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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
502 PM CDT WED MAY 21 2025
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 5/19/25 TORNADO EVENT
OVERVIEW
A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED A SERIES OF TORNADOES
THAT EXTENDED FROM NORTHERN ST CLAIR COUNTY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
TRUMAN LAKE AREA INTO NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY. NOT INCLUDED IN THE
REPORT BELOW IS AN ADDITIONAL TORNADO PRODUCED BY THESE STORMS IN
SOUTHEAST HENRY COUNTY DOCUMENTED BY THE NWS OFFICE IN PLEASANT HILL,
KANSAS CITY.
LOWRYCITY TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.57 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/19/2025
START TIME: 06:55 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 SSW LOWRY CITY / ST. CLAIR COUNTY / MO
START LAT/LON: 38.1176 / -93.7419
END DATE: 05/19/2025
END TIME: 07:04 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 3 NNE LOWRY CITY / ST. CLAIR COUNTY / MO
END LAT/LON: 38.1759 / -93.702
SURVEY SUMMARY:
TORNADO BEGAN SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF LOWRY CITY, CONTINUED THROUGH
THE CITY, AND THEN CAUSED THE WORST DAMAGE ALONG NE 1000 RD
NORTHEAST OF LOWRY CITY, ENDING NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF NE
1000 RD AND NE 401 RD. IN ADDITION TO A ROOF TORN OFF A MOBILE
HOME, THIS TORNADO DESTROYED SEVERAL BARNS AND OUTBUILDINGS,
UPROOTED TREES AND DOWNED POWER LINES.
RACKET TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 105 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.26 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 500 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/19/2025
START TIME: 07:24 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 1 WSW RACKET / BENTON COUNTY / MO
START LAT/LON: 38.2894 / -93.5136
END DATE: 05/19/2025
END TIME: 07:27 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 NW RACKET / BENTON COUNTY / MO
END LAT/LON: 38.3056 / -93.503
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A NWS SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED A TORNADO PUSHED A MOBILE HOME OFF
ITS BLOCK, DAMAGED OUTBUILDINGS AND SNAPPED TREES ALONG A TRACK
WEST OF RACKET JUST EAST OF THE HENRY BENTON COUNTY LINE.
PALO PINTO SOUTH TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.29 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 500 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/19/2025
START TIME: 07:28 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 SSW PALO PINTO / BENTON COUNTY / MO
START LAT/LON: 38.3442 / -93.4768
END DATE: 05/19/2025
END TIME: 07:34 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 ESE PALO PINTO / BENTON COUNTY / MO
END LAT/LON: 38.3709 / -93.4088
SURVEY SUMMARY:
WIDESPREAD UPROOTED AND SNAPPED TREES ALONG WITH POWER LINES
DOWNED. SEVERAL BARNS SUFFERED VARYING DEGREES OF DAMAGE ALONG
WITH THE ROOF OF ONE HOME.
WEST LINCOLN TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.39 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 300 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/19/2025
START TIME: 07:35 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 ENE PALO PINTO / BENTON COUNTY / MO
START LAT/LON: 38.3895 / -93.4097
END DATE: 05/19/2025
END TIME: 07:41 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 3 NNW LINCOLN / BENTON COUNTY / MO
END LAT/LON: 38.4339 / -93.3685
SURVEY SUMMARY:
NUMEROUS TREES WERE UPROOTED WITH SOME SNAPPED. AS THE TORNADO
CURLED NEAR THE END OF ITS LIFESPAN IT DAMAGED THREE BARNS AND
DOWN SEVERAL POWER POLES.
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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