Severe Weather Statistics
St. Louis County Warning Area (CWA)
March 11th - March 13th
* 94 Tornado Warnings
* 103 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
* 167 Reports of Severe Weather with 30 Reports of Tornadoes
* No Fatalities
* Several Injuries
Teams of Meteorologists continue to visit locations across Missouri and Illinois that reported tornado damage to determine the strength of the damage according to the Fujita Scale. Information will be sent via public information statements (STLPNSLSX) when final determinations have been made.
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1047 PM CST FRI MAR 17 2006
...UPDATE ON MARCH 12TH 2006 TORNADO SURVEYS...
HERE ARE SOME UPDATED STATISTICS ON THE MARTH 12TH TORNADO
OUTBREAK...THESE NUMBERS MAY STILL BE UPDATED AS ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION IS GATHERED. IN THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD
COUNTY WARNING AREA:
NUMBER OF TORNADOS: 13 (INCLUDING 3 F0'S, 4 F1'S, 3 F2'S, AND 3 F3'S)
NUMBER OF FATALITIES: 1 (IN LAWRENCE COUNTY)
NUMBER OF INJURIES: 36
NUMBER OF HOMES DESTROYED: 202
NUMBER OF HOMES DAMAGED: 366 (NOT INCLUDING THOSE DESTROYED)
HERE IS A RUNDOWN OF THE PRELIMINARY STATISTICS FROM FOR EACH OF THE
13 TORNADO TRACKS THAT HAVE BEEN SURVEYED:
1) AT APPROXIMATELY 400 PM A TORNADO MOVED INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST
BENTON COUNTY FROM HENRY COUNTY BEFORE MOVING BACK NORTH OUT OF THE
COUNTY AND INTO PETTIS COUNTY. THE DAMAGE IN BENTON COUNTY WAS RATED
F1 INTENSITY ON THE FUJITA SCALE. THE TORNADO MOVED INTO BENTON
COUNTY AROUND 405 PM AND MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY AT APPROXIMATELY
410 PM. TOTAL PATH LENGTH IN BENTON COUNTY WAS ABOUT 5 MILES WITH A
MAXIMUM WIDTH OF ABOUT 200 YARDS.
2) AT APPROXIMATELY 847 PM THE SECOND TORNADO TOUCH DOWN OCCURRED IN
SOUTHERN VERNON COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF SHELDON. THIS TORNADO MOVED
NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHWEST CEDAR COUNTY AND INTO SOUTH CENTRAL ST.
CLAIR COUNTY WITH DAMAGE TRACKED TO ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTH OF VISTA IN
ST. CLAIR COUNTY. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE SURVEYS WILL BE CONDUCTED
THURSDAY NORTHEAST OF THIS AREA TO DETERMINE WHERE EXACTLY THIS
TORNADO LIFTED. THIS TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR APPROXIMATELY 38
MILES WITH A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF NEARLY A 1/4 MILE. THE DAMAGE
ASSESSMENT INDICATES THAT THE MAXIMUM INTENSITY OF THIS TORNADO WAS
F2 ON THE FUJITA SCALE JUST SOUTH OF EL DORADO SPRINGS.
3) AT APPROXIMATELY 855 PM THE THIRD TORNADO TOUCHDOWN OF THE DAY
WAS SPAWNED FROM THE SAME SUPERCELL WHICH PRODUCED TORNADO NUMBER 2.
THIS NEXT TORNADO WAS A BRIEF TOUCHED JUST NORTH OF MONTEVALLO AND
PRODUCED F1 INTENSITY DAMAGE ON THE FUJITA SCALE. THIS TORNADO WAS
ON THE GROUND FOR ABOUT 1 MILE WITH A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF AROUND 200
YARDS.
4) AT APPROXIMATELY 918 PM THE NEXT TORNADO TO TOUCH DOWN ON MARCH
12TH WAS IN BARTON COUNTY NEAR BOSTON. THERE WAS AN INTERMITTENT
DAMAGE TRACK FROM BARTON COUNTY NORTHEAST ACROSS
DADE...CEDAR...POLK...AND HICKORY COUNTY. THIS TORNADO WAS ON THE
GROUND FOR APPROXIMATELY 40 MILES WITH A MAXIMUM INTENSITY OF F0 ON
THE FUJITA SCALE AND A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF APPROXIMATELY 30 YARDS.
5) AT APPROXIMATELY 922 PM THE NEXT TORNADO TO TOUCH DOWN WAS IN
NEWTON COUNTY. THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF SENECA AND MOVED NORTHEASTWARD LIFTING 3 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF NEOSHO. THIS TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR
APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES WITH A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 1/8TH OF A MILE AND
HAD A MAXIMUM INTENSITY OF F1 ON THE FUJITA SCALE.
6) AT APPROXIMATELY 938 PM THE SAME STORM THAT SPAWNED TORNADO
NUMBER 5 IN NEWTON COUNTY WENT ON TO PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL F0
TORNADO SHORTLY AFTER THE FIRST TORNADO LIFTED. THIS TORNADO TOUCHED
DOWN APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE WEST OF NEOSHO AND WAS ON THE GROUND FOR
1/10TH OF A MILE.
7) THE NEXT TORNADO TO TOUCH DOWN WAS IN LAWRENCE COUNTY AT
APPROXIMATELY 1008 PM AND WAS SPAWNED BY THE SAME SUPERCELL WHICH
PRODUCED THE TORNADOES IN NEWTON COUNTY. THIS TORNADO BEGAN ITS PATH
JUST NORTH OF VERONA IN LAWRENCE COUNTY AND CONTINUED
EAST-NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH NORTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN AND SOUTHEASTERN
GREENE COUNTIES LIFTING JUST WEST OF THE WEBSTER GREENE COUNTY LINE
BETWEEN A HIGHWAY AND AD HIGHWAY. THIS TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR
APPROXIMATELY 40 MILES WITH A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 1/2 MILE. THE MOST
INTENSE DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM OCCURRED BETWEEN NIXA AND BILLINGS
AND THIS TORNADO WAS RATED WITH A MAXIMUM INTENSITY OF F3 ON THE
FUJITA SCALE.
8) AT APPROXIMATELY 1017 PM THE NEXT TORNADO TOUCH DOWN OCCURRED IN
HICKORY COUNTY 5 MILES WEST OF PITTSBURG AND CONTINUED ON THE GROUND
TO 3 MILES EAST OF HERMITAGE. THIS TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR
APPROXIMATELY 9 MILES AND HAD A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 1/4 MILE. THE
MAXIMUM INTENSITY OF THIS TORNADO WAS F3 ON THE FUJITA SCALE.
9) THE NEXT TORNADO TO TOUCH DOWN WAS IN MORGAN COUNTY AROUND 1025
PM APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRAVOIS MILLS. THIS TORNADO
WAS ON THE GROUND FOR ABOUT 6 MILES WITH A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF
APPROXIMATELY 3/8TH OF A MILE. THE MAXIMUM INTENSITY OF THIS TORNADO
WAS RATED F2 ON THE FUJITA SCALE.
10) THE NEXT TORNADO TO AFFECT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
SPRINGFIELD'S COUNTY WARNING AREA WAS IN SOUTHERN STONE COUNTY AT
AROUND 1057 PM. THE TORNADO CROSSED THE STATE LINE FROM CARROLL
COUNTY ARKANSAS INTO SOUTHERN STONE COUNTY AND MOVED INTO SOUTHERN
STONE COUNTY 1 MILE EAST SOUTHEAST OF CARR LANE AND TRAVELED
NORTHEASTWARD FOR 3 MILES INTO STONE COUNTY. THE PATH WAS
APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS WIDE WITH A MAXIMUM INTENSITY OF F1.
11) AT 1103 PM...THE NEXT TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN WEBSTER COUNTY
APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORDLAND AND CONTINUED
NORTHEASTWARD FOR APPROXIMATELY 11 MILES LIFTING NORTH OF DIGGINS.
THIS TORNADO WAS RATED AN F2 INTENSITY ON THE FUJITA SCALE AND HAD A
MAXIMUM WIDTH OF APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE.
12) ANOTHER TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT APPROXIMATELY 1120 PM ABOUT 5
MILES NORTH OF DIGGINS AND CONTINUED NORTHEASTWARD INTO WRIGHT
COUNTY EVENTUALLY LIFTING AFTER CROSSING INTO SOUTHEAST LACLEDE
COUNTY NEAR COMPETITION. THIS TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR
APPROXIMATELY 31 MILES WITH A MAXIMUM WIDTH SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN 1/2
MILE WIDE. THE MAXIMUM INTENSITY WAS RATED F3 ON THE FUJITA SCALE.
13) THE FINAL CONFIRMED TORNADO TOUCHDOWN OF THE MARCH 12TH OUTBREAK
TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 2 MILES WEST OF COLE CAMP IN NORTHERN BENTON
COUNTY AND MOVED NORTHEAST ACROSS HIGHWAY JJ TWICE. THE TORNADO
CONTINUED NORTHEAST AND EVENTUALLY MOVED INTO FAR NORTHERN MORGAN
COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF FLORENCE. THE DAMAGE INDICATES THAT THE TORNADO
WAS AN F0 ON THE FUJITA SCALE WITH A 17 MILE INTERMITENT PATH AND A
MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 175 YARDS.
