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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
515 PM CDT WED APR 2 2025
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR THE 04/02/2025 PILOT GROVE TORNADO
OVERVIEW
A TORNADO WITH AN ESTIMATED PEAK WIND OF 115 MPH (EF-2) TRAVELED
FOR AROUND 6.3 MILES ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN COOPER COUNTY,
MISSOURI, IMPACTING THE TOWN OF PILOT GROVE AND SURROUNDING AREAS.
THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH BEGAN JUST SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN PILOT GROVE,
WHERE IT CAUSED SOME MINOR DAMAGE TO AN OUTBUILDING AT A FARMSTEAD.
THE TORNADO THEN TRAVELED TO THE NORTHEAST, WHERE IT CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE
TO THE ROOFS OF HOMES ON W BOCK STREET AND THE KATY MANOR ON PROSPECT STREET.
IT THEN CAUSED DAMAGE TO SEVERAL STRUCTURES ALONG W HARRIS STREET NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF W 3RD STREET. IN THIS LOCATION, A MANUFACTURED HOME WAS
THROWN 100 FEET OFF ITS CINDER BLOCKS AND COMPLETELY DESTROYED. LARGE TREES
WERE UPROOTED ONTO THE ROOF OF A HOME NEXT TO THE DESTROYED MANUFACTURED HOME,
AND AN OUTBUILDING WAS DESTROYED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO MOVE TO THE NORTH
NORTHEAST, WHERE IT CAUSED SEVERE DAMAGE TO A NEWLY WELL BUILT BARNDOMINIUM
STYLE HOME ALONG ROUTE M JUST SOUTH OF IMMELE ROAD. AFTER THIS, THE TORNADO
ROUGHLY PARALLELED ROUTE 135, WHERE IT DAMAGED NUMEROUS HOUSES, COMPLETELY
DESTROYED OUTBUILDINGS, CAUSED EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE, AND SNAPPED NUMEROUS
POWER POLES. THE AREA BETWEEN THE BARNDOMINIUM NEAR ROUTE M AND IMMELE ROAD
AND ALONG ROUTE 135 UP TO CHOUTEAU SPRINGS RD IS WHERE THE MOST EXTENSIVE
DAMAGE OCCURRED, WITH MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WINDS UP TO 115 MPH (EF-2), AS
WELL AS THE WIDEST PART OF THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH (UP TO 200 YARDS). THE
TORNADO THEN TURNED MORE NORTHWARD, WITH LIMITED OBSERVED DAMAGE. A SMALL
OUTBUILDING WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED ALONG THE SOUTH OUTER ROAD OF INTERSTATE 70.
NO DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70.
PILOT GROVE TORNADO
RATING: EF-2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 115 MPH
PATH LENGTH: 6.3 MILES
MAX PATH WIDTH: 200 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: APRIL 2ND, 2025
START TIME: 8:34 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 1.2 MILES SW OF PILOT GROVE
START LAT/LON: 38.86 / -92.93
END DATE: APRIL 2ND, 2025
END TIME: 8:40 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 5.0 MILES NNE OF PILOT GROVE
END LAT/LON: 38.93 / -92.86
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.
BMW
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