EF0 tornado in Iron County, Missouri

Tornado May 8, 2024 · Iron County, Missouri

EF0

Rating

3.1 mi

Whole path

75 yd

Path width

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Iron County → Iron County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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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 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 tornado touched down 1.8 miles southeast of Annapolis, between Highway 49 and Highway F. As it tracked to the east northeast it uprooted or snapped off several large trees before crossing Highway F, then lifted and dissipated. Overall, the tornado was rated EF0 with a path length of 0.59 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 Vulcan (37.3470, -90.6690).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Crawford County EF1 Reynolds County EF1 Iron County EF0 Madison County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1173195. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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