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EF0 tornado in Franklin County, Missouri

Tornado December 31, 2010 · Franklin County, Missouri

EF0

Rating

1.2 mi

Whole path

50 yd

Path width

$40K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Franklin County → Franklin County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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 formed near the intersection of Country Club Road and Country Club Lane where it blew over a road sign and produced minor trim damage to a home. The tornado continued to the northeast and passed through a new subdivision and produced minor tree damage. The tornado lifted before reaching Highway 47.

The wider storm

Severe thunderstorms developed ahead of a strong cold front, triggering numerous showers and thunderstorms. A number of tornadoes were reported as well as damaging winds and large hail.

Began near Krakow (38.5059, -91.0123).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 St. Louis County 1 dead EF2 Franklin County EF1 St. Louis County EF1 St. Louis (c) County EF1 Crawford County EF1 Franklin County EF0 St. Charles County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 273514. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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