F0 tornado, Spencer to Luther, Oklahoma, November 10, 2004

1. F040 to 72 mphthis tornado

   Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.

2. F173 to 112 mph

   Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.

3. F2113 to 157 mph

   Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.

4. F3158 to 206 mph

   Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.

5. F4207 to 260 mph

   Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.

6. F5261 to 318 mph

   Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.

7. Unrated

   The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.

Rating

F0

Date

November 10, 2004

Touchdown

5:00 PM CST (23:00 UTC)

Path length

1.2 miles (1.9 km)

Path width

20 yards (18 m)

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

County

Oklahoma County

Touchdown point

35.620, -97.200

Lift-off point

35.630, -97.180

Record number

1697

This tornado seen by media helicopters began near the intersection of Northeast 40th Street and Post Road and lifted near 50th Street and Westminister. A large metal garage door was damaged near the 4000 block of North Post Road. Some tree and power line damage also occurred.

This tornado remained within the city limits of Jones affecting southern portions of the town. The tornado began near the intersection of Northeast 63rd and Hiwassee Road and moved ENE to just southwest of the intersection of Britton Road and Indian Meridian Road.According to Jones Emergency Management, the first tornado damage appeared east of Hiwassee Road on NE 63rd, where several trees were broken or uprooted along with power lines and poles downed. Damage continues to the 6300-6400 block of N Cedar Creek where several trees were damaged and minor roof damage to newly constructed homes occurred. More damage was located in the 7100-7300 block of N Henney, mostly trees with some minor roof damage. All houses in the 14000-14500 block of Teresa had minor roof damage and a few windows broken, along with numerous trees damaged, and outbuildings damaged or destroyed, some of which were of sound construction.Additional damage to trees and homes along E Wilshire from the 13800 block eastward to the 15100 block. A few outbuildings and sheds were destroyed in this area. Several homes in the 7200-7700 block of Rolling Oaks also had minor roof damage with trees down in the area. The 7700-7900 block of Oakwood Way also had homes with roof and tree damage. Also minor damage to the Diamond P Farms at 8505 N Indian Meridian occurred before lifting.Overall, 52 homes and 1 business were affected with minor roof damage and broken windows. Several outbuildings, barns, and sheds were damaged or destroyed along with numerous trees and power lines downed and a few power poles broken.

This weak tornado was not visually well-defined during its entire path, but media helicopters showed instances of the condensation funnel in contact with the ground. The tornado began near Luther Road between Memorial and Northeast 150th Street and ended just north of 150th Street and Dobbs. This was a rural area with no known damage.

From NOAA NCEI's Storm Events Database, the narrative the local forecast office wrote for Storm Data.

24 minutes of warning. NWS OUN issued a tornado warning for this county at 22:36 UTC, 24 minutes before the tornado touched down, in force until 23:00 UTC.

Every warning and watch covering the touchdown point that day, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service products. Lead time is measured from the issue of the warning in force to the touchdown time in the database, both of which were recorded to the minute by different people.

The Storm Prediction Center had this point in a Slight Risk. The outlook in force was issued at 19:59 UTC.

SPC's Day 1 convective outlook as it stood when the tornado began, read at the touchdown point. The same archive is on the radar archive.

The radiosonde launches on either side of the tornado, from the nearest station that was launching then, drawn and analyzed the way Storm Lab does: the same diagram, the same parcel and shear definitions SPC's mesoanalysis uses.

The Norman radar (KTLX), 33 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the touchdown began at 22:59 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment, over the track

Reflectivity and velocity, decoded from the Level II archive in the browser. Volumes take a few seconds to open the first time.

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5 more were confirmed in the United States that day.

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.