F2 tornado in Pettis County, Missouri

Tornado March 12, 2006 · Pettis County, Missouri

Rating

3.0 mi

Path length

150 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 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

Tornado touched down at 2007CST...5 miles west-northwest of Houstonia and moved into Saline county 3 miles west-northwest of Houstonia at 2009 CST. Tornado was over rural areas with no significant damage noted.

Began near Houstonia (38.9333, -93.4500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

5 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

F2 Pettis County 1 dead F2 Pettis County F1 Pettis County F0 Pettis County F0 Pettis County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5497914. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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