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EF0 tornado in St. Charles County, Missouri

Tornado September 9, 2014 · St. Charles County, Missouri

EF0

Rating

1.7 mi

Path length

25 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 25 yards (0.01 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 touched down on Pasture Ridge Drive causing minor roof, siding and fence damage to a couple of houses. As the tornado traveled to the northeast it snapped off numerous tree limbs and uprooted a couple of trees along the path. It crossed Jungermann Road just south of intersection with Briarwick Trail and continued to the northeast. The tornado lifted and dissipated near Peach Street just north of intersection with Nugget Drive. No injuries were reported.

The wider storm

An MCS developed and moved through forecast area. There were several reports of severe weather as well as flash flooding.

Began near Harvester (38.7557, -90.5923).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 542447. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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