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F2 tornado in Greene County, Missouri

Tornado March 12, 2006 · Greene County, Missouri

Rating

42.0 mi

Whole path

75 yd

Path width

Death

Injuries

$55.6M

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Lawrence County → Christian County → Greene 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 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 Christian and Lawrence County tornado. The tornado tracked across extreme southern Springfield causing damage to approximately 27 homes. None of the homes or structures were completely destroyed. The tornado quickly became weaker and only produced intermittent tree damage from Highway 65 over to the Webster County line.

Began near Battlefield (37.0833, -93.3500).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5493713. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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