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F1 tornado in Clay County, Missouri

Tornado November 27, 2005 · Clay County, Missouri

F1
Rating
13.0 mi
Whole path
75 yd
Path width
$1.2M
Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 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.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Tornado touched down 2 miles south southwest of Excelsior Springs along Highway H near Pratherville at 1744. The tornado moved north-northeast and crossed into Ray county around Lawson at 1759. The most significant damage was located on the west side of Excelsior Springs. At the Magna manufacturing plant a wall suffered damage and there was a partial roof collapse. The plant's conveyor line was also damaged. There was also damage to a car dealership with blown in plate glass windows on the showroom floor. Otherwise...damage was mainly to trees as it moved to the Ray county line. This was the second latest tornado on record within the six county Kansas City metropolitan region.

Began near Excelsior Spgs (39.3167, -94.2500).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5484448. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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