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DescriptionElk City 2001 tornado damage.jpg	English: F3 damage to a home near Elk City, Oklahoma after an F3 tornado on October 9, 2001
Date	Taken on 10 October 2001
Source	National Weather Service in Norman: https://www.weather.gov/oun/events-20011009
Author	NWS Norman General Forecaster David Floyd

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current	07:07, 23 May 2026		640 × 480 (178 KB)	Quincy Gordon	Uploaded a work by National Weather Service in Norman from National Weather Service in Norman: https://www.weather.gov/oun/events-20011009 with UploadWizard

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Date and time of data generation	13:41, 10 October 2001
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File change date and time	13:41, 10 October 2001
Y and C positioning	Co-sited
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Meaning of each component	Y Cb Cr does not exist
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Maximum land aperture	2.6 APEX (f/2.46)
Metering mode	Pattern
Light source	Unknown
Flash	Flash did not fire
Supported Flashpix version	1
Color space	sRGB
File source	Digital still camera
Scene type	A directly photographed image

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