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F1 tornado in Barton County, Missouri

Tornado December 18, 2002 · Barton County, Missouri

F1
Rating
11.0 mi
Whole path
100 yd
Path width
1
Death
7
Injuries
$188K
Damage as recorded

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

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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 F1 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F1 meant moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken; the scale paired it with winds of 73–112 mph, figures later judged too high, especially toward the top of the scale, and revised downward in the Enhanced Fujita scale. Ratings then, as now, came from the damage.

The wider storm

The tornado initially touched down and destroyed a mobile home and uprooted trees one mile northwest of Jasper. The tornado then tracked northeast to three miles southeast of Boston where three homes were destroyed at the intersection of highway JJ and 126. A silo and barn were also destroyed with heavy irrigation equipment overturned. The tornado then tracked to two miles southeast of Kenoma where a mobile home and barn were destroyed. A fatality occurred at this location as the tornado destroyed a mobile home with one individual inside. Several additional homes were damaged and out buildings were destroyed further to the northeast.

Began near Lamar Muni Arpt (37.3500, -94.3167).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5326101. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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