Tornadoes · United States · Oklahoma · 2024

EF0 tornado, Burney, Oklahoma, March 14, 2024

Name: EF0 tornado, Burney, Oklahoma, March 14, 2024
Start: 2024-03-14T18:44:00.000Z
End: 2024-03-14T18:47:00.000Z
Location: Burney, Oklahoma

This EF0 tornado ran 2.7 miles across McIntosh County on March 14, 2024, touching down at 1:44 PM CDT and reaching 350 yards wide. It killed nobody, and did $10,000 of property damage.

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Enhanced Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

EF065 to 85 mphthis tornado
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
EF186 to 110 mph
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
EF2111 to 135 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.
EF3136 to 165 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
EF4166 to 200 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
EF5over 200 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.
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.

The record

Rating: EF0
Date: March 14, 2024
Touchdown: 1:44 PM CDT (18:44 UTC)
Lifted: 1:47 PM CDT (18:47 UTC)
On the ground: 3 minutes
Path length: 2.7 miles (4.3 km)
Path width: 350 yards (320 m)
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $10,000
County: McIntosh County
Touchdown point: 35.430, -95.864
Lift-off point: 35.451, -95.824
Record number: 2403141244-01

The damage survey

9 damage points were recorded along this path by NWS TSA, in the Damage Assessment Toolkit the survey teams carry. The strongest indicator was rated EF0. The highest wind the damage implies is 80 mph.

Photo courtesy of McIntosh County Emergency Management

Survey points are preliminary and are the raw material the published rating was built from. Source: NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit.

What the Weather Service recorded

Severe thunderstorms developed across eastern Oklahoma on the 14th, as a cold front moved through the area. The combination of very strong instability and strong deep-layer wind shear resulted in some supercell thunderstorms developing. The strongest storms produced very large hail to grapefruit size, damaging wind gusts, and a tornado.

This tornado developed just south of I-40, about half a mile east of the Okmulgee/McIntosh County line. It moved northeast snapping large tree limbs and damaging an outbuilding, before dissipating prior to reaching Lake Eufaula. The tornado was reported by a storm chaser, who recorded it after it crossed I-40. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 75 to 80 mph.

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

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the tornado touched down, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the tornado touched down at Mar 14, 12:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 12:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1235 PM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024

...New AVIATION...

.SHORT TERM...
(The rest of today )
Issued at 1045 AM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024

Forecast remains on track for numerous thunderstorms to develop
along and southeast of Interstate 44 this afternoon and evening.
Conditions are supportive of very large damaging hail and locally
damaging winds especially with early day storms. A tornadic risk
may also develop with the more sustained cellular but low level
shear values are shown to decrease this afternoon before
increasing again by early evening. Storm mode may largely impact
tornadic potential. Updated forecast made minor adjustment to
thunderstorm chances and included mention of severe potential.

&&

.LONG TERM...
(Tonight through Wednesday)
Issued at 348 AM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024

A cold front will be near Interstate 44 by the start of this
period, and will accelerate southeast through the evening hours.
Storm coverage and intensity will lessen with time this evening,
with most of the activity exiting the area by midnight.

Cooler temperatures will follow the frontal passage for Friday
with some lingering cloudiness at least through the morning. A
brief warmup will occur Saturday ahead of the next cold front due
to arrive Saturday night and early Sunday morning. A few showers
will be possible Saturday night across parts of southeast
Oklahoma, but rainfall amounts look to remain on the light side.

Cooler temperatures will return Sunday and Monday, with a freeze
possible in some places Monday morning. The return of south winds
will bring a quick warmup Tuesday ahead of the next storm system
that may affect the area by next Wednesday night and Thursday.

