The National Weather Service in Tulsa released their preliminary findings on the tornadoes in LeFlore Co that occurred on Memorial Day.
The following is the Public Information Statement released from the NWS Tulsa.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1012 PM CDT Wed May 27 2015 ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 05/25/2015 TORNADO EVENT... .OVERVIEW...NWS TULSA STORM SURVEY TEAMS REVIEWED DAMAGE IN PUSHMATAHA...LATIMER...AND LE FLORE COUNTIES FROM STORMS ON THE EVENING OF MAY 25TH. FOUR TORNADO PATHS WERE INVESTIGATED. .ALBION TORNADO... RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 TO 110 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 13.3 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: AT LEAST 800 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: MAY 25 2015 START TIME: 452 PM CDT START LOCATION: 8 ESE CLAYTON / PUSHMATAHA COUNTY / OK START LAT/LON: 34.5520 / -95.2235 END DATE: MAY 25 2015 END TIME: 512 PM CDT END LOCATION: 13.6 E YANUSH / LATIMER COUNTY / OK END LAT/LON: 34.6994 / -95.0748 SURVEY SUMMARY: THIS TORNADO SNAPPED OR UPROOTED NUMEROUS TREES AND DESTROYED AN OUTBUILDING. IT DEVELOPED IN HEAVILY WOODED COUNTRY THAT IS INACCESSIBLE BY ROAD SO THE BEGINNING POINT IS ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR DATA. .WHITESBORO TORNADO... RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 TO 105 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 6.4 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 600 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: MAY 25 2015 START TIME: 517 PM CDT START LOCATION: 3.4 SE WHITESBORO / LE FLORE COUNTY / OK START LAT/LON: 34.6472 / -94.8628 END DATE: MAY 25 2015 END TIME: 525 PM CDT END LOCATION: 5.6 ENE WHITESBORO / LE FLORE COUNTY / OK END LAT/LON: 34.7198 / -94.7929 SURVEY SUMMARY: THIS TORNADO SNAPPED OR UPROOTED NUMEROUS TREES AND BLEW DOWN POWER POLES. .FANSHAWE TORNADO... RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 TO 105 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 7.5 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: AT LEAST 250 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: MAY 25 2015 START TIME: 534 PM CDT START LOCATION: 2.7 NE FANSHAWE / LE FLORE COUNTY / OK START LAT/LON: 34.9736 / -94.8707 END DATE: MAY 25 2015 END TIME: 549 PM CDT END LOCATION: 9.3 NNE FANSHAWE / LE FLORE COUNTY / OK END LAT/LON: 35.0765 / -94.8489 SURVEY SUMMARY: THIS TORNADO DEVLOPED OVER HEAVILY WOODED TERRAIN THAT IS INACCESSIBLE BY ROAD. THE SURVEY TEAM FOUND SNAPPED AND UPROOTED TREES WHERE IT DID CROSS ROADS NORTHEAST OF FANSHAWE. RADAR DATA SUGGESTS THE TRACK WAS FAIRLY WELL CURVED WITH THE TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AND THEN CURVING NORTHWARD AT THE END OF ITS LIFECYCLE WHERE IT CROSSED COUNTY ROAD N4595. .POTEAU TORNADO... RATING: EF-2 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 110 TO 120 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 15.5 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: AT LEAST 1000 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: MAY 25 2015 START TIME: 548 PM CDT START LOCATION: 3.6 ENE WISTER / LE FLORE COUNTY / OK START LAT/LON: 34.9843 / -94.6657 END DATE: MAY 25 2015 END TIME: 607 PM CDT END LOCATION: 2.6 NW PANAMA / LE FLORE COUNTY / OK END LAT/LON: 35.2001 / -94.6966 SURVEY SUMMARY: THIS TORNADO DEVELOPED NEAR KERR MANSION SOUTH- SOUTHWEST OF POTEAU. IT MOVED NORTH-NORTHEAST THEN TURNED MORE NORTHWARD WEST OF POTEAU AND EVENTUALLY CURVED NORTH-NORTHWEST AS IT MOVED THROUGH SHADY POINT AND WEST OF PANAMA BEFORE DISSIPATING. SEVERAL HOMES WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED WITHIN THE PATH...A NUMBER OF OTHERS RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THEIR ROOFS...AT LEAST TWO MOBILE HOMES WERE DESTROYED...BARNS AND OUTBUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED...A CELL TOWER WAS PARTIALLY COLLAPSED...NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED...AND POWER POLES WERE BLOWN DOWN WITHIN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO. 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/KAH