Here is the preliminary damage survey report from the local National Weather Service office in Norman, OK:
934 PM CDT SUN MAY 17 2015 ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 5/16/15 TORNADO EVENT .ELMER-ODELL-TIPTON-SNYDER TORNADO... RATING: EF-2 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 125 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 35 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: TO BE DETERMINED FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 KNOWN START DATE: MAY 16 2015 START TIME: APPROX 535 PM CDT START LOCATION: 6 SW ELMER / JACKSON COUNTY / OK START LAT/LON: 34.42 / -99.42 END DATE: MAY 16 2015 END TIME: APPROX 645 PM CDT END LOCATION: APPROX 3 E SNYDER / KIOWA COUNTY / OK END LAT/LON: 34.66 / -98.90 SURVEY_SUMMARY: INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TORNADO IS STILL VERY PRELIMINARY. A LARGE MULTIPLE VORTEX TORNADO DEVELOPED IN SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY OKLAHOMA SOUTHWEST OF ELMER OKLAHOMA AND NORTH OF ODELL TEXAS... AND MOVED NORTHEAST THROUGH THE FAR NORTHERN PORTION OF WILBARGER COUNTY TEXAS... THEN BACK INTO JACKSON COUNTY OKLAHOMA SOUTHEAST OF ELMER. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST MOVING THROUGH TILLMAN COUNTY FROM WEST OF TIPTON TO SOUTHWEST OF SNYDER... THEN CONTINUED IN KIOWA COUNTY FROM SOUTHWEST OF SNYDER TO EAST OF SNYDER. THE DISSIPATION POINT OF THE TORNADO HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED YET. THE MOST INTENSE DAMAGE FOUND SO FAR IS CONSISTENT WITH AN EF2 TORNADO. .CLEO SPRINGS TORNADO... RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 105 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 12 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 KNOWN START DATE: MAY 16 2015 START TIME: 622 PM CDT START LOCATION: 5.5 NW FAIRVIEW / MAJOR COUNTY / OK START LAT/LON: 36.32 / -98.56 END DATE: MAY 16 2015 END TIME: 642 PM CDT END LOCATION: 4 NNE CLEO SPRINGS / MAJOR COUNTY / OK END LAT/LON: 36.46 / -98.42 *SURVEY_SUMMARY: A TORNADO DEVELOPED ABOUT 5.5 MILES NORTHWEST OF FAIRVIEW IN MAJOR COUNTY AND MOVED NORTHEAST TO 4 MILES NORTH- NORTHEAST OF CLEO SPRINGS JUST EAST OF HIGHWAY 8 AND SOUTH OF THE ALFALFA COUNTY LINE. THE TORNADO PASSED ACROSS THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF CLEO SPRINGS WITH ADDITIONAL DAMAGE IN CLEO SPRINGS CAUSED BY ADJACENT THUNDERSTORM WINDS. THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE CONTINUED NORTHEAST FROM WHERE THE TORNADO DISSIPATED TO AREAS NEAR AND SOUTHWEST OF HELENA IN ALFALFA COUNTY. 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
Photos of the event (some photos have been contrast enhanced):
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Courtesy of Trip 2 assistant Matt Piechota |
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