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EF1 tornado in Stone County, Missouri

Tornado December 30, 2010 · Stone County, Missouri

EF1
Rating
3.1 mi
Path length
300 yd
Path width
$2.0M
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 300 yards (0.17 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

The NWS storm survey revealed that a strong EF-1 tornado impacted the eastern shore line of the Highway DD peninsula. This tornado crossed six different coves, damaging or destroying 11 boat docks. There were approximately 25 boats that were either damaged or destroyed. Approximately 60 homes experienced minor to moderate roof damage. One well built brick home had lost its entire roof. This home was located in the Trails End community. The peak wind speeds were estimated at 110 miles per hour.

The wider storm

Between the evening of the 30th and the morning of the 31st, two separate lines of thunderstorms produced significant severe weather across southwest Missouri including damaging wind, large hail, and deadly tornadoes. The first round of storms lifted out of Arkansas late on the evening of the 30th and the second round moved out of western Kansas shortly before daybreak on the 31st.

Began near Lampe (36.5706, -93.3742).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Phelps County 2 deadEF3 Pulaski CountyEF1 Dent County 2 deadEF1 Christian CountyEF0 Stone CountyEF0 Stone CountyEF0 Carroll CountyEF0 Polk CountyEF0 Webster County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 267564. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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