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EF1 tornado in Dunklin County, Missouri

Tornado April 3, 2018 · Dunklin County, Missouri

EF1

Rating

6.7 mi

Path length

200 yd

Path width

$1.5M

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 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 intersection of County Roads 627 and 638 and moved east. The tornado damaged storage buildings, trees, power poles, and center pivot irrigation systems. A few residences also experienced shingle and roof damage. The tornado turned northeast after crossing State Highway K. The most significant damage was noted along County Road 657 south-southwest of Hornersville. The tornado dissipated in the Hornersville Swamp Conversation Area.

The wider storm

A broken line of severe thunderstorms along a strong cold front produced numerous reports of damaging winds and large hail and one tornado during the late afternoon and evening hours of April 3rd.

Began near Arbyrd (36.0022, -90.2311).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 748980. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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