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EF0 tornado in Barry County, Missouri

Tornado December 1, 2018 · Barry County, Missouri

EF0
Rating
0.1 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
$90K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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

An EF-0 tornado with maximum estimated wind speed of 80 mph and path width of 25-50 yards tracked 0.12 miles to the east-northeast before lifting west of Highway 37. Roof damage occurred to several homes along the path and damaged a large tree before lifting.

The wider storm

Severe thunderstorms and tornadoes developed within a Quasi-Linear Convective System that moved across the region during the late evening of November 30th and continued into the early morning of the 1st. The parent storm system intensified over the southern Plains and tracked northeast into northern Missouri. Widespread severe wind gusts between 60 and 80 mph, hail and isolated tornadoes occurred. Seven tornadoes were confirmed over southwest and south central Missouri. The tornadoes were rated EF-0 to EF-1 based on NWS Storm Surveys. Unfortunately, there was one fatality that occurred in Aurora, Missouri when a tornado struck a local motel.

Began near Wightman (36.8936, -93.9261).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Lawrence County 1 deadEF1 Christian CountyEF1 Greene CountyEF1 Webster CountyEF0 Christian CountyEF0 Wright County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 796732. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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