HERE IS THE FUJITA SCALE:
F0: GALE TORNADO (40-72 MPH)
F1: MODERATE TORNADO (73-122 MPH)
F2: SIGNIFICANT TORNADO (113-157 MPH)
F3: SEVERE TORNADO (158-206 MPH)
F4: DEVASTATING TORNADO (207-260 MPH)
F5: INCREDIBLE TORNADO (260-318 MPH)
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE MANY PEOPLE WHO
HAVE HELPED IN THE STORM SURVEY PROCESS.
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
945 PM CST FRI MAR 17 2006
...UPDATED DAMAGE SURVEY INFORMATION FOR THE MARCH 11 2006 TORNADIC
SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST
ILLINOIS...
THE FOLLOWING IS UPDATED DAMAGE SURVEY INFORMATION BASED ON BOTH
GROUND AND AERIAL SURVEYS OF THE TRACK OF THE TORNADIC SUPERCELL
WHICH MOVED ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS ON THE
EVENING OF MARCH 11. THIS STORM ACTUALLY ORIGINATED IN SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI. THIS SURVEY PROVIDES INFORMATION FOR THE STORM WITHIN THE
NWS ST LOUIS COUNTY WARNING AREA.
THE SURVEY REVEALS 4 SEPARATE TORNADOES OCCURRED. DETAILS ARE AS
FOLLOWS:
THE FIRST TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN EAST CENTRAL REYNOLDS COUNTY
JUST EAST OF HIGHWAY 21 NEAR ROUTE O AROUND 755 PM. THE DAMAGE AT
THIS POINT WAS AROUND 75 YARDS WIDE AND CONSISTED OF SNAPPED AND
UPROOTED TREES...RECEIVING A RATING OF F1. THE TORNADO TRAVELED TO
THE NORTHEAST...CROSSING NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTE V AND COUNTY
ROAD 342 WHERE A NUMBER OF TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. THE
TORNADO WIDTH AT THIS POINT REMAINED AROUND 75 YARDS WITH AN
INTENSITY OF F1. THE TORNADO ENTERED IRON COUNTY AROUND 810 PM...AND
CROSSED HIGHWAY 49 BETWEEN CHLORIDE AND SABULA AROUND 818 PM. THE
TORNADO WIDTH AND INTENSITY HAD INCREASED CONSIDERABLY AT THIS POINT.
THE TORNADO WIDTH RANGED FROM ONE-QUARTER TO ONE-THIRD OF A MILE.
A LARGE NUMBER OF TREES IN THE MARK TWAIN NATIONAL FOREST WERE
ALMOST COMPLETELY LEVELED EXTENDING FOR A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE TO
THE NORTHEAST. DAMAGE AT THIS LOCATION WAS RATED F2. THE TORNADO
THEN CROSSED ROUTE E TO THE WEST OF PATTERSON MOUNTAIN. AT THIS
LOCATION A BARN WAS DESTROYED...A HOME RECEIVED DAMAGE TO ITS ROOF
AND EXTERIOR...AND A NUMBER OF TREES WERE UPROOTED. THE DAMAGE WAS
RATED F1 WITH A TORNADO WIDTH OF ONE-QUARTER MILE. THE TORNADO
CONTINUED TO TRAVEL TO THE NORTHEAST PRODUCING F1 TO F2 INTENSITY
DAMAGE...FLATTENING LARGE AREAS OF TREES TO THE NORTH OF PATTERSON
MOUNTAIN. THE TORNADO LIFTED JUST NORTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF
HIGHWAY 72 AND ROUTE K IN MADISON COUNTY AROUND 848 PM. A NUMBER OF
TREES WERE BROKEN OR UPROOTED ALONG A 200-300 YARD SECTION ADJACENT
TO HIGHWAY 72. THIS DAMAGE WAS RATED F1. THE TOTAL PATH LENGTH OF
THIS TORNADO WAS AROUND 26 MILES.
THE SECOND TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AROUND 848 PM...THE SAME TIME FIRST
TORNADO WAS LIFTING. THE TOUCHDOWN POINT WAS NEAR HIGHWAY 72 AND
COUNTY ROAD 504...1 MILE EAST SOUTHEAST OF OAK GROVE. THE TORNADO
WAS ON THE GROUND LESS THAN 1 MILE...UPROOTING A NUMBER OF TREES.
THIS DAMAGE WAS RATED F1 WITH A WIDTH OF AROUND 75 YARDS.
THE TORNADO THEN TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN AT 854 PM...2.5 MILES NORTHEAST
OF THE HIGHWAY 67 AND ROUTE H INTERSECTION IN MADISON COUNTY. THIS
THIRD TORNADO TRAVELED THROUGH WESTERN AND NORTHERN SECTIONS OF MINE
LA MOTTE CROSSING ROUTE 00 NEAR COUNTY ROADS 217 AND 224...PRODUCING
F1 INTENSITY DAMAGE. A MOBILE HOME WAS DAMAGED...A METAL OUTBUILDING
WAS DESTROYED...A BARN WAS DAMAGED AND A NUMBER OF TREES WERE SPLIT
OR UPROOTED. THE DAMAGE WIDTH THROUGH THIS REGION WAS 250-300 YARDS.
THE TORNADO THEN CONTINUED MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST...PASSING THROUGH
EXTREME SOUTHEAST ST FRANCOIS COUNTY...AND MOVING ALONG ROUTE T JUST
WEST OF WOMACK. THE TORNADO FINALLY LIFTED 1 MILE NORTHEAST OF
WOMACK IN STE GENEVIEVE COUNTY AT 913 PM. THE DAMAGE NORTHEAST OF
MINE LA MOTTE WAS RATED F1 AND CONSISTED OF UPROOTED TREES. THE
TOTAL PATH LENGTH OF THIS TORNADO SEGMENT WAS AROUND 8.5 MILES.
THE FOURTH TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST EAST OF ROUTE WW AND 1 MILE
NORTH OF HOLMES ROAD IN STE GENEVIEVE COUNTY AT 920 PM. THE TORNADO
TRAVELED NORTHEAST AROUND 4 MILES CROSSING THE STE GENEVIEVE AND
PERRY COUNTY LINE NEAR ROUTE N AROUND 1.5 MILES SOUTH OF MINNITH.
ON KRAMER ROAD JUST OFF HIGHWAY N...THE TORNADO PRODUCED F2 INTENSITY
DAMAGE WITH A PATH WIDTH OF ONE-QUARTER MILE. A DOUBLE WIDE MOBILE
HOME WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND ROLLED 150 YARDS LEAVING NOTHING
BUT A MANGLED FRAME. THE TWO OCCUPANTS OF THIS MOBILE HOME WERE
SEVERELY INJURED. TWO OTHER MOBILE HOMES WERE ALSO COMPLETED
DESTROYED WITH THE DEBRIS STREWN HUNDREDS OF YARDS TO THE EAST. TWO
BARNS...A MACHINE SHED...AND DETACHED GARAGE WERE ALSO COMPLETELY
DESTROYED. THE TORNADO CROSSED ROUTE N JUST UP THE ROAD PRODUCING F1
INTENSITY DAMAGE TO ANOTHER FARM. THE TORNADO THEN TRACKED ACROSS
NORTHERN PERRY COUNTY IN THE NWS PADUCAH COUNTY WARNING AREA
PRODUCING F2 TO F3 INTENSITY DAMAGE. THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED INTO
RANDOLPH COUNTY ILLINOIS AROUND 942 PM...MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
PORTION OF KASKASKIA ISLAND. DEBRIS PROBABLY ORIGINATING FROM SOUTH
OF ST MARY WAS FOUND IN SOME FIELDS ON THE ISLAND. NUMEROUS SNAPPED
OR UPROOTED TREES WERE FOUND ON THE ISLAND. THIS DAMAGE WAS RATED
F1. THE DAMAGE WIDTH NEAR THE SHORE OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WAS 300
YARDS WIDE. THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER CONTINUING
TO MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS RANDOLPH COUNTY FOR 22.5 MILES. F2 INTENSITY
DAMAGE WAS FOUND JUST NORTH OF THE CHESTER CORRECTIONAL CENTER...
WHERE A NUMBER OF TREES WERE LEVELED OR SNAPPED OFF. THE TORNADO
PRODUCED F1 INTENSITY DAMAGE AT THE GORDON BUD COHEN RECREATIONAL
COMPLEX WHERE 3 WOODEN LIGHT POSTS WERE SNAPPED NEAR THE BASE AND THE
BACKSTOPS AND FENCES WERE BLOWN OVER. JUST TO THE EAST...3 LARGE POLE
BARNS AND SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED...AND A HOUSE HAD ROOF
AND EXTERIOR DAMAGE. THE DAMAGE AT THIS POINT WAS AROUND 300 YARDS
WIDE. THE MAXIMUM INTENSITY WAS RATED F2. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO
PRODUCE F1 TO F2 INTENSITY DAMAGE ALONG THE REMAINDER OF ITS PATH
THROUGH RANDOLPH COUNTY WITH A NEARLY CONTINUOUS 300 YARD WIDTH.
