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EF2 tornado in Clay County, Missouri

Tornado May 28, 2019 · Clay County, Missouri

EF2

Rating

5.8 mi

Path length

400 yd

Path width

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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 EF2 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF2 is considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, consistent with estimated gusts of 111–135 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 storm that produced the Lawrence to Linwood, Kansas tornado went on to produce another tornado near Kearney, Missouri. This storm produced mainly EF-0 and EF-1 damage; however one residence near the end of the tornado track displayed a failure out outer walls, indicating EF-2 damage. The tornado dissipated just west of the Clay and Ray County line.

The wider storm

Widespread severe weather moved through the region on May 28. One supercell produced several tornadoes, including the Lawrence to Linwood, Kansas tornado. This storm then went on to produce an EF-2 tornado in northeastern Clay County and did damage to portions of Kearney, Missouri. Earlier in the day, through the morning and early afternoon hours several storms moved through northern Missouri causing widespread flash flooding.

Began near Mosby (39.3416, -94.3335).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 830800. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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