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EF1 tornado in Barry County, Missouri

Tornado May 8, 2024 · Barry County, Missouri

EF1

Rating

10.8 mi

Whole path

150 yd

Path width

$155K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Barry County → Lawrence 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 NWS Survey team found EF-0 damage in northern Barry County as numerous large trees were uprooted. As the tornado continued to track northeast, it intensified to an EF-1 and caused damage to an outbuilding as well as the roofing material to a house just before crossing over the Barry/Lawrence County line, where it continued to track through southern Lawrence County.

The wider storm

Two rounds of severe thunderstorms occurred on May 8, 2024. The first round occurred during the morning and early afternoon hours as a surface low pressure system approached the area from the southwest, pushing a strong frontal boundary and shortwave energy/lift into the region. For this round, thunderstorms were more elevated in nature, producing hail up to golf ball size, damaging winds, and flash flooding due to heavy rain.

The second round of severe thunderstorms occurred during the mid-afternoon and evening hours as stronger lift approached the frontal boundary and additional thunderstorms developed along the front. Supercells produced hail up to 4 inches in diameter, widespread wind damage, flash flooding, and an EF-1 tornado in Barry and Lawrence counties.

Began near Monett Arpt (36.9100, -93.8900).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1173818. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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