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EF0 tornado in Lafayette County, Missouri

Tornado May 24, 2019 · Lafayette County, Missouri

EF0

Rating

2.7 mi

Path length

40 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 40 yards (0.02 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 weak and brief tornado occurred over mainly rural areas of Lafayette County. No damage or injuries were reported.

The wider storm

On the evening of May 24 strong storms brought severe winds and some isolated flash flooding.

Began near Chapel Hill (38.9178, -94.0487).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 831658. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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