F1 tornado — Pettis County, Missouri

F1 tornado in Pettis County, Missouri

Tornado March 30, 2006 · Pettis County, Missouri

Rating

22.6 mi

Whole path

75 yd

Path width

Death

$455K

Damage as recorded

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

Tornado touched down at 2028 CST 2 miles northwest of green Ridge producing damage to trees. The tornado traveled northeast and crossed Highway 50 just west of Sedalia. It produced high end F0 damage to a Morton Building and to a farmstead. Low end F1 damage was noted to a home 3 miles north of Sedalia...just west of Highway 65...where a modular home lost its roof and a large calenabra on a broadcast tower was bent. The tornado damaged a total of 57 homes, with one being completely destroyed. The tornado lifted after this at 2042 CST. A 66 year old man injured in the tornado, died from his injuries on June 15th.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5497919. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

F1 tornado in Pettis County, Missouri

What the National Weather Service wrote

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