EF1 tornado in Phelps County, Missouri
Tornado January 7, 2008 · Phelps County, Missouri
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 the National Weather Service wrote
A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that an EF-1 tornado tracked across extreme northern Phelps County, eventually tracking into southeast Maries County. One home sustained roof damage. Several trees were snapped and uprooted from this tornado prior to moving into southeast Phelps County.
The wider storm
An unusual mid winter tornado outbreak occurred over southwest and central Missouri. 31 tornadoes struck the region within a 15 hour time frame on 7 January into early morning 8 January. Two tornadoes intensified to EF-3 status while five tornadoes caused EF-2 damage. All other tornadoes during this outbreak were surveyed and given EF-0 and EF-1 status. Multiple training supercells spawned most of these tornadoes that occurred along the Interstate 44 corridor. Toward the end of this episode, a broken squall line spawned numerous EF-0 and EF-1 tornadoes across the southern Missouri Ozarks.
Began near Doolittle (38.0115, -91.8924).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
31 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 73791. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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