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F3 tornado in Pemiscot County, Missouri

Tornado April 2, 2006 · Pemiscot County, Missouri

Rating

32.0 mi

Whole path

880 yd

Path width

Deaths

130

Injuries

$61.5M

Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 880 yards (0.50 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

The tornado continued east out of Dunklin County into Pemiscot County. The tornado lifted near the Mississippi River. There were two fatalities in Braggadocio. One hundred thirty people were injured. The most affected area was the southern portion of Caruthersville. Two hundred twenty-six homes were destroyed and five hundred forty-two homes were damaged. In addition, the city of Caruthersville's water tower was destroyed, cutting off water access to the entire city.

Began near Deering (36.1667, -89.9667).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5506267. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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