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EF0 tornado in Pettis County, Missouri

Tornado October 24, 2021 · Pettis County, Missouri

EF0
Rating
1.2 mi
Path length
10 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 10 yards (0.01 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 storm chaser reported a funnel cloud, with some debris being lifted off the surface, indicating a truncated tornado just east of Sedalia. The tornado only lasted a minute and other than leaf-litter caused little to no damage.

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 Sedalia Arpt (38.6954, -93.1778).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Livingston CountyEF1 Clinton CountyEF0 Daviess CountyEF0 Livingston CountyEF0 Pettis County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 991508. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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