NOTABLE AREAS OF F2 DAMAGE WERE FOUND JUST NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF
BREMEN ALONG HIGHWAY 150. THIS DAMAGE CONSISTED OF A METAL HIGH
TENSION POWER LINE TOWER DOWN AND TWISTED...A DESTROYED MOBILE
HOME...A NUMBER OF DESTROYED BARNS AND METAL OUTBUILDINGS...ROOF AND
EXTERIOR DAMAGE TO SEVERAL HOMES...AND NUMEROUS UPROOTED AND SNAPPED
TREES. NOTABLE F2 DAMAGE ALSO OCCURRED NEAR HIGHWAY 150 AROUND 1.5
MILES WEST OF STEELEVILLE. THE REAR PORTION OF A HOUSE HAD
CONSIDERABLE ROOF AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE...SEVERAL DETACHED GARAGES
WERE DESTROYED...AT LEAST 5 METAL OUTBUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED...
SEVERAL BARNS WERE DESTROYED...SIGNS WERE DESTROYED...AND TREES AND
POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED. THE TORNADO FINALLY EXITED RANDOLPH COUNTY
1.5 MILES SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 154 ON COUNTY LINE ROAD AROUND 1015 PM..
THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST INTO PERRY COUNTY ILLINOIS. PERSONNEL
FROM THE NWS OFFICE IN PADUCAH HAVE SURVEYED THAT PORTION OF THE
TRACK.
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GLASS/CVKING/MILLERPUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...(PRELIMINARY)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
815 PM CST FRI MAR 17 2006
...DAMAGE SURVEY INFORMATION FOR THE LATE AFTERNOON OF SATURDAY
MARCH 11, 2006 TORNADO EVENT OVER SOUTHERN PIKE COUNTY
ILLINOIS...
PERSONNEL FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN ST LOUIS
CONDUCTED A DAMAGE ASSESSMENT OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN PIKE COUNTY IN
WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.
A TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN AT APPROXIMATELY 515 PM CST SATURDAY
AFTERNOON 1.5 MILES EAST OF INDEPENDENCE ILLINOIS...4 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHEAST OF PITTSFIELD ILLINOIS.
ONLY MINOR TREE DAMAGE WAS UNCOVERED OVER THIS AREA. THE LENGTH OF
THE TREE DAMAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 80 TO 100 YARDS LONG AND 40 YARDS
WIDE. THE DAMAGE INTENSITY WAS RATED F0.
BETWEEN 515 - 520 PM CST A WITNESS OBSERVED THREE SMALLER FUNNELS
ROTATING AROUND A LARGER FUNNEL NORTHEAST OF INDEPENDENCE MOVING
NORTHEAST.
THE FUNNEL MOVED EAST NORTHEAST TO MILTON ILLINOIS AND BRIEFLY
TOUCHED DOWN IN TOWN AROUND 520 PM CST. TWO GARAGE DOORS AND A
AWNING FROM A HOUSE WAS DAMAGED BY THE WEAK TORNADO. A NUMBER OF
LARGE TREE LIMBS WERE ALSO DOWN IN TOWN. ANOTHER WITNESS OBSERVED
TWO FUNNELS NEAR THE TOWN OF MILTON. THE LENGTH OF THE DAMAGE AREA
WAS APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS LONG AND 50 YARDS WIDE. THE DAMAGE WAS
RATED F0.
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
815 PM CST FRI MAR 17 2006
...DAMAGE SURVEY INFORMATION FOR THE LATE AFTERNOON OF SATURDAY
MARCH 11, 2006 TORNADO EVENT OVER SOUTHERN PIKE COUNTY
ILLINOIS...
PERSONNEL FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN ST LOUIS
CONDUCTED A DAMAGE ASSESSMENT OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN PIKE COUNTY IN
WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.
A TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN AT APPROXIMATELY 515 PM CST SATURDAY
AFTERNOON 1.5 MILES EAST OF INDEPENDENCE ILLINOIS...4 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHEAST OF PITTSFIELD ILLINOIS.
ONLY MINOR TREE DAMAGE WAS UNCOVERED OVER THIS AREA. THE LENGHT OF
THE TREE DAMAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 80 TO 100 YARDS LONG AND 40 YARDS
WIDE. THE DAMAGE INTENSITY WAS RATED F0.
BETWEEN 515 - 520 PM CST A WITNESS OBSERVED THREE SMALLER FUNNELS
ROTATING AROUND A LARGER FUNNEL NORTHEAST OF INDEPENDENCE MOVING
NORTHEAST.
THE FUNNEL MOVED EAST NORTHEAST TO MILTON ILLINOIS AND BRIEFLY
TOUCHED DOWN IN TOWN AROUND 520 PM CST. TWO GARAGE DOORS AND A
AWNING FROM A HOUSE WAS DAMAGED BY THE WEAK TORNADO. A NUMBER OF
LARGE TREE LIMBS WERE ALSO DOWN IN TOWN. ANOTHER WITNESS OBSERVED
TWO FUNNELS NEAR THE TOWN OF MILTON. THE LENGHT OF THE DAMAGE AREA
WAS APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS LONG AND 50 YARDS WIDE. THE DAMAGE WAS
RATED F0.
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PRZYBYLINSKI
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
448 PM CST FRI MAR 17 2006
...MISSOURI STATE TOTALS FROM MARCH 12 2006 TORNADO OUTBREAK...
NOAA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PERSONNEL HAVE CONDUCTED GROUND AND
AERIAL DAMAGE SURVEYS ACROSS MUCH OF MISSOURI...ASSESSING THE
STRENGTH AND TOTAL NUMBER OF TORNADOES FROM THE OUTBREAK OF SUNDAY
MARCH 12. THE RESULTS OF THESE SURVEYS HAVE YIELDED A PRELIMINARY
TORNADO COUNT...AND THE IMPACT ACROSS THE STATE.
THE FOLLOWING IS A TABLE OF PRELIMINARY MISSOURI TORNADO STATISTICS
FOR SUNDAY MARCH 12 2006...FROM FIVE OF THE SIX NOAA NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES THAT SERVE THE STATE...
OFFICE TORNADOES DEATHS INJURIES
PADUCAH KY (SE MISSOURI) 0 0 0
PLEASANT HILL MO (NW MISSOURI) 14 6 49
SPRINGFIELD MO (SW MISSOURI) 12 1 39
ST. LOUIS MO (E MISSOURI) 10 0 9
QUAD CITIES IA (FAR NE MISSOURI) 1 0 0
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TOTALS 37 7 97
THERE WERE ADDITIONAL TORNADOES IN MISSOURI LATE SATURDAY MARCH 11
2006. WARNED UPON BY WFO PADUCAH KY...ONE OF THOSE TORNADOES...AN
F3...CAUSED 2 DEATHS AND 10 INJURIES IN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI AT 944 PM. ALSO ON SATURDAY...EVENING 5 TORNADOES OCCURRED
IN EASTERN MISSOURI IN THE AREA SERVED BY WFO ST LOUIS. THOSE STORMS
DID NOT CAUSE ANY DEATHS OR INJURIES. COMBINING THE SATURDAY EVENING
AND SUNDAY STORMS...MISSOURI EXPERIENCED 43 TORNADOES WHICH CAUSED 9
DEATHS AND 107 INJURIES.
THE PRELIMINARY TORNADO COUNT ACROSS THE UNITED STATES FROM SUNDAYS
OUTBREAK...STANDS AT 117 TORNADOES. IF THAT TOTAL STANDS...IT WOULD
RANK MARCH 12 2006 AS THE SECOND HIGHEST TORNADO TOTAL FOR A DAY IN
U.S. HISTORY...SECOND ONLY TO APRIL 3 1974 WHEN 128 TORNADOES WERE
RECORDED. THE APRIL 3RD AND 4TH 1974 OUTBREAK IS LABELED THE...SUPER
OUTBREAK...AND IS THE BENCHMARK AS THE GREATEST DOCUMENTED TORNADO
OUTBREAK IN U.S. HISTORY. THE PRELIMINARY COUNT FOR MARCH 12 2006
WILL LIKELY CHANGE AS DETAILS BECOME AVAILABLE ON THE EXTENT OF
DUPLICATE TORNADO REPORTS...OR ADDITIONAL TORNADOES THAT PRODUCED
LITTLE TO NO DAMAGE YET OCCURRED...AND WERE DOCUMENTED BY STORM
SPOTTERS AND CHASERS.
EACH NWS OFFICE SERVING MISSOURI HAS PUT TOGETHER DETAILED
INFORMATION REGARDING THE TORNADO STRENGTHS AND PATH LOCATIONS ON
THEIR WEB SITES.
- FOR A GRAPHICAL MAP AND DETAILS OF THE TORNADOES IN NORTHWESTERN
MISSOURI...CHECK THE PLEASANT HILL WEB SITE AT (LOWER CASE)
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/EAX/?N=EVENTS-MAR122006.
