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EF0 tornado in Newton County, Missouri

Tornado May 10, 2017 · Newton County, Missouri

EF0

Rating

1.0 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$100K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 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 brief EF-0 tornado touched down near the intersection of Gateway Drive and Jute Road north of Neosho. Several trees were uprooted. Several homes had minor damage to roofs. Several outbuildings and sheds were severely damaged. Estimated maximum winds were up to 85 mph.

The wider storm

A cold front produced severe thunderstorms with large hail and flash flooding across the Ozarks.

Began near Fredville (36.9052, -94.4182).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 698521. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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