F1 tornado — Cole and Callaway County, Missouri

F1 tornado in Cole and Callaway County, Missouri

Tornado April 15, 1994 · Cole and Callaway County, Missouri

Rating

25.0 mi

Path length

70 yd

Path width

$5.0M

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 70 yards (0.04 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F1 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F1 meant moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken; the scale paired it with winds of 73–112 mph, figures later judged too high, especially toward the top of the scale, and revised downward in the Enhanced Fujita scale. Ratings then, as now, came from the damage.

What the National Weather Service wrote

An intermittent damage track was produced by this tornado. Several mobile homes in Elston had awnings torn off while other houses sustained damage to shingles. Around 0235 CST the tornado crossed the Missouri River into extreme southern Callaway County and produce what was described as minor structural damage to the building of a trucking firm in Old Cedar City near the intersection of Highway 63 and Highway 54. The tornado then touched down at the Jefferson City Airport and damaged the roof of a National Guard aviation hangar. Two helicopters and several private aircraft were also damaged. At approximately 0245 CST the tornado crossed the Missouri River again into Osage county. Several barns near Frankenstein had part of thier roofs blown off.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 10332559. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

F1 tornado in Cole and Callaway County, Missouri

What the National Weather Service wrote

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