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F1 tornado in Benton County, Missouri

Tornado March 12, 2006 · Benton County, Missouri

Rating

13.0 mi

Whole path

100 yd

Path width

$100K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Henry County → Benton County → Pettis 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.

What the National Weather Service wrote

This tornado is an extension of the Henry County tornado that eventually tracked into Pettis County following its track through far northwest Benton County. Damage to a few homes and barns along with trees and power poles occurred.

Began near Brandon (38.5167, -93.5333).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5493637. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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