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EF2 tornado in Shannon County, Missouri

Tornado May 26, 2024 · Shannon County, Missouri

EF2

Rating

5.0 mi

Whole path

250 yd

Path width

$95K

Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 250 yards (0.14 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF2 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF2 is considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, consistent with estimated gusts of 111–135 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

NWS storm survey concluded an EF2 tornado with peak winds near 125 mph started 2 miles northeast of Birch Tree and travelled east southeast for just over 3 miles before lifting 4 miles east of Birch Tree. The tornado crossed Highway 60 just east of County Road 421. This tornado removed the roof of one home and destroyed a saw mill. Numerous trees were also uprooted or snapped along the path of the tornado.

The wider storm

A second round of severe thunderstorms occurred during the afternoon and evening on May 26, 2024. Supercell thunderstorms initialized over central Missouri and spread southward as rapid destabilization occurred along and east of Highway 65. 40-55 knots of deep layer shear combined with steep mid-level lapse rates and sufficient instability primed the atmosphere to produce all modes of severe weather. This included hail up to 4 inches in diameter, which caused extensive damage to cars and roofs in Webster County, as well as damaging winds and flooding. Four tornadoes touched down, including an EF-2 tornado in Shannon County, and an EF-3 tornado in Howell and Shannon counties.

Began near Bartlett (37.0055, -91.4618).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Howell County EF1 Wright County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1175167. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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