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EF1 tornado in Warren County, Missouri

Tornado April 26, 2016 · Warren County, Missouri

EF1
Rating
5.5 mi
Path length
100 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

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 tornado caused significant tree damage across portions of southwestern Warren County. The tornado touched down on River Ridge Lane and traveled to the east southeast. The most significant damage occurred along Bernheimer Road where up to 100 large trees were snapped and twisted in a convergent pattern to the east-southeast. From there the tornado crossed Highway 94 at least 3 times. Eventually the tornado lifted and dissipated just east of Howard Branch Road, just north of intersection with Smith Green Road. The tornado was rated EF1, with a path length of 5.46 miles and a max path width of 100 yards.

The wider storm

A cold front dropped south across forecast area triggering showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms produced large hail, damaging winds and a couple of tornadoes.

Began near Bernheimer (38.6947, -91.2761).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF0 St. Charles County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 634784. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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