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EF2 Tornado — Dallas, Missouri

2012-02-28 to 2012-02-29 · near Foose, Dallas, Missouri

Direct deaths

Injuries

$650K

Property damage

9.0 mi

Path length

100 yds

Path width

Event narrative

This is a continuation of the EF-2 rated tornado that touched down in Polk County at 23:58 and moved into Dallas County from one mile north northwest of Foose to two miles east of Buffalo. In Dallas County, two frame home and six mobile homes were damaged or destroyed, three turkey barns were damaged along Wildlife Road and numerous power poles and trees were downed. One fatality occurred in a mobile home.

Wider weather episode

A strong system moved across the Midwest and brought a round of severe storms to the Ozarks late on the 28th and early on the 29th of February. A squall line with embedded bows and super cellular type storms produced large hail and very strong damaging winds along with several deadly and destructive tornadoes.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 364186. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.