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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO  
546 PM CDT WED MAY 21 2025  
   
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 5/19/25 TORNADO EVENT - UPDATE # 1
 
 
   
UPDATE
 
ADDITION OF THREE TORNADOES IN DENT COUNTY, BRINGING  
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TORNADOES WITHIN THE NWS SPRINGFIELD AREA  
OF RESPONSIBILITY TO 7 FOR THIS EVENT.  
   
CUSTER TORNADO
 
 
RATING: EF1  
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 93 MPH  
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.79 MILES  
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 500 YARDS  
FATALITIES: 0  
INJURIES: 0  
 
START DATE: 05/19/2025  
START TIME: 10:18 PM CDT  
START LOCATION: 2 ENE DARIEN / DENT COUNTY / MO  
START LAT/LON: 37.5342 / -91.5586  
 
END DATE: 05/19/2025  
END TIME: 10:21 PM CDT  
END LOCATION: 3 ENE DARIEN / DENT COUNTY / MO  
END LAT/LON: 37.5377 / -91.5449  
 
SURVEY SUMMARY:  
A SHORT LIVED TORNADO DAMAGED A BARN AND UPROOTED TREES ALONG AND  
EAST OF HIGHWAY Z TO THE WEST OF CUSTER. THIS TORNADO MAY EXTEND  
NORTHEAST DEPENDING ON FURTHER REPORTS.  
   
1 SE HOBSON
 
 
RATING: EF0  
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH  
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.97 MILES  
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 75 YARDS  
FATALITIES: 0  
INJURIES: 0  
 
START DATE: 05/19/2025  
START TIME: 10:20 PM CDT  
START LOCATION: 5 W HOWES / DENT COUNTY / MO  
START LAT/LON: 37.7201 / -91.6126  
 
END DATE: 05/19/2025  
END TIME: 10:21 PM CDT  
END LOCATION: 4 WNW HOWES / DENT COUNTY / MO  
END LAT/LON: 37.7274 / -91.5975  
 
SURVEY SUMMARY:  
A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST SOUTHEAST OF HOBSON ON COUNTY ROAD  
3180. TREES WERE UPROOTED AND BARNS WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED.  
   
SE SALEM
 
 
RATING: EF0  
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 78 MPH  
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.26 MILES  
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 500 YARDS  
FATALITIES: 0  
INJURIES: 0  
 
START DATE: 05/19/2025  
START TIME: 10:21 PM CDT  
START LOCATION: 3 S SALEM / DENT COUNTY / MO  
START LAT/LON: 37.6027 / -91.5463  
 
END DATE: 05/19/2025  
END TIME: 10:25 PM CDT  
END LOCATION: 2 E SALEM / DENT COUNTY / MO  
END LAT/LON: 37.6425 / -91.4882  
 
SURVEY SUMMARY:  
A TORNADO DEVELOPED JUST SOUTH OF SALEM OFF STATE HIGHWAY Z AND  
TRAVELED NORTHEAST, ENDING EAST OT SALEM NEAR COUNTY ROAD 4185.  
NUMEROUS TREES WERE UPROOTED AND BARNS WERE DAMAGED.  
 

 
 
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE  
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:  
 
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH  
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH  
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH  
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH  
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH  
EF5.....>200 MPH  
 
NOTE:  
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO  
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN  
NWS STORM DATA.  
 

 
 
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