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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
753 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

...EF-0 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN CEDAR COUNTY...

* DATE...5/20/13
* BEGIN LOCATION...INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 39 AND 215
* END LOCATION...STOCKTON LAKE (MAIN CHANNEL)
* ESTIMATED BEGIN TIME...637 PM
* ESTIMATED END TIME...640 PM
* MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-0
* ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...85 MPH
* ESTIMATED PATH WIDTH...100 YARDS
* PATH LENGTH...3.6 MILES
* FATALITIES...0
* INJURIES...0
* BEGIN LAT/LON...37.6536 N / -93.8302 W
* END LAT/LON...37.6663 N / -93.7670 W

* THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION WAS DETERMINED BY A NATIONAL
  WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING
  FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NATIONAL WEATHER
  SERVICE STORM DATA.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...

A SMALL TORNADO IMPACTED THE ORLEANS TRAIL CAMPGROUND AT STOCKTON
LAKE. THE TORNADO DAMAGED NUMBERS TREES ALONG WITH AN OUTBUILDING.
THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN SOME WOODS JUST WEST OF THE
INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 215 AND 39. THE TORNADO LIFTED SOMEWHERE
OVER THE MAIN CHANNEL OF STOCKTON LAKE.

THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/SGF.

FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES
INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:

EF0...WIND SPEEDS  65 TO  85 MPH.
EF1...WIND SPEEDS  86 TO 110 MPH.
EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH.
EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH.
EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH.
EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH.


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