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EF1 tornado in Iron County, Missouri

Tornado May 8, 2024 · Iron County, Missouri

EF1
Rating
15.7 mi
Whole path
150 yd
Path width
$10K
Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 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 around 4.5 miles east northeast of Vulcan and tracked to the northeast. As it crossed Highway F it uprooted several large trees. Then as it approached County Road 135 it uprooted or snapped off several more large trees before lifting and dissipating. Overall, the tornado was rated EF1 with a path length of 1.67 miles and a max path width of 150 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 Brunot (37.3330, -90.5900).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1173198. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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