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NOUS43 KPAH 010306  
PNSPAH  
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-  
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH, KY  
1006 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2025 /1106 PM EDT MON MAR 31 2025/  
   
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR THE MARCH 30, 2025, TORNADO EVENT
 
 
   
RIPLEY/BUTLER COUNTY, MISSOURI, TORNADO
 
 
RATING: EF-1  
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH  
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 8.67 MILES  
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS  
FATALITIES: 0  
INJURIES: 0  
 
START DATE: 03/30/2025  
START TIME: 05:02 PM CDT  
START LOCATION: 3 NW NAYLOR / RIPLEY COUNTY / MO  
START LAT/LON: 36.61 / -90.6492  
 
END DATE: 03/30/2025  
END TIME: 05:11 PM CDT  
END LOCATION: 3 SSW HARVIELL / BUTLER COUNTY / MO  
END LAT/LON: 36.6215 / -90.4959  
 
SURVEY SUMMARY:  
AN EF-1 TORNADO STARTED ABOUT TWO MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF OXLY  
PRODUCING MAINLY TREE DAMAGE IN RIPLEY COUNTY. IT RIPPED THE ROOF  
OFF AN OUTBUILDING ALONG HIGHWAY B. IT CONTINUED EAST INTO BUTLER  
COUNTY CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE ROOF OF A MOBILE HOME AND SHINGLE  
DAMAGE TO ANOTHER HOUSE ALONG WITH SEVERAL TREES THAT WERE  
UPROOTED OR SNAPPED. TRACK CROSSED HIGHWAY 67 AND ENDED ABOUT  
THREE MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF HARVIELL. SPORADIC STRAIGHT LINE  
WINDS OF 70-80 MPH OCCURRED SOUTH OF THE TORNADO TRACK.  
 

 
 
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.  
 

 
 
CLW/SP/DWS  
 
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