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EF0 tornado in Henry County, Missouri

Tornado May 21, 2024 · Henry County, Missouri

EF0

Rating

0.3 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

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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.

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

At 5:26 PM CDT a brief EF-0 Tornado occurred east of Calhoun, MO just north of MO Hwy OO. The tornado lifted the roof off of a metal outbuilding, tossing the metal sides and roof to the north and northwest as well as some of the lighter contents of the structure. The tornado continued to track northeast for 0.35 miles, resulting in minor tree debris.

The wider storm

On the afternoon of May 21st, strong to severe storms developed over far eastern Kansas, and moved into western Missouri. These storms produced some hail, damaging wind gusts, and one tornado in Henry County.

Began near Calhoun (38.4646, -93.5936).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1168753. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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