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EF0 tornado in Montgomery County, Missouri

Tornado May 31, 2013 · Montgomery County, Missouri

EF0
Rating
1.1 mi
Path length
40 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 40 yards (0.02 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 2 miles north northwest of New Florence. Much of the damage was confined to downed trees. The tornado traveled east for about a mile. Before lifting and dissipating, the tornado caused minor siding and soffit damage to a home and uprooted a large tree in the backyard. The tornado path length was 1.06 miles with a max path width of 40 yards. The damage was rated EF0 with max wind speeds of 80 MPH.

The wider storm

Storms developed along an outflow boundary that was laid out along the I-70 corridor. The storms produced wind damage, large hail as well as 9 tornadoes. Two of the tornadoes were rated EF3 as they moved through the St. Louis metro area. Also, heavy rain fell causing flash flooding in some locations, which persisted into the early morning hours of June 1st.

Began near New Florence (38.9390, -91.4600).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 St. Louis CountyEF3 St. Charles CountyEF1 Franklin CountyEF1 Jefferson CountyEF0 Montgomery County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 460717. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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