EF1 tornado in Phelps County, Missouri
Tornado February 29, 2012 · Phelps County, Missouri
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Phelps County → Dent County → Phelps County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 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
An EF-1 rated tornado with a maximum wind speed of 90 to 95 mph tracked four miles from just northwest of Edgar Springs to the northeast, crossed into northwest Dent County just west of the Richard F. Clement Memorial State Forest and Wildlife Area, then crossed back into Phelps County before lifting to the northeast of Seaton north of YY. The overall track of the tornado was 19 miles.
The wider storm
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.
Began near Edgar Spgs (37.7080, -91.8770).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
7 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 364189. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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