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EF1 tornado in Barry County, Missouri

Tornado May 20, 2013 · Barry County, Missouri

EF1

Rating

1.4 mi

Whole path

200 yd

Path width

$50K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Barry County → Stone County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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 uprooted and damaged trees along its path. Winds were estimated around 110 mph. This tornado continued into Stone County.

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 Shell Knob (36.6279, -93.5845).

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 EF0 Dade County EF0 Cedar County EF0 Morgan County EF0 St. Clair County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 441641. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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