- FOR A GRAPHICAL MAP AND DETAILS OF THE TORNADOES IN SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI...CHECK THE SPRINGFIELD WEB SITE AT (LOWER CASE)
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/CRNEWS/DISPLAY_STORY.PHP?WFO=SGF&STORYID=1799
&SOURCE=0.
- FOR A GRAPHICAL MAP AND DETAILS OF THE TORNADOES IN EASTERN
MISSOURI...CHECK THE ST. LOUIS WEB SITE AT (LOWER CASE)
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/CRNEWS/DISPLAY_STORY.PHP?WFO=LSX&STORYID=1794
&SOURCE=0.
- FOR A GRAPHICAL MAP AND DETAILS OF THE TORNADO IN SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI...CHECK THE PADUCAH WEB SITE AT (LOWER CASE)
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/CRNEWS/DISPLAY_STORY.PHP?WFO=PAH&STORYID=1857
&SOURCE=0.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON THE FUJITA-PEARSON DAMAGE SCALE CAN BE FOUND
AT (LOWER CASE) HTTP://WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FAQ/TORNADO/F-SCALE.HTML.
LYNN MAXIMUK
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...(PRELIMINARY)
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1225 AM CST FRI MAR 17 2006
...DAMAGE SURVEY INFORMATION FOR THE EARLY EVENING OF MARCH 12 2006
TORNADOES OVER NORTHERN CALHOUN...EXTREME SOUTHEAST PIKE AND
NORTHERN GREENE COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
PERSONNEL FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES IN ST LOUIS AND
PADUCAH CONDUCTED A DAMAGE ASSESSMENT OVER NORTHERN CALHOUN..EXTREME
SOUTHEAST PIKE AND NORTHERN GREENE COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.
THREE TORNADOES WERE UNCOVERED OVER THESE AREAS.
THE FIRST TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF
HILLCREST AND BELLEVIEW ROADS ON FARMERS RIDGE OR 5 MILES NORTHWEST
OF KAMPSVILLE IN NORTH CENTRAL CALHOUN COUNTY AT APPROXIMATELY 7:04
PM CST. THE TORNADO DAMAGED A MACHINE SHED..ONE OTHER SMALLER
OUTBUILDING AND DOWNED A FEW LARGE TREES. THE TORNADO LIFTED AND
TOUCHED DOWN A SECOND TIME NEAR HIGHWAY 100 OR 4 MILES SOUTH OF THE
TOWN OF PEARL ILLINOIS. THE TORNADO DAMAGED A BARN AND DOWNED A
NUMBER OF LARGE TREES. THE DAMAGE PATHS AT BOTH LOCATIONS WERE LESS
THAN 100 YARDS LONG AND 40 YARDS WIDE. THE DAMAGE WAS RATED F0.
THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN ON A FARMSTEAD IN THE FLOODPLAIN 2.5
MILES SOUTHWEST OF HILLVIEW ILLINOIS IN GREENE COUNTY. TWO MACHINE
SHEDS WERE DESTROYED WHILE A HOUSE SUSTAINED ROOF..WINDOW AND SIDING
DAMAGE. THE TORNADO PATH AT THIS LOCATION WAS OVER 100 YARDS WHILE
THE DAMAGE WIDTH WAS LESS THAN 50 YARDS. THE DAMAGE WAS RATED F1 AT
THIS LOCATION.
THE TORNADO MOVED ACROSS THE TOWN OF HILLVIEW ILLINOIS AT
APPROXIMATELY 7:15 PM CST. A NUMBER OF HOMES SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE
WHILE ONE TWO STORY BRICK BUILDING WAS DAMAGED. SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS
AND A FEW LARGE TREES WERE ALSO DOWN IN TOWN. THE WIDTH OF THE
DAMAGE AREA WAS APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS AND THE DAMAGE INTENSITY WAS
F0.
THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTHEAST AN LAY A CONTINOUS PATH OF
MAINLY TREE DAMAGE FROM HILLVIEW TO PATTERSON ILLINOIS. TWO MACHINE
SHEDS AT A FARMSTEAD 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PATTERSON WERE DESTROYED.
THE WIDTH OF THE DAMAGE AREA WAS 75 YARDS WIDE AND WAS RATED F0 -
F1. IN THE TOWN OF PATTERSON A NUMBER OF HOMES SUSTAINED VARYING
DEGREES OF DAMAGE WHILE ONE HOUSE TRAILER WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED.
THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTHEAST OVER FARMLANDS NORTHEAST OF
PATTERSON TO 1.0 MILE NORTH NORTHEAST OF THE SMALL COMMUNITY OF
BARROW. SEVERAL LARGE GRAIN SILOS AND MACHINE SHEDS WERE DESTROYED
WHILE TWO FARM HOMES SUSTAINED VARYING DEGREES OF DAMAGE. DEBRIS
FROM THE SILOS AND MACHINE SHEDS WERE TOSSED 1/8 TO 1/4 MILE TO THE
NORTHEAST. THE TORNADO ALSO DOWNED OVER A MILE OF HIGH VOLTAGE POWER
LINES ALONG HIGHWAY 106. THE TORNADO MOVED ACROSS THE GREENE - SCOTT
COUNTY LINE JUST EAST OF QUEEN ROAD...2.5 MILES SOUTHWEST MANCHESTER
ILLINOIS. THE WIDTH OF THE DAMAGE AREA RANGED FROM 75 TO 100 YARDS
WHILE THE DAMAGE INTENSITY NORTHEAST OF BARROW WAS RATED F2. THE
TOTAL DAMAGE TRACK OF THE FIRST TORNADO WAS 22 MILES.
A SECOND TORNADO FORMED 0.75 MILES SOUTH OF THE FIRST TORNADO
APPROXIMATELY 2.0 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BARROW AT 7:20 PM CST. THIS
TORNADO INITIALLY DAMAGED A FEW MACHINE SHEDS AND GRAIN SILOS WEST
OF HIGHWAY 106 THEN TRAVELED THROUGH THE TOWN OF BARROW...INJURING
TWO PEOPLE...DESTROYING TWO HOUSE TRAILERS AND DAMAGING A NUMBER OF
HOMES IN TOWN. THE SECOND TORNADO CONTINUED TO PARALLEL THE FIRST
TORNADO THEN LIFTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROADS 2550E AND
2750N OR 1.0 MILE EAST NORTHEAST OF BARROW. THE DAMAGE WIDTH OF THIS
TORNADO WAS APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS AND TOTAL DAMAGE LENGTH WAS 3.5
MILES. THE DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TORNADO WAS RATED F1.
A WITNESS IN THE TOWN OF BARROW SAW BOTH OF THESE TORNADOES ON THE
GROUND AT THE SAME TIME.
A THIRD TORNADO FORMED 0.25 MILE NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF 2700N
AND HIGHWAY 106... 1.0 MILE NORTHWEST OF BARROW AT APPROXIMATELY
7:20 PM CST. THIS TORNADO WAS APPROXIMATELY 0.25 MILE NORTH OF THE
FIRST TORNADO DAMAGE TRACK AND ALSO PARALLELED THE FIRST DAMAGE
TRACK. ONE HOME ON THE FARMSTEAD SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WHILE TWO
MACHINE SHEDS WERE DESTROYED. THREE OTHER MACHINE SHEDS WERE
DESTROYED BY THIS TORNADO SOUTH OF THE GREENE - SCOTT COUNTY LINE.
THE TOTAL DAMAGE TRACK OF THE THIRD TORNADO WAS 2 MILES WHILE THE
DAMAGE WIDTH WAS 75 YARDS. THE DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TORNADO
WAS F1 INTENSITY.
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
825 PM CST WED MAR 15 2006
...UPDATE ON MARCH 12TH 2006 TORNADO SURVEYS...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD IS CONTINUING TO GATHER
DATA AND CONDUCT STORM SURVEYS ON THE MARCH 12TH TORNADO OUTBREAK.
AT THIS TIME DAMAGE SURVEYS HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED ON 12 CONFIRMED
TORNADO TRACKS...WITH ADDITIONAL SURVEYS STILL TO BE CONDUCTED
TOMORROW TO INVESTIGATE 2 TO 3 ADDITIONAL POSSIBLE TORNADO TRACKS
AND A CONTINUATION OF AN ALREADY CONFIRMED TORNADO TRACK.
