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April 27, 2014 Quapaw and Octavia Tornado Event
( page last updated 10:30 am 4/30/2014 )
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Event Summary - 27 April 2014 Quapaw and Octavia Tornado Event
A powerful upper level storm system moved into the Plains on Sunday April 27th 2014. This storm helped to produce an initial round of thunderstorms early in the morning out over western and central OK which moved into eastern OK and northwest AR during the day. Other storms developed farther east in AR as well. The morning storms left an outflow boundary that stretched from central AR to near Fort Smith and then arced back to the northwest into far northeast OK. A Pacific front/dryline mixed east into eastern OK by mid-afternoon…and was the focus for discrete storm development. This boundary wavered back and forth into the evening hours…helping to develop another more linear round of thunderstorms during the evening hours.
Surface map at 4pm CST Sunday Apr 27, 2014 (From WPC)
Tornado Information (last updated 10:00 am 4/30/14):
Quapaw Tornado (Ottawa County OK) | |
EF-Scale | EF-2 |
Maximum Estimated Wind Speed | 115 to 130 mph |
Path Length | 11.25 miles (7 miles in Oklahoma) |
Maximum Path Width | 325 yards |
Start Time and Location | 2 miles SW of Quapaw, OK 529 PM CDT Sunday April 27, 2014 |
End Location (in Oklahoma) and Times | 3 miles NE of Quapaw, OK (on KS border) at 542 PM CDT Sunday April 27, 2014 The tornado continued on into the Baxter Springs Kansas Area. |
Fatalities | 1 |
Injuries | around 12, 7 serious |
NWS DAMAGE SURVEY Information |
SURVEY SUMMARY: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA METEOROLOGISTS |
Octavia Tornado (LeFlore County OK) | |
EF-Scale | EF-1 |
Maximum Estimated Wind Speed | 95 to 105 mph |
Path Length | 1.5 miles |
Maximum Path Width | 250 yards |
Start Time and Location | 1.5 miles NNW of Octavia, OK 531 PM CDT Sunday April 27, 2014 |
End Location and Times | 2.2 miles NE of Octavia, OK at 534 PM CDT Sunday April 27, 2014 |
Fatalities | None |
Injuries | None |
NWS DAMAGE SURVEY Information |
SURVEY SUMMARY: A METEOROLOGIST FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE |
Event Radar Images (last updated 10:00 am 4/30/14):