&&

.AVIATION...
(18Z TAFS)
Issued at 1234 PM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024

Showers and storms currently expanding along the Interstate 44
corridor and will impact the NE OK terminals. Thunderstorm
coverage will increase and expand eastward through the afternoon
through mid evening w/ corresponding flight impacts. Storms end
from northwest to southeast as a cold front passes. MVFR ceilings
expected to develop by the cold front late tonight and persist
through Friday morning.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL   79  46  63  42 /  60  20   0   0
FSM   79  53  66  44 /  90  90   0   0
MLC   78  49  64  43 /  90  70   0  10
BVO   78  44  63  38 /  20  10   0   0
FYV   78  46  60  38 /  90  70   0   0
BYV   77  46  59  39 /  90  70   0   0
MKO   78  48  63  41 /  80  60   0   0
MIO   77  45  60  39 /  60  30   0   0
F10   78  47  63  43 /  80  50   0   0
HHW   78  53  66  46 /  80  80  10  10

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...None.
AR...None.
&&

SHORT TERM...07
LONG TERM....05
AVIATION...07

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 14, 9:26 AM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
926 AM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-151015-
Adair OK-Benton AR-Carroll AR-Cherokee OK-Choctaw OK-Craig OK-
Crawford AR-Creek OK-Delaware OK-Franklin AR-Haskell OK-Latimer OK-
Le Flore OK-Madison AR-Mayes OK-McIntosh OK-Muskogee OK-Nowata OK-
Okfuskee OK-Okmulgee OK-Osage OK-Ottawa OK-Pawnee OK-Pittsburg OK-
Pushmataha OK-Rogers OK-Sebastian AR-Sequoyah OK-Tulsa OK-Wagoner OK-
Washington OK-Washington AR-
926 AM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024

...SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED TODAY...

This Outlook is for Northwest and West Central Arkansas as well as
much of Eastern Oklahoma.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.
TORNADO.
	RISK...Elevated.
	AREA...Mainly Southeast Oklahoma into Northwest Arkansas.
	ONSET...Afternoon.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...Significant.
	AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas.
	ONSET...Late morning into Afternoon.

	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...Along and southeast of Interstate 44.

FLASH FLOOD.
	RISK...Limited.
	AREA...Southeast Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas.
	ONSET...Afternoon.

DISCUSSION...
Severe thunderstorms will develop from late morning into the
early afternoon and increase in coverage from mid afternoon through
early evening. Areas southeast of Interstate 44 will have the
highest chances for severe weather, including the potential for
very large damaging hail and a few tornadoes. Locally heavy
rainfall is likely primarily across southeast Oklahoma into
northwest Arkansas with a limited risk of flash flooding.
Thunderstorms will end from northwest to southeast this
evening as a cold front sweep across the region.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
Activation of the Regional Spotter Network Expected.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.
FRIDAY through WEDNESDAY...No Hazards.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
Relatively quiet weather will prevail Friday into next week.

weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 14, 1:10 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 14, 1:17 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
117 PM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0114 PM     Hail             Salina                  36.29N 95.15W
03/14/2024  E1.00 inch       Mayes              OK   Public

&&

JDS

Local storm report, Mar 14, 1:21 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
121 PM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1250 PM     Hail             Wilson                  35.51N 96.02W
03/14/2024  E1.50 inch       Okmulgee           OK   Public

            Relayed by Broadcast Media.

&&

JDS

Local storm report, Mar 14, 1:36 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
136 PM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0132 PM     Hail             Gore                    35.53N 95.11W
03/14/2024  E1.00 inch       Sequoyah           OK   Public

&&

JDS

Special weather statement, Mar 14, 1:36 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
136 PM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024

OKZ060-061-064-067-141900-
Tulsa OK-Rogers OK-Creek OK-Wagoner OK-
136 PM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN ROGERS...EAST
CENTRAL CREEK...NORTHWESTERN WAGONER AND TULSA COUNTIES THROUGH 200
PM CDT...

At 136 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm over
Glenpool, moving northeast at 50 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow
         around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation
         is possible.

Locations in or near the path include...
Tulsa...                          Broken Arrow...
Sand Springs...                   Owasso...
Bixby...                          Sapulpa...
Jenks...                          Glenpool...
Coweta...                         Catoosa...
Verdigris...                      Inola...
Kiefer...                         Jenks Riverside Airport...
Tulsa International Airport...    Turley...
Liberty...

