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EF1 tornado in Howell County, Missouri

Tornado April 2, 2025 · Howell County, Missouri

EF1

Rating

1.1 mi

Path length

350 yd

Path width

$10K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 350 yards (0.20 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 National Weather Service survey team found EF-1 tornado damage southwest of West Plains, Missouri from Highway JJ to County Road 8800. The tornado path length was 1.13 miles long, 350 yards wide, and maximum winds between 95-100 mph. Numerous trees were uprooted along the path. A metal roof of a small farm building was blown off.

The wider storm

Severe thunderstorms moved through southeast Kansas and the Missouri Ozarks during the morning hours on Wednesday, April 2nd, producing a tornado in Nevada and damaging winds. Thunderstorms then redeveloped during the afternoon east of Highway 65 with large hail, damaging winds, flash flooding and a tornado south of West Plains.

Began near South Fork (36.6628, -91.8989).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Vernon County EF1 Vernon County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1251597. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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