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EF1 tornado in Barry County, Missouri

Tornado April 2, 2015 · Barry County, Missouri

EF1

Rating

12.4 mi

Whole path

100 yd

Path width

$20K

Damage as recorded

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

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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

An EF-1 tornado started in southeastern McDonald County and moved into southwestern Barry County. There was damage to a house and barn as well as a pontoon boat. Numerous trees were also snapped. 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 Mayflower (36.5276, -94.0798).

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 EF0 Barton County EF0 Jasper County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 562237. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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