EF1 tornado in Webster County, Missouri
Tornado May 8, 2009 · Webster County, Missouri
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 400 yards (0.23 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that an EF-1 tornado touched down near Highway 60 approximately one mile east of Fordland, and tracked northeast to near Diggins Road. The tornado damaged a delivery truck, a roof off the Memory Lane Dairy Farm, several trees, and an outbuilding on Diggins Road.
The wider storm
An intense squall line impacted extreme southeast Kansas and the Missouri Ozarks with mainly damaging winds. However, 19 tornadoes along with large hail was also observed. Due to the straight line nature of the winds, damage was widespread and intense.
Began near Fordland (37.1577, -92.9280).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
16 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 170404. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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