EF1 tornado in Montgomery County, Missouri

Tornado March 6, 2017 · Montgomery County, Missouri

EF1

Rating

20.9 mi

Whole path

150 yd

Path width

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

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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

The tornado developed near the baseball fields in Rhineland along Highway 94 and moved east causing damage to several trees, fences and roof of a building on the grounds. The tornado continued east paralleling Highway 94 and causing various amounts of damage to homesteads and farm buildings. It crossed Highway 19 just north of Highway 94 and caused mainly tree damage as it crossed from Montgomery County into Warren County, about 1.5 miles east of McKittrick.

The wider storm

As a cold front moved across the region, a squall line developed and moved rapidly east across the forecast area. There were numerous reports of damaging winds, large hail and 8 tornadoes.

Began near Rhineland (38.7166, -91.5152).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

5 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Shelby County EF1 Osage County EF1 St. Charles County EF0 Jefferson County EF0 Jefferson County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 686665. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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