EF0 Tornado — Knox, Missouri

2016-04-27 · near Greensburg, Knox, Missouri

0.0 mi

Path length

40 yds

Path width

Event narrative

A tornado touched down in extreme northern Knox County causing minor tree damage before crossing into Scotland County (WFO Davenport's forecast area). In Knox County, the tornado was rated EF-0 with a path length of approximately 158 feet with a max path width of 40 yards. Overall, the tornado was rated EF-1 with winds of 90 MPH. The entire path length was 0.2 miles with a maximum path width of 40 yards.

Wider weather episode

A warm front was draped across northeast Missouri into south central Illinois. Storms developed along the boundary. Some of the storms became severe with large hail, damaging winds and 4 tornadoes.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 640468. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.