EF1 tornado in Madison County, Missouri
Tornado May 25, 2011 · Madison County, Missouri
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 580 yards (0.33 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Another tornado formed about a mile north of the one that had touched down near the intersection of U.S. 67 and State Highway N. It paralled the path of the other tornado lifting and dissipating about half a mile northeast of Madison County Road 303, about three quarters of a mile southeast of the intersection of U.S. 67 and Madison County Road 303. The damage was limited to numerous large trees blown down or uprooted along its path. The widest part of the damage path, about a third of a mile, was where the tornado crossed Madison County Road 303.
The wider storm
Strong area of low pressure moved into the forecast area with a dry line out ahead of the main cold front. Storms fired up along and just ahead of the dry line beginning in the early afternoon hours. There were numerous reports of large hail with isolated damaging winds and tornadoes with this event.
Began near Zion (37.3895, -90.3104).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
4 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 323245. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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