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EF1 tornado in Jasper County, Missouri

Tornado May 2, 2024 · Jasper County, Missouri

EF1

Rating

0.8 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$30K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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

NWS survey confirmed an EF-1 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 90 mph uprooted and or damaged numerous trees, including one that caused significant damage to a home as it fell. Four additional homes had roof and or siding damage.

The wider storm

Storms developed along a cold front, with rotation developing in Jasper County near Joplin. Areas of rotation continued to track through Jasper and Barton counties, with a confirmed tornado in Jasper County near Carl Junction.

Began near (jln)joplin Muni Arp (37.1546, -94.5204).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1167379. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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