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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
330 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2025
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 3/14/2025 TORNADO EVENT
AN ADDITIONAL TORNADO EF1 MAGNITUDE TOUCHED DOWN THE EVENING OF
MARCH 14IN PHELPS COUNTY, MISSOURI...
YANCY MILLS TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 120 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 10.24 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 400 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 03/14/2025
START TIME: 07:42 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 7 ESE DEVIL'S ELBOW / PHELPS COUNTY / MO
START LAT/LON: 37.8014 / -91.9411
END DATE: 03/14/2025
END TIME: 07:53 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 4 SSW ROLLA / PHELPS COUNTY / MO
END LAT/LON: 37.9003 / -91.8044
SURVEY SUMMARY:
NWS STORM SURVEY COMBINED WITH RADAR AND SATELLITE IMAGERY
DETERMINED AN EF-1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN WITHIN A LARGER PATH OF
THE PARENT STORM THAT PRODUCED ADDITIONAL TORNADOES BETWEEN
DIGGINS, MO THROUGH ROLLA, MO. THIS TORNADO STARTED SIX MILES WEST
OF YANCY MILLS, MO IN THE VICINITY OF COUNTY ROAD 7630 AND THEN
TRACKED THROUGH THE MARK TWAIN NATIONAL FOREST BEFORE LIFTING
JUST BEFORE HIGHWAY 63, THREE MILES NORTH OF VIDA, MO. BASED
UPON SATELLITE IMAGERY IN CONJUNCTION TO RADAR DATA, THE ENDPOINT
OF THIS TORNADO WAS JUST TO THE SOUTHEAST OF A SUBSEQUENT TORNADO
THAT TRACKED NORTHEAST TOWARD ROLLA, MO.
DAMAGE WAS LARGELY TO UPROOTED TREES, THOUGH A BARN DAMAGED ON
HIGHWAY T NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 7460. ALL DAMAGE
WAS DETERMINED VIA SATELLITE IMAGERY.
THE TORNADO HAD A MAX ESTIMATED WIND NEAR 100 MPH AND A WIDTH OF
400 YARDS.
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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