3 Tornadoes Confirmed

The National Weather Service has confirmed three tornado touchdowns from today so far. They are listed below:

           
          NWS SURVEY HAS DETERMINED AN EF 0 TORNADO WITH A WIDTH
          OF 100 YARDS OCCURRED BETWEEN THE INTERSECTION OF
          HIGHWAY 13 AND WW AND THE INTERSECTION OF H HIGHWAY AND
          56. THE WIND WAS ESTIMATED AT 80 MPH WITH A WIDTH OF 100
          YARDS. END POINT OF TORNADO AT 37.4333N AND 93.3240.

            A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY REVEALED THAT AN
          EF-1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF FARM
          ROAD 115 AND WILLARD ROAD. A HOUSE SUSTAINED HEAVY DAMAGE
          WHILE SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED. THE TORNDO
          LIFTED APPROXIMATELY TWO MILES SOUTH OF FANTASTIC
          CAVERNS. PATH WIDTH WAS 50 YARDS AND THE LENGTH WAS 1.1
          MILES. WIND SPEEDS ARE ESTIMATED AT 95 MPH.


          *** 1 FATAL, 1 INJ *** NWS SURVEY HAS DETERMINED AN EF
          2 TORNADO WITH A WIDTH OF 400 YARDS AND AN ESTIMATED
          WIND SPEED OF 130 MPH OCCURRED ALONG A 4 MILE
          INTERMITTENT PATH. 3 FRAME HOUSES WERE DESTROYED AND
          NUMEROUS OUTBUILDINGS. TORNADO END POINT OF 37.51586N
          AND 93.04681W.

It is unfortunate that we have to report about this fatality. We will be updating the blog on this part of the story as we get more details and more storm surveys are completed across Southern Missouri.