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EF0 tornado in Scotland County, Missouri

Tornado May 27, 2024 · Scotland County, Missouri

EF0
Rating
0.3 mi
Path length
20 yd
Path width
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 20 yards (0.01 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 brief tornado caused outbuilding and tree damage early. A trained spotter also observed a narrow, short path through grass and a tree line. The tornado had maximum winds around 85 mph and was rated EF-0. There were no injuries.

The wider storm

During the afternoon and evening hours of May 27th, a few severe storms moved through Iowa, Illinois, and northeast Missouri. While there were not many storms, they remained strong to severe for most of the entire path through the area, producing large hail reports for the most part, along with some damaging winds, and one isolated EF0 tornado. Most notably, these storms produced significant swaths of small hail, accumulating deep enough to affect roads and leave piles near homes that lasted hours. Some areas of crops were damaged by the small hail and large hail.

Began near Azen (40.6040, -91.9540).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1177763. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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