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EF1 tornado in Crawford County, Missouri

Tornado May 8, 2024 · Crawford County, Missouri

EF1
Rating
2.2 mi
Path length
75 yd
Path width
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 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

A tornado touched down on Jakes Prairie Road, about 6.5 miles northwest of Cuba. It uprooted and snapped off several large trees, then it tracked to the east. As it approached Four Mile Road it either uprooted or snapped off several more large trees before lifting and dissipating on Pleasant Valley Road, just west of intersection with Highway 19. Overall, the tornado was rated EF1 with a path length of 2.24 miles and a max path width of 75 yards. No deaths or injuries were reported.

The wider storm

The bi-state region was threatened with severe thunderstorms on May 8th. Numerous supercells produced very large hail most of the day, and a small QLCS produced multiple tornadoes in southeast Missouri.

Began near Jake Prairie (38.1370, -91.4770).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

4 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Reynolds CountyEF1 Iron CountyEF1 Iron CountyEF0 Madison County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1173127. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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