EF2 Tornado — Maries, Missouri

2023-04-15 · near Veto, Maries, Missouri

Event narrative

A National Weather Service storms survey determined that an EF-2 tornado with maximum winds of 122 mph touched down west of Vichy and traveled 6.8 miles lifting just northeast of the Vichy/Rolla airport. The path of the tornado was intermittent with mostly EF-1 damage but EF-2 damage did occur west of Vichy to north east of Vichy. Along the path, which was 880 yards at its widest, multiple trees were uprooted or snapped. A home suffered significant damage to exterior walls and some interior walls. Several other homes suffered minor siding damage. Two metal frame buildings lost roofs, and another metal building had two walls blown down at the Vichy/Rolla Airport where the ASOS measured 97 mph winds. Several outbuildings suffered minor to major damage, two aircraft suffered minor damage. Five people suffered minor injuries.

Wider weather episode

Storms developed along the southwest Missouri/southeast Kansas border during the early afternoon and tracked eastward across the area through the early to mid evening. Hail up to four inches in diameter was reported near the town of Arcola, in Dade County. Other reports of two inch hail or larger were received from Barton, Cedar, Dallas, Greene, Hickory, Polk, and Taney Counties. The Automated Surface Observation System (ASOS) at Vichy in Maries County recorded a wind gust of 97 mph. It was later confirmed that an EF-2 tornado moved over the area, resulting in 5 injuries to the residents of a house that was heavily damaged.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1092151. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.