HERE ARE SOME PRELIMINARY STATISTICS ON THE TORNADO OUTBREAK...THESE
NUMBERS WILL BE UPDATED AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS GATHERED. IN
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD COUNTY WARNING AREA:
NUMBER OF TORNADOS: 12 (INCLUDING 2 F0'S, 4 F1'S, 3 F2'S, AND 3 F3'S)
NUMBER OF FATALITIES: 1 (IN LAWRENCE COUNTY)
NUMBER OF INJURIES: 36
NUMBER OF HOMES DESTROYED: 202
NUMBER OF HOMES DAMAGED: 366 (NOT INCLUDING THOSE DESTROYED)
HERE IS A RUNDOWN OF THE PRELIMINARY STATISTICS FROM FOR EACH OF THE
12 TORNADO TRACKS THAT HAVE BEEN SURVEYED:
1) AT APPROXIMATELY 400 PM A TORNADO MOVED INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST
BENTON COUNTY FROM HENRY COUNTY BEFORE MOVING BACK NORTH OUT OF THE
COUNTY AND INTO PETTIS COUNTY. THE DAMAGE IN BENTON COUNTY WAS RATED
F1 INTENSITY ON THE FUJITA SCALE. THE TORNADO MOVED INTO BENTON
COUNTY AROUND 405 PM AND MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY AT APPROXIMATELY
410 PM. TOTAL PATH LENGTH IN BENTON COUNTY WAS ABOUT 5 MILES WITH A
MAXIMUM WIDTH OF ABOUT 200 YARDS.
2) AT APPROXIMATELY 847 PM THE SECOND TORNADO TOUCH DOWN OCCURRED IN
SOUTHERN VERNON COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF SHELDON. THIS TORNADO MOVED
NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHWEST CEDAR COUNTY AND INTO SOUTH CENTRAL ST.
CLAIR COUNTY WITH DAMAGE TRACKED TO ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTH OF VISTA IN
ST. CLAIR COUNTY. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE SURVEYS WILL BE CONDUCTED
THURSDAY NORTHEAST OF THIS AREA TO DETERMINE WHERE EXACTLY THIS
TORNADO LIFTED. THIS TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR APPROXIMATELY 38
MILES WITH A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF NEARLY A 1/4 MILE. THE DAMAGE
ASSESSMENT INDICATES THAT THE MAXIMUM INTENSITY OF THIS TORNADO WAS
F2 ON THE FUJITA SCALE JUST SOUTH OF EL DORADO SPRINGS.
3) AT APPROXIMATELY 855 PM THE THIRD TORNADO TOUCHDOWN OF THE DAY
WAS SPAWNED FROM THE SAME SUPERCELL WHICH PRODUCED TORNADO NUMBER 2.
THIS NEXT TORNADO WAS A BRIEF TOUCHED JUST NORTH OF MONTEVALLO AND
PRODUCED F1 INTENSITY DAMAGE ON THE FUJITA SCALE. THIS TORNADO WAS
ON THE GROUND FOR ABOUT 1 MILE WITH A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF AROUND 200
YARDS.
4) AT APPROXIMATELY 918 PM THE NEXT TORNADO TO TOUCH DOWN ON MARCH
12TH WAS IN BARTON COUNTY NEAR BOSTON. THERE WAS AN INTERMITTENT
DAMAGE TRACK FROM BARTON COUNTY NORTHEAST ACROSS
DADE...CEDAR...POLK...AND HICKORY COUNTY. THIS TORNADO WAS ON THE
GROUND FOR APPROXIMATELY 40 MILES WITH A MAXIMUM INTENSITY OF F0 ON
THE FUJITA SCALE AND A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF APPROXIMATELY 30 YARDS.
5) AT APPROXIMATELY 922 PM THE NEXT TORNADO TO TOUCH DOWN WAS IN
NEWTON COUNTY. THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF SENECA AND MOVED NORTHEASTWARD LIFTING 3 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF NEOSHO. THIS TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR
APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES WITH A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 1/8TH OF A MILE AND
HAD A MAXIMUM INTENSITY OF F1 ON THE FUJITA SCALE.
6) AT APPROXIMATELY 938 PM THE SAME STORM THAT SPAWNED TORNADO
NUMBER 5 IN NEWTON COUNTY WENT ON TO PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL F0
TORNADO SHORTLY AFTER THE FIRST TORNADO LIFTED. THIS TORNADO TOUCHED
DOWN APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE WEST OF NEOSHO AND WAS ON THE GROUND FOR
1/10TH OF A MILE.
7) THE NEXT TORNADO TO TOUCH DOWN WAS IN LAWRENCE COUNTY AT
APPROXIMATELY 1008 PM AND WAS SPAWNED BY THE SAME SUPERCELL WHICH
PRODUCED THE TORNADOES IN NEWTON COUNTY. THIS TORNADO BEGAN ITS PATH
JUST NORTH OF VERONA IN LAWRENCE COUNTY AND CONTINUED
EAST-NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH NORTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN AND SOUTHEASTERN
GREENE COUNTIES LIFTING JUST WEST OF THE WEBSTER GREENE COUNTY LINE
BETWEEN A HIGHWAY AND AD HIGHWAY. THIS TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR
APPROXIMATELY 40 MILES WITH A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 1/2 MILE. THE MOST
INTENSE DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM OCCURRED BETWEEN NIXA AND BILLINGS
AND THIS TORNADO WAS RATED WITH A MAXIMUM INTENSITY OF F3 ON THE
FUJITA SCALE.
8) AT APPROXIMATELY 1017 PM THE NEXT TORNADO TOUCH DOWN OCCURRED IN
HICKORY COUNTY 5 MILES WEST OF PITTSBURG AND CONTINUED ON THE GROUND
TO 3 MILES EAST OF HERMITAGE. THIS TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR
APPROXIMATELY 9 MILES AND HAD A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 1/4 MILE. THE
MAXIMUM INTENSITY OF THIS TORNADO WAS F3 ON THE FUJITA SCALE.
9) THE NEXT TORNADO TO TOUCH DOWN WAS IN MORGAN COUNTY AROUND 1025
PM APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRAVOIS MILLS. THIS TORNADO
WAS ON THE GROUND FOR ABOUT 6 MILES WITH A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF
APPROXIMATELY 3/8TH OF A MILE. THE MAXIMUM INTENSITY OF THIS TORNADO
WAS RATED F2 ON THE FUJITA SCALE.
10) THE NEXT TORNADO TO AFFECT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
SPRINGFIELD'S COUNTY WARNING AREA WAS IN SOUTHERN STONE COUNTY AT
AROUND 1057 PM. THE TORNADO CROSSED THE STATE LINE FROM CARROLL
COUNTY ARKANSAS INTO SOUTHERN STONE COUNTY AND MOVED INTO SOUTHERN
STONE COUNTY 1 MILE EAST SOUTHEAST OF CARR LANE AND TRAVELED
NORTHEASTWARD FOR 3 MILES INTO STONE COUNTY. THE PATH WAS
APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS WIDE WITH A MAXIMUM INTENSITY OF F1.
11) AT 1103 PM...THE NEXT TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN WEBSTER COUNTY
APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORDLAND AND CONTINUED
NORTHEASTWARD FOR APPROXIMATELY 11 MILES LIFTING NORTH OF DIGGINS.
THIS TORNADO WAS RATED AN F2 INTENSITY ON THE FUJITA SCALE AND HAD A
MAXIMUM WIDTH OF APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE.
12) THE FINAL TORNADO THAT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED SO FAR TOUCHED DOWN AT
APPROXIMATELY 1120 PM ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF DIGGINS AND CONTINUED
NORTHEASTWARD INTO WRIGHT COUNTY EVENTUALLY LIFTING AFTER CROSSING
INTO SOUTHEAST LACLEDE COUNTY NEAR COMPETITION. THIS TORNADO WAS ON
THE GROUND FOR APPROXIMATELY 31 MILES WITH A MAXIMUM WIDTH SLIGHTLY
LARGER THAN 1/2 MILE WIDE. THE MAXIMUM INTENSITY WAS RATED F3 ON THE
FUJITA SCALE.
HERE IS THE FUJITA SCALE:
F0: GALE TORNADO (40-72 MPH)
F1: MODERATE TORNADO (73-122 MPH)
F2: SIGNIFICANT TORNADO (113-157 MPH)
F3: SEVERE TORNADO (158-206 MPH)
F4: DEVASTATING TORNADO (207-260 MPH)
F5: INCREDIBLE TORNADO (260-318 MPH)
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL BE CONDUCTING ADDITIONAL SURVEYS
OF DAMAGE IN OZARK...SOUTHEAST DOUGLAS...DENT...BENTON...AND EASTERN
ST CLAIR COUNTIES THURSDAY. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM THESE
SURVEYS WILL LIKELY BE AVAILABLE LATE THURSDAY OR FRIDAY.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE MANY PEOPLE WHO
HAVE HELPED IN THE STORM SURVEY PROCESS.
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1130 AM CST THU MAR 16 2006
...PRELIMINARY DAMAGE SURVEY INFORMATION FOR THE MARCH 11 2006
TORNADIC SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND
SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
PERSONNEL FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN ST LOUIS HAVE
SPENT THE LAST 3 DAYS SURVEYING THE TRACK OF THE TORNADIC SUPERCELL
WHICH MOVED ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS ON THE
EVENING OF MARCH 11. THIS STORM ACTUALLY ORIGINATED IN SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI. THIS SURVEY PROVIDES INFORMATION FOR THE STORM WITHIN
THE NWS ST LOUIS COUNTY WARNING AREA.
