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EF0 tornado in Audrain County, Missouri

Tornado July 20, 2010 · Audrain County, Missouri

EF0

Rating

0.6 mi

Path length

40 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 40 yards (0.02 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 tornado briefly touched down about a mile southwest of the Mexico Memorial Airport. It initially damaged some trees and then travelled to the southeast crossing Highway JJ, destroying a barn on the east side of the highway. It caused additional tree damage further to the southeast before lifting and dissipating.

The wider storm

Several rounds of storms moved through the region during the period of July 18th through July 21st. There were numerous reports of flash flooding and wind damage as well as some isolated reports of large hail.

Began near Mexico Mem Arpt (39.1446, -91.8350).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 253812. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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