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F1 tornado in Newton County, Missouri

Tornado March 12, 2006 · Newton County, Missouri

Rating

7.1 mi

Whole path

75 yd

Path width

Injury

$210K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Newton County → Newton 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

A supercell thunderstorm tracked out of Ottawa County, Oklahoma and into Newton County, Missouri. The storm spawned a tornado approximately 8 miles SW of Neosho and damaged around 40 structures across rural sections of the county. The tornado also struck a turkey farm killing around 200 turkeys prior to lifting approximately one mile west of Neosho.

Began near Neosho (36.7833, -94.4667).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5493642. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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