A GROUND SURVEY REVEALS 3 SEPARATE TORNADOES OCCURRED. DETAILS ARE AS
FOLLOWS:
THE FIRST TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN EAST CENTRAL REYNOLDS COUNTY
JUST EAST OF HIGHWAY 21 NEAR ROUTE O. THE TORNADO TRAVELED TO THE
NORTHEAST FOR APPROXIMATELY 26 MILES...CROSSING ROUTE V...HIGHWAY
49 JUST SOUTH OF CHLORIDE IN IRON COUNTY...ROUTE E...AND THEN LIFTING
JUST NORTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 72 AND ROUTE K IN
MADISON COUNTY. DAMAGE VARIED FROM F0 TO F1 INTENSITY ALONG THE
PATH.
THE SECOND TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AROUND 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE
HIGHWAY 67 AND ROUTE H INTERSECTION IN MADISON COUNTY. THE TORNADO
TRAVELED NORTHEAST FOR AROUND 7.5 MILES...CROSSING NEAR THE TOWN
OF MINE LA MOTTE AT ROUTE OO...MOVING ALONG ROUTE T JUST WEST OF
WOMACK...AND THEN LIFTING AROUND 1 MILE TO THE NORTHEAST OF WOMACK.
DAMAGE VARIED FROM F0 TO F1 INTENSITY ALONG THE PATH.
THE THIRD TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST EAST OF ROUTE WW AND 1 MILE NORTH
OF HOLMES ROAD IN STE GENEVIEVE COUNTY. THE TORNADO TRAVELED
NORTHEAST AROUND 4 MILES CROSSING THE STE GENEVIEVE AND PERRY COUNTY
LINE NEAR ROUTE N AROUND 1.5 MILES SOUTH OF MINNITH. DAMAGE ALONG
THIS PORTION OF THE TORNADO PATH VARIED FROM F1 TO F2 INTENSITY. THE
TORNADO THEN TRACKED ACROSS NORTHERN PERRY COUNTY IN THE NWS
PADUCAH COUNTY WARNING AREA PRODUCING F2 TO F3 INTENSITY DAMAGE.
THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED INTO RANDOLPH COUNTY ILLINOIS MOVING ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF KASKASKIA ISLAND. THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER CONTINUING TO MOVE NORTHEAST JUST NORTH OF THE
CHESTER CORRECTIONAL CENTER. THE TORNADO TRAVELED ACROSS RANDOLPH
COUNTY FOR 22.5 MILES...CROSSING HIGHWAY 3 AROUND 1 MILE NORTHWEST OF
CHESTER...JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 150 NEAR BREMEN...HIGHWAY 150 AGAIN 1
MILE WEST OF STEELEVILLE...THE INTERSECTION OF ROADS 3100 EAST AND
1600 NORTH...EXITING RANDOLPH COUNTY 1.5 MILES SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 154
ON COUNTY LINE ROAD. DAMAGE VARIED FROM F1 TO F2 INTENSITY ALONG
THIS PORTION OF THE TORNADO PATH. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST
INTO PERRY COUNTY ILLINOIS. PERSONNEL FROM THE NWS OFFICE IN PADUCAH
WILL BE SURVEYING THAT PORTION OF THE DAMAGE TRACK.
ARIAL SURVEYS WILL BE COMPLETED ALONG ALL THESE TORNADO PATHS OVER
THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THIS MAY RESULT IN CHANGES TO SOME OF THE
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT (PRELIMINARY)
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
335 PM CST WED MAR 15 2006
...VIOLENT TORNADO STRIKES PARTS OF MONROE COUNTY MISSOURI DURING
THE EVENING OF MARCH 12 2006 (MIDDLE GROVE...PARIS...MONROE CITY TORNADOES)
A DETAILED DAMAGE ASSESSMENT WAS COMPLETED OVER MONROE COUNTY
MISSOURI. THE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT REVEALED THAT TWO TORNADIC DAMAGE
PATHS WERE UNCOVERED OVER MONROE COUNTY MISSOURI.
THE FIRST TORNADO ENTERED SOUTHWEST MONROE COUNTY MISSOURI FROM
RANDOLPH COUNTY APPROXIMATELY 11/2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MIDDLE GROVE
AT 933 PM CST. DAMAGE TO FARM STRUCTURES AND TREES WITHIN AND SOUTH
OF MIDDLE GROVE WERE RATED F1 ON THE FUJITA SCALE. THE DAMAGE TRACK
WAS 1/8 TO 1/4 MILE WIDE. THE TORNADO ASSOCIATED WITH THE TORNADIC
SUPERCELL CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTHEAST MAINLY OVER RURAL AREAS 2
MILES SOUTH OF MADISON MISSOURI. ONE MOBILE HOME WAS COMPLETELY
DESTROYED WHILE A TWO STORY HOME SUSTAINED CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE. THE
DAMAGE WIDTH AT THIS LOCATION WAS 200 YARDS WHILE DAMAGE INTENSITY
WAS RATED F2.
THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTHEAST 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MADISON
AND DESTROYED A SECOND MOBILE HOME. AT THIS TIME A SECOND TORNADO
FORMED APPROXIMATELY 300 YARDS SOUTHEAST OF THE FIRST TORNADO AND
SEVERELY DAMAGED A HOME. BOTH TORNADOES TRAVELED PARALLEL FOR ABOUT
100 YARDS UNTIL THE FIRST TORNADO (NORTHERN-MOST) LIFTED. THE DAMAGE
PATHS OF EACH TORNADO WAS APPROXIMATELY 200 YARDS WIDE. THIS TYPE OF
TORNADIC EVOLUTION APPEARED TO BE SIMILAR TO FINDINGS DISCOVERED BY
DR TED FUJITA WHEN SURVEYING THE APRIL 15 1965 PALM SUNDAY TORNADIC
OUTBREAK NEAR ELKHART INDIANA. THE SECOND TORNADO CONTINUED TO MOVE
NORTHEAST AND EVENTUALLY LIFTED APPROXIMATELY 200 YARDS SOUTH OF
U.S. 24... ABOUT 3.5 MILES WEST OF PARIS ILLINOIS. THE WIDTH OF THE
DAMAGE AREA WHERE THE SECOND TORNADO LIFTED WAS 100 YARDS.
THIS FUNNEL TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE NORTH OF PARIS
AND DESTROYED TWO HOMES JUST EAST OF HIGHWAY 15 ON HIGHWAY 15 SPUR.
THE HOME NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 15 SPUR WAS WELL BUILT. A LARGE PICKUP
TRUCK FROM ONE HOMES WAS TOSSED OVER 100 YARDS INTO THE LIVING ROOM
OF THE SECOND STRONGER BUILT HOME ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SPUR. THE
HOME SOUTH OF THE SPUR WAS COMPLETELY LEVELED WHILE A SMALL PART OF
THE EASTERN AND THE NORTHERN WALLS OF THE STRONGER BUILT HOME
REMAINED STANDING. TWO MACHINE SHEDS NEAR THIS HOME WERE ALSO
COMPLETELY DESTROYED. DEBRIS FROM BOTH HOMES WAS DOCUMENTED OVER 1/2
MILE TO THE NORTHEAST. THE DAMAGE INTENSITY WAS RATED THE LOWER END
OF F4 AT THIS LOCATION WHILE THE DAMAGE AREA WAS 1/4 MILE WIDE. THE
TORNADO CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTHEAST OVER RURAL AREAS NORTHEAST OF
PARIS AND APPROXIMATELY 1 TO 1.25 MILES NORTHWEST OF U.S. 24. TWO
MOBILE HOMES WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED WHILE TWO OTHER HOMES
SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. A WITNESS NEAR ONE OF THE HOMES
OBSERVED THE TORNADO WITH NEARLY CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING. THE DAMAGE
WAS RATED BETWEEN F2 AND F3 OVER THIS AREA WHILE THE DAMAGE WIDTH
WAS OVER 500 YARDS. NUMEROUS TREES WERE EITHER SNAPPED OR UPROOTED
OVER THESE AREAS. THE DAMAGE INTENSITY WEAKENED TO LOW END F1 AS IT
CROSSED HIGHWAY V OR APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES NORTH OF U.S. 24 BEFORE
LIFTING. DEBRIS FROM THE TORNADO WAS STILL OBSERVED 1 MILE NORTHEAST
OF HIGHWAY V. THE DAMAGE AREA ON HIGHWAY V WAS 75 TO 100 YARDS WIDE.
THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN A THIRD TIME 1.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONROE
CITY AND MOVED THROUGH THE CENTER PART OF TOWN BEFORE LIFTING ON THE
NORTHEAST SIDE. SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES WERE DESTROYED ON THE NEAR WEST
SIDE OF TOWN. A CHURCH SUSTAINED CONSIDERABLE ROOF AND SIDE DAMAGE
AND A SECOND BUILDING SUSTAINED ROOF AND WALL DAMAGE. THE DAMAGE
AREA WAS 75 YARDS WIDE WHILE THE DAMAGE INTENSITY OVER THIS AREA WAS
RATED BETWEEN F1 AND F2 INTENSITY ON THE FUJITA SCALE.
ADDITIONAL PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS ABOUT THE TORNADIC DAMAGE
FROM THE MARCH 11-12 TORNDOES WILL BE RELEASED DURING THE NEXT TWO
DAYS.
