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EF1 tornado in Laclede County, Missouri

Tornado May 27, 2017 · Laclede County, Missouri

EF1
Rating
0.0 mi
Path length
100 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. 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 EF-1 tornado briefly touched down approximately seven miles southwest of Fort Leonard Wood in rural Laclede County. Numerous trees were uprooted. Estimated maximum wind speed was up to 90 mph.

The wider storm

Multiple rounds of severe thunderstorms brought damaging straight-line winds, large hail, tornadoes, and flooding to the Missouri Ozarks from May 27th into the early morning hours of May 28th. Over 130 reports of severe weather and flooding were received from the Missouri Ozarks.

Began near Winnipeg (37.6500, -92.2600).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Laclede CountyEF1 Morgan CountyEF1 Laclede CountyEF1 Laclede CountyEF0 Dent County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 698429. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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