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EF0 tornado in Benton County, Missouri

Tornado December 14, 2024 · Benton County, Missouri

EF0

Rating

1.7 mi

Path length

75 yd

Path width

$12K

Damage as recorded

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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 National Weather Service storm survey determined that an EF-0 tornado occurred near the town of Zora. Several trees were damaged along with an outbuilding. The tornado traveled along a 1.7 mile path with maximum estimated winds at 80 mph and a path width of 75 yards.

The wider storm

A few severe thunderstorms developed during the afternoon and evening of December 14th. A brief, weak tornado occurred in Benton County. A few low water crossings were affected due to heavy rainfall.

Began near Zora (38.2862, -93.1104).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EFU Camden County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1221138. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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