lakefield Township in Saginaw County. Some very minor crop damage was found along the path between the two tornado touchdowns. Maximum wind gusts were estimated to be around 80mph in Lafayette Township. |
| 19:08Z | EF0 | KDTX | MI | Saginaw | Lakefield | A weak tornado over Lafayette Township in Gratiot County tracked east-northeast into Saginaw County before lifting. Just some minor crop damage was observed, with winds estimated at 70 mph. |
| 20:45Z | EF0 | KTFX | MT | Park | Wilsall | A weak landspout was reported 3 miles northwest of Wilsall. |
| 08:32Z | EF1 | KINX | OK | Mayes | Locust Grove | This is the first of three segments of this tornado. The tornado developed on the leading edge of a short convective line of thunderstorms that wasn't undercut by cold outflow. It moved northeast uprooting and snapping a number of large trees within this segment in Mayes County and then moved into the extreme northwestern corner of Cherokee County. Based on the tree damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was about 105 mph. |
| 08:34Z | EF1 | KINX | OK | Cherokee | Peggs | This is the second of three segments of this tornado. The tornado tracked northeast across the extreme northwestern corner of Cherokee County, uprooting and snapping numerous trees. Based on the tree damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was about 105 mph. The tornado continued northeastward into Mayes County. |
| 08:35Z | EF2 | KINX | OK | Mayes | Locust Grove | This is the third of three segments of this tornado. As the tornado crossed back into Mayes County, it destroyed a double wide mobile home and damaged a single wide mobile home just north of the E590 Road. A woman was killed in the double wide mobile home and two people were injured in the other mobile home. Trees were uprooted and snapped and debris from the double wide mobile home was transported several hundred yards downstream. The tornado damaged another mobile home south of the E580 Road where it destroyed a greenhouse. Numerous trees were uprooted and snapped along the path until the tornado dissipated just south of the E570 Road. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was about 125 mph. ||August is one of the least active months for tornadoes in this part of the country so the intensity of this tornado was even more unusual. In fact, this is only the 4th strong tornado (EF-2 or EF-3) that has been confirmed in eastern Oklahoma since 1950. |
Storm reports are derived from "The Storm Events Database" (National Centers for Environmental Information) and/or "Past Storm Reports" (Storm Prediction Center).