F2 tornado — Cedar County, Missouri

F2 tornado in Cedar County, Missouri

Tornado March 12, 2006 · Cedar County, Missouri

Rating

38.0 mi

Whole path

300 yd

Path width

Death

Injuries

$1.6M

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Vernon County → Cedar County → St. Clair County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 300 yards (0.17 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. 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 tornado is a continuation of the Vernon County tornado. The tornado increased in intensity as it tracked across Cedar County. 47 structures were damaged and 26 were destroyed including homes and businesses. Five injuries and one fatality resulted. A 77 year old man died six days later in the hospital from blunt trauma injuries he sustained from flying debris. He apparently was attempting to move into his basement as the tornado struck his frame home near Virgil City. The tornado exited Cedar County east of Cedar Springs and continued into St. Clair County.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5493639. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

F2 tornado in Cedar County, Missouri

What the National Weather Service wrote

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