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EF2 tornado in Dallas County, Missouri

Tornado March 31, 2008 · Dallas County, Missouri

EF2

Rating

4.7 mi

Path length

300 yd

Path width

Injuries

$1.0M

Damage as recorded

EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 300 yards (0.17 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

A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that an EF-2 tornado impacted a section of Dallas County, including the city of Buffalo. Approximately 40 homes were heavily damaged or destroyed, and three people were injured. The path of destruction extended over an industrial plant and flipped airplanes at the Buffalo Airport. Maximum wind speeds were estimated at 120 mph.

The wider storm

Eleven tornadoes and significant flash flooding occurred in response to several clusters of thunderstorms impacting the Missouri Ozarks. The ground was saturated from record rainfall in both the months of February and March.

Began near Foose (37.6155, -93.1593).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Laclede County EF1 Ottawa County EF0 Lawrence County EF0 Cedar County EF0 Ozark County EF0 Newton County EF0 Howell County EF0 Hickory County EF0 Polk County EF0 Vernon County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 89898. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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