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F2 tornado in Wright County, Missouri

Tornado March 12, 2006 · Wright County, Missouri

Rating

32.0 mi

Whole path

100 yd

Path width

$530K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Webster County → Wright County → Laclede 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 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 second Webster County tornado that crossed into Wright County approximately one mile north of Duncan. The tornado continued to produce significant structural damage across rural northwest Wright County. The tornado eventually crossed into Laclede County near the community of Competition. 23 structures were damaged while six structures were completely destroyed.

Began near Hartville (37.3167, -92.7000).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5493744. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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