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F2 tornado in Bates County, Missouri

Tornado March 12, 2006 · Bates County, Missouri

Rating

26.0 mi

Whole path

450 yd

Path width

Death

Injuries

$580K

Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 450 yards (0.26 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 1952 CST just on the north side of Butler...and then proceeded northeast over rural country...before crossing over into Cass county 2 miles north of Ballard at 2005 CST. Damage was limited to trees...power lines...and one barn.

Began near Butler (38.2500, -94.3333).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

F0 Bates County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5498785. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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