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EF0 tornado in Dade County, Missouri

Tornado May 19, 2013 · Dade County, Missouri

EF0

Rating

0.7 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$250K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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

An EF-0 tornado touched down on the west side of Lockwood at the golf course and city pool area. The tornado tracked east-northeast to the north end of Sycamore St. A grocery store sustained roof damage. Several trees were uprooted and a carport was thrown. Wind speeds were estimated between 70 to 80 mph.

The wider storm

A strong negatively titled upper level trough developed over the central portions of the country. A slow moving cold front moved into the Missouri Ozarks. This setup caused for several rounds of severe and slow moving thunderstorms which lead to widespread wind damage, large hail, and several low end tornadoes along with isolated flooding due to heavy rainfall.

Began near Lockwood (37.3881, -93.9668).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Newton County EF1 Jasper County EF1 Barton County EF1 Stone County EF1 Barry County EF0 Cedar County EF0 Morgan County EF0 St. Clair County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 441608. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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