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EF0 tornado in Cedar County, Missouri

Tornado May 20, 2013 · Cedar County, Missouri

EF0

Rating

3.2 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$50K

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 about 3 miles south of Stockton along East 1674 Road. The tornado continued 3 miles northeastward through Orleans Trail Public Use Area before lifting over Stockton Lake. There was damage to a barn and several trees. Wind speeds were estimated around 85 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 Stockton Muni Arpt (37.6540, -93.8301).

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 Dade County EF0 Morgan County EF0 St. Clair County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 441623. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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