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
515 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI HAS CONCLUDED
STORM SURVEYS FROM TORNADOES THAT OCCURRED ON SATURDAY MARCH 11.
A NATIONAL WEATHER SURVEY TEAM INDICATED THAT TWO F-0 TORNADOES
TRACKED ACROSS TANEY COUNTY. THE FIRST TRACKED FROM NEAR TABLE ROCK
STATE PARK TO GRETNA IN THE BRANSON AREA. THIS WAS A BROKEN TRACK
WITH DAMAGE PRIMARILY TO TREES AND POWERLINES. A TREE WAS BLOWN ONTO
A HOUSE. THE SECOND TRACK IN TANEY COUNTY OCCURRED FROM NEAR FORSYTH
TO TANEYVILLE. DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TORNADO WAS MAINLY TO
TREES AND POWERLINES. THE TRACK OF THIS TORNADO WAS 130 YARDS WIDE
AND A PATH LENGTH 300 YARDS LONG.
ANOTHER F-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN DOUGLAS COUNTY APPROXIMATELY 11
MILES SOUTH OF MOUNTAIN GROVE. A TRAILER WAS PICKED UP AND FLIPPED
ALONG WITH TREES TOPPED. HOUSE AND TREE DAMAGE ALSO OCCURRED NEAR
SKYLINE. THE TORNADO WIDTH WAS 75 YARDS WITH A PATH LENGTH OF 200
YARDS.
A F-0 TORNADO ALSO TOUCHED DOWN IN PHELPS COUNTY IN THE ELK PRAIRIE
AND WINKLER AREAS. DAMAGE OCCURRED TO TREES AND POWERLINES. THE
TORNADO WIDTH WAS 35 YARDS WIDE WITH A PATH LENGTH OF 50 YARDS.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
450 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006
...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAMS ASSESSMENT OF TORNADO
TRACKS...
SEVERAL SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS SPAWNED TORNADOES ACROSS THE
MISSOURI OZARKS SUNDAY EVENING. FIVE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAMS WERE
DISPATCHED TO SURVEY THE DAMAGE ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS.
A NATIONAL WEATHER SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT A F-1 TO F-2 TORNADO
TRACKED FROM JUST NORTH OF VERONA TO JUST NORTH OF MARIONVILLE IN
SOUTHEAST LAWRENCE COUNTY WHERE THE TRACK WIDTH WAS FROM 100 YARDS
TO NEAR ONE HALF MILE. THE TORNADO CONTINUED EAST NORTHEAST INTO
CHRISTIAN COUNTY TO JUST SOUTHEAST OF BILLINGS. A BRIEF SWATH OF F-3
TORNADO DAMAGE WAS FOUND SOUTHEAST OF BILLINGS WHERE TWO HOMES WERE
DESTROYED. THE TORNADO THEN TRACKED ACROSS NORTHERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY
SOUTH OF TERRELL TO NEAR HIGHWAY EE AND 65 NORTH OF NIXA WITH A
PATH WIDTH NEAR ONE HALF OF A MILE. THE TORNADO CONTINUED INTO FAR
SOUTHEAST GREENE COUNTY...WEBSTER AND WRIGHT COUNTIES...THEN LIFTED
JUST NORTHEAST OF COMPETITION IN SOUTHEAST LACLEDE COUNTIES.
FARTHER NORTH ANOTHER SURVEY TEAM REVEALED THAT F-1 TO F-2 TORNADO
DAMAGE OCCURRED IN CEDAR COUNTY SOUTHEAST OF EL DORADO SPRINGS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTINUES TO BECOME AVAILABLE AND UPDATES
WILL BE POSTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ON THE TORNADO DAMAGE WILL LIKELY BE
AVAILABLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON DAMAGE...VIDEO OR PICTURES OF DAMAGE OR
THE STORMS ARE ASKED TO RELAY THAT INFORMATION ON TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD, MO
550 PM CDT MON MARCH 13 2006
...F-2 TORNADO HITS THE GRAVOIS MILLS AREA SUNDAY EVENING...
AT APPROXIMATELY 1020 PM CST SUNDAY...A 3/8 MILE WIDE TORNADO PATH
WAS NOTED EXTENDING FROM THREE MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRAVOIS
MILLS...ACROSS STATE HIGHWAY 5 JUST SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF
CR-5-14...ACROSS THE GRAVOIS ARM OF THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS...TO FIVE
MILES EAST OF GRAVOIS MILLS BEFORE LIFTING.
MOST OF THE DAMAGE WAS F-0 TO F-1...RESTRICTED TO DAMAGED
HOMES...DAMAGED/DESTROYED OUTBUILDINGS/MOBILE HOMES...AND DOWNED
TREES ON HOMES/CARS/OUTBUILDINGS. FIVE TRAILER HOMES WERE SEVERELY
DAMAGE AND ONE WAS OVERTURNED AND ESSENTIALLY DESTROYED ALONG
HIGHWAY 5...ABOUT TWO MILES SOUTH OF GRAVOIS MILLS. A WOOD FRAMED
GARAGE WAS LIFTED AND DESTROYED ON THE EAST OF THE GRAVOIS ARM WITH
THE CONTENTS REMAINING IN PLACE.
WITHIN THE WIDE PATH OF DAMAGE...A NARROW TRACK OF STRONG F-2 DAMAGE
TO THREE FRAMED HOMES WAS OBSERVED NEAR THE LAKE...ONE ON THE WEST
SIDE OF THE LAKE AND TWO ON THE EAST SIDE. NUMEROUS OTHER HOMES HAD
ROOF DAMAGE.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD, MO
550 PM CDT MON MARCH 13 2006
...MORE INFORMATION COMPLETING THE TRACK OF THE STRONG TORNADO FROM
LAWRENCE INTO CHRISTIAN AND GREENE COUNTIES...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE SURVEY TEAMS HAVE DETERMINED THAT A
TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY ABOUT A MILE NORTH
NORTHEAST OF VERONA AND TRACKED EAST NORTHEASTWARD CROSSING INTO
WESTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY JUST NORTH OF MARIONVILLE. THE STORM THEN
TRACKED ACROSS NORTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY BEFORE CROSSING INTO
SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF GALLOWAY. IT THEN CONTINUED
NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTY EVENTUALLY LIFTING
BETWEEN AD HIGHWAY AND D HIGHWAY JUST WEST OF THE GREENE-WEBSTER
COUNTY LINE IN GREENE COUNTY.
THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 PM AND REMAINED ON
THE GROUND FOR JUST UNDER AN HOUR LIFTING AT APPROXIMATELY 1050 PM.
THE MAJORITY OF THE DAMAGE ALONG THE PATH OF THE TORNADO WAS F0 AND
F1INTENSITY AND MOSTLY TO TREES. THE MAJORITY OF HOMES IN THE DAMAGE
SWATH SUSTAINED ANYWHERE FROM 25 PERCENT TO 75 PERCENT ROOF DAMAGE
AS WELL AS DAMAGE TO EXTERIOR WALLS. A MOBILE HOME WAS ROLLED ACROSS
THE HIGHWAY WEST OF MARIONVILLE AND TWO HOMES WERE TOTALLY DESTROYED
NORTH OF CLEVER. THE MAJORITY OF THE DAMAGE IN GREENE COUNTY WAS
CONFINED TO TREES AND POWER LINES...HOWEVER THERE WAS SOME
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO HOMES NEAR THE GREENE-CHRISTIAN COUNTY LINE.
MAXIMUM INTENSITY: F3 (158-206 MPH)
MAXIMUM WIDTH: APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE
TOTAL PATH LENGTH: 40 MILES
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
655 PM CDT MON MARCH 13 2006
...STRONG TORNADOES HIT WEBSTER WRIGHT AND LACLEDE COUNTIES...
THE SAME SUPERCELL THAT PRODUCED THE TORNADO THAT TRACKED FROM NEAR
VERONA TO SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD WENT ON TO PRODUCE ANOTHER
TORNADO SHORTLY AFTER 1100 PM IN SOUTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY. THIS
TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES NORTH OF FORDLAND NEAR FF
HIGHWAY. THE TORNADO THEN TRACKED NORTHEASTWARD FOR APPROXIMATELY 8
MILES LIFTING JUST BEFORE REACHING P HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 1115
PM. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO TREES AND BARNS ALONG THE PATH
WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE DAMAGE F0 TO F1 INTENSITY ALONG THE PATH.
THE MOST INTENSE DAMAGE OCCURRED NEAR FF HIGHWAY WHERE TWO SINGLE
WIDE MOBILE HOMES WITH STEAL STRAPS WERE COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED WITH
DEBRIS SCATTERED WELL DOWNSTREAM.
