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EF1 tornado in Laclede County, Missouri

Tornado May 27, 2017 · Laclede County, Missouri

EF1

Rating

5.0 mi

Path length

400 yd

Path width

$100K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 400 yards (0.23 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 NWS storm survey confirmed an EF-1 tornado touched down near the Falcon area in Laclede County. A house sustained moderate to major damage. There were numerous trees snapped and uprooted. Radar confirmed a well defined tornado debris signature over the path of this tornado. Estimated maximum wind speeds were up to 100 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 Nebo (37.5862, -92.3541).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Laclede County EF1 Morgan County EF1 Laclede County EF1 Laclede County EF0 Dent County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 698430. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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