This includes Interstate 44 between mile markers 206 and 243.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 PM CDT for northeastern
Oklahoma.

&&

LAT...LON 3615 9552 3586 9598 3586 9603 3599 9621
      3616 9604 3617 9600 3620 9600 3636 9584
TIME...MOT...LOC 1836Z 225DEG 42KT 3597 9602

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Mejia

The air that afternoon

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.

Norman, OK (KOUN), 12:00Z

6.7 hours before the tornado, 143 km from the path. March 14, 2024.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed. The warm shading is its CAPE, the cool shading the inhibition it has to break through.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km. RM and LM are the right and left moving storms Bunkers' method gives; the shaded area is the 0 to 1 km storm-relative helicity.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 2303 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -28 J/kg
Surface CAPE: 2220 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 531 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 227 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 217 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.5
Supercell composite: 11.5
0-3 km lapse rate: 6.1 K/km

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Norman, OK (KOUN), 00:00Z

5.3 hours after it, 143 km from the path. March 15, 2024.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed. The warm shading is its CAPE, the cool shading the inhibition it has to break through.

Hodograph

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -88926 J/kg
Surface CAPE: 104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2497 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km bulk shear: 3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0
0-3 km lapse rate: 7.4 K/km

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The surface observations

Okmulgee Municipal Airport (OKM), 27 km from the path, in the two hours either side.

Time (UTC)	Temp (°F)	Dew point (°F)	Wind	Gust (kt)	Pressure (mb)	Weather
00:00 UTC

From the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of airport observations.

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the touchdown began at 18:42 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.

This ground now

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The other tornadoes of March 14, 2024

24 more were confirmed in the United States that day.

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 14	4:36 AM CDT	EF1	Warren, IL	1.1	150
March 14	7:28 AM CDT	EF0	Jersey, IL	8.7	100
March 14	7:44 AM CDT	EF0	Jersey, IL	3.9	75
March 14	7:46 AM CDT	EF0	Jersey, IL	2.8	200
March 14	7:46 AM CDT	EF0	Saint Louis, MO	0.1	50
March 14	7:58 AM CDT	EF0	Macoupin, IL	2.1	100
March 14	1:58 PM EDT	EF2	Jefferson, IN to KY	18.0	500		2	$320,000
March 14	3:40 PM CDT	EF0	Christian, MO	1.0	50			$15,000
March 14	5:40 PM CDT	EF1	Mercer, IN to OH	9.3	450			$250,000
March 14	7:00 PM EDT	EF1	Mercer, OH	15.9	1,050			$750,000
March 14	7:09 PM EDT	Unrated	Hancock, OH	1.3	50
March 14	7:29 PM EDT	EF3	Indian Lake tornado, OH	31.3	1,000	3	27	$6.0 million
March 14	7:30 PM EDT	EF1	Hancock, OH	3.3	100			$75,000
March 14	7:34 PM EDT	EF2	Delaware, IN	4.5	175			$4.0 million
March 14	6:50 PM CDT	EF3	Winchester tornado, Indiana and Ohio	41.3	700	1	39	$26 million
March 14	7:54 PM EDT	EF2	Crawford, OH	10.3	250			$450,000
March 14	6:59 PM CDT	EF0	Collin, TX	0.2	15			$25,000
March 14	8:24 PM EDT	EF2	Union, OH	19.5	600			$550,000
March 14	7:32 PM CDT	EF1	Jefferson, IL	0.5	150			$700,000
March 14	7:57 PM CDT	EF2	Garland, AR	8.5	1,000
March 14	9:01 PM EDT	EF1	Delaware, OH	35.4	600			$1.5 million
March 14	8:11 PM CDT	EF1	Wayne, IL	2.8	75			$120,000
March 14	10:32 PM CDT	EF0	Breckinridge, KY	0.5	20
March 14	11:00 PM CDT	EF1	McCurtain, OK	0.5	200			$50,000

What this means

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.

Sources

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