MAXIMUM INTENSITY: F2 (113-157 MPH)
MAXIMUM WIDTH: APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE
TOTAL PATH LENGTH: APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES
THE SAME SUPERCELL WENT ON TO PRODUCE ANOTHER TORNADO OVER EASTERN
WEBSTER COUNTY. THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AROUND 1110 PM
APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES NORTH OF DIGGINS. EYE-WITNESS ACCOUNTS AND
DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS INDICATE THAT THIS WAS AN EXTREMELY LARGE
TORNADO...SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN A HALF MILE WIDE AT TIMES. THIS
TORNADO TRACKED NORTHEAST CROSSING INTO WRIGHT COUNTY JUST NORTH OF
DUNCAN. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO TRACK NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS WRIGHT
COUNTY TRACKING JUST NORTHWEST OF DURBIN AND JUST WEST OF JERKTAIL.
THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED INTO SOUTHEAST LACLEDE COUNTY NEAR THE
COMMUNITY OF COMPETITION TRACKING NORTHEASTWARD TO A FEW MILES
NORTHEAST OF COMPETITION BEFORE LIFTING AT APPROXIMATELY 1150 PM.
DAMAGE ALONG THE MAJORITY OF THE TORNADO TRACK WAS OF F0 TO F1
INTENSITY...WITH HUNDREDS UPON HUNDREDS OF TREES UPROOTED AND MANY
POWER LINES DOWN. THE TORNADO PRIMARY REMAINED OVER RURAL AREAS WITH
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE CONFINED LARGELY TO BARNS AND OUTBUILDINGS. THE
MOST INTENSE TORNADO DAMAGE...F3 INTENSITY...OCCURRED IN FAR EASTERN
WEBSTER COUNTY WHERE A WELL CONSTRUCTED HOME WAS ESSENTIALLY
DESTROYED WITH ONLY INTERIOR WALLS STILL STANDING. DEBRIS FROM THIS
HOME...INCLUDING THE ROOF...WAS SCATTERED UP TO A HALF MILE
DOWNSTREAM. SURROUNDING THE HOME A LARGE SWATH OF TREES WERE
COMPLETELY MOWED DOWN WITH EVERY TREE EITHER UPROOTED OR SNAPPED IN
HALF.
ADDITIONAL STRONG TORNADO DAMAGE...F2 INTENSITY...WAS OBSERVED A FEW
MILES DOWNSTREAM OVER FAR WESTERN WRIGHT COUNTY WHERE A STRAPPED
DOWN DOUBLE WIDE MOBILE HOME WAS LIFTED AND BLOWN INTO A TREE. THE
TORNADO WIDTH WAS SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN 1/2 MILE WIDE AS IT MOVED
FROM EASTERN WEBSTER COUNTY INTO WESTERN WRIGHT COUNTY. INDICATIONS
FROM THE DAMAGE ARE THAT THE TORNADO BEGAN TO WEAKEN CONSIDERABLY AS
IT PASSED SOUTH OF GROVESPRING WITH PRIMARILY F0 DAMAGE WITH
ISOLATED SPOTS OF F1 TREE DAMAGE FROM SOUTH OF GROVESPRING UNTIL IT
LIFTED IN SOUTHEAST LACLEDE COUNTY.
MAXIMUM INTENSITY: F3 (158-206 MPH)
MAXIMUM WIDTH: SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN 1/2 MILE
TOTAL PATH LENGTH: APPROXIMATELY 31 MILES
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
748 PM CDT TUE MARCH 14 2006
...TORNADOES STRIKE VERNON...ST.CLAIR...CEDAR...AND HICKORY COUNTIES
ON SUNDAY MARCH 12 2006...
SHELDON MISSOURI (VERNON COUNTY) TO 3 MILES SOUTH OF VISTA MISSOURI
(ST. CLAIR COUNTY) TORNADO TRACK:
AS PART OF AN INTENSE LINE OF SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS...AND F0
TORNADO FORMED AND TOUCHED DOWN NEAR SHELDON MISSOURI IN VERNON
COUNTY UPROOTING AND TOPPING SEVERAL LARGE TREES. THIS TORNADO
TRACKED NORTHEAST BETWEEN BELLAMY AND ROUSERTOWN TO ONE QUARTER MILE
NORTHWEST OF MONTEVALLO. ALONG THIS PORTION OF THE TRACK THE TORNADO
INTENSIFIED TO F1...DESTROYING NUMEROUS FARM BUILDINGS AND DAMAGING
SEVERAL HOMES NEAR MONTEVALLO.
THE PATH CONTINUED NORTHEAST FROM THE MONTEVALLO AREA ACROSS THE
CEDAR COUNTY LINE TO NEAR U AND HIGHWAY 32...OR ABOUT SIX MILES
SOUTH OF EL DORADO SPRINGS. THE TORNADO INTENSIFIED TO AN F2 AS IT
STRUCK A MOBILE HOME PARK DESTROYING SEVERAL TRAILERS...HOMES...AND
OUTBUILDINGS. SEVERAL VEHICLES...INCLUDING FARM EQUIPMENT...WERE
TOSSED SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET. THERE WERE AT LEAST NINE INJURIES AT
THE TRAILER PARK.
TORNADO INTENSITY DROPPED BACK TO AN F1 AS IT MOVED NORTHEAST ACROSS
HIGHWAY 39 NEAR HACKLEMAN CORNER THEN TO LEILA STORE WHERE SEVERAL
HOMES...A CHURCH...AND SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED.
JUST NORTHEAST OF LEILA STORE THE INTENSITY DROPPED TO F0. THE
TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST ACROSS HIGHWAY 54 NEAR HARDYVILLE AND
LIFTED ABOUT THREE MILES SOUTH OF VISTA IN ST. CLAIR COUNTY.
MAXIMUM INTENSITY: F2 SOUTH OF EL DORADO SPRINGS
MAXIMUM WIDTH: 1/4 MILE
TOTAL PATH LENGTH: 38 MILES
JUST NORTH OF MONTEVALLO ANOTHER F1 TORNADO TRACK WAS FOUND FROM 1/2
MILE SOUTHWEST OF VIRGIL CITY TO 1/4 MILE NORTHEAST OF VIRGIL CITY
IN CEDAR COUNTY. SEVERAL HOMES AND A CHURCH WERE DAMAGED OR
DESTROYED. THIS SHORT-LIVED TORNADO HAD A WIDTH OF 200 YARDS AND
TRAVELED ALMOST ONE MILE.
MAXIMUM INTENSITY: F1
MAXIMUM WIDTH: 200 YARDS
TOTAL PATH LENGTH: 1 MILE
A THIRD TORNADO TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED FROM BOSTON MISSOURI (BARTON
COUNTY) TO 3 MILES EAST OF WEAUBLEAU (HICKORY COUNTY). THIS TORNADO
DID NOT TOUCH THE GROUND VERY MUCH BUT TREE DAMAGE WAS EVIDENT ALONG
ITS 40 MILE TRACK. ITS MAXIMUM WIDTH WAS ABOUT 30 YARDS WIDE AND
INTENSITY LEVEL WAS ON THE LOW END OF F0. AN ADDITIONAL SURVEY WILL
BE ACCOMPLISHED ALONG THIS TRACK TO DETERMINE OTHER MORE SPECIFIC
DAMAGE.
MAXIMUM INTENSITY: F0
MAXIMUM WIDTH: 30 YARDS
TOTAL PATH LENGTH: 40 MILES
A FOURTH TORNADO TRACK OCCURRED FROM FIVE MILES WEST OF PITTSBURG
MISSOURI (HICKORY COUNTY)...WHICH IS ALSO ON THE SOUTHWEST SHORE OF
POMME DE TERRE LAKE...TO THREE MILES EAST OF HERMITAGE MISSOURI.
THIS WAS BY FAR THE MOST INTENSE TORNADO...REACHING F3 INTENSITY
ACROSS THE CARSONS CORNER AREA ALONG HIGHWAY 64. THERE WAS ONE
INJURY AND NUMEROUS HOMES...MOBILE HOMES...OUTBUILDINGS... VEHICLES
AND BOATS DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN SOUTH OF THE POMME DE TERRE GOLF COURSE
AND MOVED NORTHEAST ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF POMME DE TERRE
LAKE. ONCE ON LAND...THE TORNADO MOVED ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF
PITTSBURG MISSOURI AND INTENSIFIED TO F2. THERE WAS SEVERE DAMAGE TO
NUMEROUS HOMES AND MOBILE HOMES. THE TORNADO CONTINUED ACROSS THE
LAKE AND CROSSED LAND AGAIN NEAR DAMSITE PARK...WHERE IT LEVELED A
CAMPING AREA AND DESTROYED NUMEROUS UNOCCUPIED CAMPERS.
THE TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST FROM DAMSITE PARK AS AN F3 AND CROSSED
THE CARSONS CORNER AREA DAMAGING A CHURCH AND DESTROYING TWO
STORES...NUMEROUS BUILDINGS...PART OF A HOTEL...AND NUMEROUS
VEHICLES...BOATS AND CAMPERS. THE TORNADO CROSSED HIGHWAY 64 AND
SEVERELY DAMAGED A HOME. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST AS AN F1
AND FINALLY LIFTED THREE MILES EAST OF HERMITAGE MISSOURI.
MAXIMUM INTENSITY: F3
MAXIMUM WIDTH: 1/4 MILE
TOTAL PATH LENGTH: 9 MILES
Map of SGF area tornado tracks available here
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