F3 tornado — Randolph County, Missouri

F3 tornado in Randolph County, Missouri

Tornado March 12, 2006 · Randolph County, Missouri

Rating

48.7 mi

Whole path

300 yd

Path width

Deaths

Injuries

$5.0M

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Randolph County → Monroe County → Monroe County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 300 yards (0.17 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F3 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F3 meant severe damage: whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned; the scale paired it with winds of 158–206 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

Deadly tornado touched down at 2118 CST 2 miles east of Higbee. The tornado traveled northeast and attained F3 strength near the Monroe/Randolph county line. The tornado killed 4 people just to the east and southeast of Renick and there were 26 injuries. 13 of the injuries occurred when a bus transporting college students was overturned. Three businesses were destroyed as well as 30 residences. Thirty other dwelling places had minor to moderate damage. The tornado exited Randolph county into Monroe county at 2133 CST...8 miles southeast of Moberly.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5497925. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

F3 tornado in Randolph County, Missouri

What the National Weather Service wrote

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