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EF0 tornado in Barton County, Missouri

Tornado April 2, 2015 · Barton County, Missouri

EF0

Rating

2.6 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$5K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A NWS storm survey found that an EF-0 tornado tracked east northeast for approximately 2.6 miles southwest of Golden City. A hay barn was destroyed and trees were damage. Winds were estimated up to 85 mph.

The wider storm

A cold front and associated upper level trough moved through the Missouri Ozarks region. Severe storms with some supercells developed and moved through the Missouri Ozarks with damaging winds, large hail, and several tornadoes were reported. Heavy rainfall and training of storms lead to minor flooding and flash flooding.

Began near Golden City (37.3599, -94.1732).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Howell County EF1 Douglas County EF1 McDonald County EF0 Jasper County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 562225. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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