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F2 tornado in Gentry County, Missouri

Tornado May 24, 2004 · Gentry County, Missouri

Rating

17.0 mi

Path length

250 yd

Path width

Injury

$10.0M

Damage as recorded

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F2 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F2 meant considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted; the scale paired it with winds of 113–157 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.

What the National Weather Service wrote

This F2 tornado was consistently on the ground from one mile south of Stanberry east-northeastthrough Albany. Muliple vortices were noticed on chaser video. Extensive damage was observed in Albany. Three homes were destroyed. There were 34 buildings with major damage and 70 buildings had minor damage.

Began near Stanberry (39.9500, -93.4000).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F1 Holt County F1 Linn County F1 Livingston County F1 Macon County F0 Harrison County F0 Harrison County F0 Nodaway County F0 Worth County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5400064. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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