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F2 tornado in Pemiscot County, Missouri

Tornado October 18, 2004 · Pemiscot County, Missouri

Rating

0.5 mi

Path length

125 yd

Path width

Deaths

Injuries

$300K

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

The tornado struck just south of Cooter and moved east. The tornado produced substantial damage to a farm house and a couple of modular homes. The tornado killed three persons who lived at the farm another injured seven others. A large grain trailer and several trees were blown over.

Began near Cooter (36.0500, -89.8167).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5427354. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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