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EF1 tornado in Douglas County, Missouri

Tornado April 2, 2015 · Douglas County, Missouri

EF1

Rating

0.9 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$15K

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 EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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 an EF-1 tornado tracked near Vanzant with an approximate 1 mile long path. Several outbuildings were destroyed and numerous trees were uprooted. Several power lines were blown over. Winds were estimated up to 100 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 Vanzant (36.9732, -92.3045).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Howell County EF1 McDonald County EF0 Barton County EF0 Jasper County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 562231. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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