Draft:2013 Lake Thunderbird–Shawnee tornado
Clockwise from top: The violent tornado seen from Lake Thunderbird; High end EF4 damage to a home in Shawnee; The track of the Lake Thunderbird - Shawnee tornado. | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | May 19, 2013, 6:00 p.m. CDT (UTC−05:00) |
| Dissipated | May 19, 2013, 6:50 p.m. CDT (UTC−05:00) |
| Duration | 50 minutes |
| EF4 tornado | |
| on the Enhanced Fujita scale | |
| Highest winds | 190 mph (310 km/h) |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 2 |
| Injuries | 10 |
| Damage | Unknown |
| Areas affected | Cleveland and Pottawatomie counties in Oklahoma (Primarily areas around Lake Thunderbird and Shawnee, Oklahoma |
Part of the Tornado outbreak of May 18–21, 2013 and Tornadoes of 2013 | |
During the afternoon hours of May 19, 2013, during a tornado outbreak sequence across the central United States, a violent tornado would track through Cleveland and Pottawatomie counties in Oklahoma, causing significant damage to homes around Lake Thunderbird and Shawnee, Oklahoma. The tornado, commonly referred to by the National Weather Service as the Lake Thunderbird - Shawnee tornado would track for 23 miles, claim 2 lives, and injure a further 10 with peak winds estimated to be 190 miles per hour.