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EF1 tornado in Newton County, Missouri

Tornado April 26, 2016 · Newton County, Missouri

EF1

Rating

0.8 mi

Path length

150 yd

Path width

$50K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 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 confirmed an EF1 tornado touched down approximately two miles north of Seneca, Missouri. The path was approximately one mile long with a width of 150 yards. Maximum winds were estimated up to 90 mph. The tornado uprooted numerous trees and caused damage to a local church as well as a few homes in the area.

The wider storm

A line of severe thunderstorms produced multiple reports of damaging winds and large hail. There were a couple weak tornadoes which developed as well. There was another round of severe storms a couple days later that produced large hail.

Began near Seneca (36.8628, -94.6139).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF0 Greene County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 625401. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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