EF0 Tornado — Carroll, Missouri

2017-03-06 · near W B Jct, Carroll, Missouri

6.0 mi

Path length

100 yds

Path width

Event narrative

A squall line with embedded supercells and mesovortices moved through western Missouri and eastern Missouri on the evening of March 6. The storm took out a center point irrigation system just southwest of Carrolton; however, in the city of Carrolton several structures on the south side of the city were heavily damaged by tornadic winds. Along Main Street windows were completely blown out of several businesses and a couple buildings along Main Street even had some partial roof and external wall failure. The tornado moved east of town and did some external damage to a metal building. The tornado crossed HWY 65 and paralleled HWY 24 for a mile or two, causing damage to outbuildings along the route. About 2-3 miles east of Carrolton it crossed HWY 24 and dissipated north of HWY 24.

Wider weather episode

On the evening of March 6, 2017 a line of severe thunderstorms formed, then moved into eastern Kansas and western and central Missouri. Ahead of and along this line of storms supercells formed and produced large hail, damaging winds, and several tornadoes. Officially there were 11 tornadoes recorded in the EAX portion of Missouri, with a 12th tornado recorded in Leawood, Kansas, on the Kansas side of the EAX CWA. The most notable of the tornadoes were the EF-2 and EF-3 tornadoes that impacted Smithville, Missouri and Oak Grove, Missouri respectively. According to news reports there were 12 injuries associated with the Oak Grove tornado, but despite the widespread significant damage there were no fatalities. As the line of storms moved eastward several embedded supercells and mesovortices produced several more tornadoes across northern and central Missouri. By the end of the event, officially there were four EF-1 tornadoes, one EF-2 tornado (Smithville, MO), one EF-3 (Oak Grove, MO), and five EF-0 tornadoes in Missouri. The Leawood Kansas tornado was rated EF-0 as well, rounding out the 12 confirmed tornadoes in the EAX CWA from that evening.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 686608. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.