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EF2 tornado in Linn County, Missouri

Tornado October 24, 2021 · Linn County, Missouri

EF2

Rating

31.4 mi

Whole path

150 yd

Path width

$250K

Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 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

This is a continuation of the tornado that came out of Livingston County. The tornado continued across the entirety of Linn County. For the most part the tornado impacted mainly rural areas of the county, but the tornado did brush by the south side of Purdin, Missouri, causing EF-2 damage to residences near Highway 5. The tornado was well reported by chasers as it approached the northeast corner of Linn County. The tornado was reported dissipated as the storm crossed into Macon and Adair Counties. This was corroborated on the survey with the last damage point in the far northeast corner of Linn County.

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 Hecla (39.8830, -93.3610).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Clinton County EF0 Daviess County EF0 Livingston County EF0 Pettis County EF0 Pettis County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 991502. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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