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Tornado in Cape Girardeau and Scott County, Missouri

Tornado May 18, 1995 · Cape Girardeau and Scott County, Missouri

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Not rated

8.0 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$70K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

Not rated. NOAA lists no rating for this tornado. Ratings come from surveying damage, and the National Weather Service now records “EFU” (unknown) when a tornado hit nothing a survey team could rate.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A tornado skipped along an eight mile path from ten miles southwest to two miles south of Cape Girardeau. This path was roughly along the border between Scott and Cape Girardeau Counties. The tornado, witnessed by numerous spotters, destroyed outbuildings and barns. The funnel lifted before crossing the Mississippi River, and it was not known to have touched down in Illinois.

Began near Randles To (37.1300, -89.7800).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 10333292. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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