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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH, KY
346 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2026 /446 PM EDT TUE MAR 24 2026/
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 03/15/26 TORNADO EVENT IN WAYNE COUNTY, MISSOURI...
OVERVIEW
AN EMBEDDED TORNADO IN A STORM LINE MOVING EASTWARD
THROUGH WAYNE COUNTY PRODUCED A BRIEF TORNADO WHICH BEGAN NEAR
LODI AND PROGRESSED EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD.
.LODI
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.65 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 125 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 03/15/2026
START TIME: 05:51 PM CDT
START LOCATION: LODI / WAYNE COUNTY / MO
START LAT/LON: 37.2585 / -90.4522
END DATE: 03/15/2026
END TIME: 05:53 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 1.5 ESE LODI / WAYNE COUNTY / MO
END LAT/LON: 37.2512 / -90.4238
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A BRIEF TORNADO PRODUCED DAMAGE IN AND SOUTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF
LODI. THE TORNADO BEGAN IN LODI DAMAGING TREE BRANCHES NEAR COUNTY
RD 305. IT THEN TRACKED EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD NEAR COUNTY ROAD 216,
DAMAGING SEVERAL BARNS. TREE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED ALONG THE JUST
OVER MILE AND A HALF PATH LENGTH, INCLUDING A LARGE SWATH OF
SNAPPED TREES. THE TORNADO LIFTED NORTH OF COUNTY ROADS 216 AND
GG.
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 EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
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