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EF0 tornado in Texas County, Missouri

Tornado May 8, 2009 · Texas County, Missouri

EF0
Rating
6.8 mi
Path length
200 yd
Path width
$50K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 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 revealed that an EF-0 tornado tracked across rural sections of southwest Texas County. The tornado damaged several outbuildings, while significant tree damage also occurred.

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 Dunn (37.1097, -92.1916).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Howell CountyEF2 Dallas County 1 deadEF2 Christian CountyEF2 Laclede CountyEF2 Howell CountyEF1 Greene CountyEF1 Greene CountyEF1 Polk CountyEF1 Webster CountyEF1 Douglas CountyEF1 Wright CountyEF1 Ozark CountyEF1 Texas CountyEF1 Howell CountyEF1 Dade CountyEF0 Greene County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 173370. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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