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EF0 tornado in Clinton County, Missouri

Tornado October 24, 2021 · Clinton County, Missouri

EF0
Rating
4.6 mi
Whole path
40 yd
Path width
$10K
Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Clinton County → Caldwell County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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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

This tornado developed just east of Interstate 35 in Clinton County, MO. It quickly crossed into Caldwell County, MO where it damaged several trees and a few buildings. The tornado dissipated just east of Goose Creek and State Route D.

The wider storm

On the afternoon of October 24, 2021, several tornadoes formed across northern Missouri. These tornadoes produced some isolated damage, but mostly remained over open territory. The most impactful tornado formed near Chillicothe, and went on to produce EF-2 damage in Purdin, Missouri. There were no reported injuries from these tornadoes despite the visible heavy damage in certain locations.

Began near Gridley (39.6181, -94.2138).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 990005. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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