PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT   
   NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK   
   250 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013   
      
   ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 5/20/2013 NEWCASTLE/MOORE TORNADO EVENT -   
   UPDATE 3...   
      
   ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY HAS NOW RATED THE NEWCASTLE/MOORE TORNADO AS EF5...   
      
   .OVERVIEW...   
      
   THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DISPATCHED FOUR DAMAGE SURVEY TEAMS TO   
   THE PATH OF THE NEWCASTLE/MOORE OK TORNADO. NEW STATEMENTS WILL BE   
   ISSUED THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS THESE TEAMS REPORT FINDINGS. THIS   
   INFORMATION REMAINS PRELIMINARY AND THE INFORMATION HERE COULD   
   CHANGE.   
      
   .NEWCASTLE/MOORE TORNADO   
      
   RATING:                  EF5   
   ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:     200-210 MPH   
   PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:   17 MILES   
   PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:    1.3 MILES   
   FATALITIES:              N/A   
   INJURIES:                N/A   
      
   START DATE:              MAY 20 2013   
   START TIME:              2:45 PM CDT   
   START LOCATION:          4.4 W  NEWCASTLE /GRADY COUNTY /OK   
   START LAT/LON:           35.2580 / -97.6775   
      
   END DATE:                MAY 20 2013   
   END TIME:                3:35 PM CDT   
   END LOCATION:            4.8 E OF MOORE OK /CLEVELAND COUNTY /OK   
   END LAT/LON:             35.3409 / -97.4007   
      
   SURVEY SUMMARY: EXPERTS SURVEYING IN MOORE HAVE DETERMINED DAMAGE IS   
   EF5 WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OVER 200 MPH. FOUR SURVEY TEAMS CONTINUE TO   
   INSPECT DAMAGE FROM THIS LONG TRACK TORNADO. INITIAL DAMAGE WAS   
   FOUND AROUND 4.4 MILES WEST OF NEWCASTLE...SOUTH OF TECUMSEH ROAD   
   ALSO KNOWN AS NW 16TH STREET AND EAST LAKE ROAD. THE TORNADO TRACKED   
   NE TO THE INTERSTATE 44 BRIDGE OVER THE CANADIAN RIVER AND THEN TOOK   
   A MORE EASTWARD TRACK THROUGH MOORE. TORNADO DAMAGE ABRUPTLY ENDS   
   0.3 MILES EAST OF AIR DEPOT ROAD AND N OF SE 134TH ST.   
      
   INITIALLY PRODUCING EF0 AND EF1 DAMAGE THE STORM INTENSIFIED VERY   
   RAPIDLY IN 4 MILES OR AROUND 10 MINUTES PRODUCING EF4 DAMAGE BEFORE   
   REACHING INTERSTATE 44. NUMEROUS INDICATIONS OF EF4 DAMAGE WITH SOME   
   AREAS NOW DETERMINED AT EF5 DAMAGE...THE HIGHEST CATEGORY ON THE EF   
   SCALE...WITH OVER 200 MPH WINDS.   
      
   ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SUCH AS MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH WILL BE UPDATED   
   AS THE TEAMS COMPLETE THEIR SURVEYS.   
      
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