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EF0 tornado in St. Louis (c) County, Missouri

Tornado April 10, 2013 · St. Louis (c) County, Missouri

EF0
Rating
0.2 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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

A weak tornado touched down near the intersection of 59th Street and Reber Place in the city of St. Louis. It moved to the northeast across Dalton and January Avenues before lifting along Columbia Avenue. Many trees were snapped and numerous homes and garages/sheds were damaged along the path of the tornado. The most extensive damage occurred to several homes and a garage near and just east of the intersection of January Avenue and Columbia Avenue. One house on Columbia Avenue lost the entire east facing side of the roof. Pieces of the roof and insulation were scattered north and east along Columbia Avenue. Several cars were badly damaged along Columbia Avenue due to the falling debris. No injuries were reported. The overall rating for the tornado was EF0. The maximum path width was 50 yards and the path length was a quarter of a mile.

The wider storm

A strong weather system moved through the region, triggering showers and thunderstorms. There were numerous reports of large hail, as well as damaging winds and three tornadoes.

Began near Tower Grove (38.6099, -90.2867).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 St. Louis CountyEF1 Franklin County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 444523. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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