EF1 Tornado — Dent, Missouri

2010-12-31 · near Lecoma, Dent, Missouri

Event narrative

The NWS survey team determined that an EF-1 tornado occurred. The tornado was estimated to be 100 yards wide along County Road 2050 near Lecoma with estimated winds of 90 to 100 mph. The tornado tracked approximately 1.5 miles before entering into rural Phelps County. Several structures had extensive damage or were destroyed along its path including a mobile home near Lecoma where 2 fatalities occurred.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 267705. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.