TornadoLookup

Home / Missouri / Monroe

EF0 tornado in Monroe County, Missouri

Tornado April 17, 2013 · Monroe County, Missouri

EF0
Rating
0.5 mi
Path length
60 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 60 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 tornado briefly touched down on the south side of U.S. Highway 24, about 4 miles northeast of Stoutsville. It snapped large tree branches about a third of the way up and other branches were snapped half way up. Damage width in this area was about 60 yards wide. As it traveled to the northeast, it took the metal panel roofing off of the north side of a medium size out building, before lifting and dissipating. Overall the path length was 0.45 miles with a max path width of 60 yards. It was rated EF0.

The wider storm

Widespread showers and thunderstorms developed ahead of a weather system. Significant rainfall, as well as tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail occurred with the stronger storms.

Began near Indian Creek (39.5863, -91.8011).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Monroe CountyEF0 Monroe County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 445869. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

Tornadoes near your address

See every tornado that passed near a place you know, measured to its path.