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EF0 tornado in Linn County, Missouri

Tornado August 11, 2023 · Linn County, Missouri

EF0
Rating
1.3 mi
Path length
30 yd
Path width
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 30 yards (0.02 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A brief EF-0 tornado began just south of Highway O in far northern Linn County just south of the Linn and Sullivan County line. The tornado initially damaged some trees and small outbuildings before moving to the east and damaging the roof, siding, and garage doors of a newly built barndominium type building on the north side of Highway O just west of the Highway O and Highway V intersection. The tornado traveled just over a mile and was on the ground for about 3 minutes. Thanks to the Linn County EM for their assistance on the survey.

The wider storm

On the evening hours of August 11th into early morning August 12th, storms brought hail, damaging winds, flash flooding, and even a brief tornado to northern Missouri.

Began near North Salem (40.0300, -93.0000).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1137153. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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