August 19th, 2018 - Tornadoes and Severe Weather

Tornadoes:

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Tornado - Diggins Webster County Date 8/19/2018 Time (Local) 3:32 PM to 3:47 PM EF Rating EF - 0 Est. Peak Winds 80 mph Path Length 4.0 miles Max Width 50 yards Injuries/Deaths 0 / 0 Summary: Damage to tree limbs and one uprooted tree. Download KML Files - | Points | Path | Track Map

Tornado - Verdella Barton County Date 8/19/2018 Time (Local) 5:40 PM to 5:41 PM EF Rating EF - 0 Est. Peak Winds 70 mph Path Length 0.1 miles Max Width 40 yards Injuries/Deaths 0 / 0 Summary: A center-pivot irrigation system was blown over. Download KML Files - | Points | Path | Track Map

Tornado - Southeast Sheldon Barton/Vernon County Line Date 8/19/2018 Time (Local) 5:54 PM to 5:55 PM EF Rating EF - 0 Est. Peak Winds 61 mph Path Length 0.1 miles Max Width 25 yards Injuries/Deaths 0 / 0 Summary: Large tree branches broken. Download KML Files - | Points | Path | Track Map

Tornado - Sheldon Barton/Vernon County Line Date 8/19/2018 Time (Local) 5:57 PM to 5:59 PM EF Rating EF - 1 Est. Peak Winds 95 mph Path Length 1.0 miles Max Width 100 yards Injuries/Deaths 0 / 0 Summary: Damage to farm equipment and uprooted trees. Download KML Files - | Points | Path | Track Map

Tornado - North Milford Barton County Date 8/19/2018 Time (Local) 5:59 PM to 6:01 PM EF Rating EF - 0 Est. Peak Winds 74 mph Path Length 0.16 miles Max Width 25 yards Injuries/Deaths 0 / 0 Summary: Large tree limbs broken. Download KML Files - | Points | Path | Track Map

Tornado - South of Aurora Barry/Lawrence Counties Date 8/19/2018 Time (Local) 6:36 PM to 7:01 PM EF Rating EF - 1 Est. Peak Winds 90 mph Path Length 9.0 miles Max Width 100 yards Injuries/Deaths 0 / 0 Summary: Numerous outbuildings damaged, trees uprooted, powerlines down, and two mobile homes with partial roofs removed. Download KML Files - | Points | Path | Track Map

Tornado - 4 NNE Ritchey MO Newton County Date 8/19/2018 Time (Local) 5:51 PM to 5:54 PM EF Rating EF - 0 Est. Peak Winds 80 mph Path Length 1.1 miles Max Width 40 yards Injuries/Deaths 0 / 0 Summary: An outbuilding and grain bin were destroyed, along with damage to numerous trees. Download KML Files - | Points | Path | Track Map

Tornado - 5 WNW Jerico Springs MO Vernon County Date 8/19/2018 Time (Local) 6:05 PM EF Rating EF - 0 Est. Peak Winds 62 mph Path Length 0.1 miles Max Width 25 yards Injuries/Deaths 0 / 0 Summary: A brief tornado touched down near Highway B in southeast Vernon county, damaging the roof of a barn. Download KML Files - | Points | Path | Track Map

The Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale classifies tornadoes into the following categories:

EF0 Weak 65-85 mph	EF1 Moderate 86-110 mph	EF2 Significant 111-135 mph	EF3 Severe 136-165 mph	EF4 Extreme 166-200 mph	EF5 Catastrophic 200+ mph

Radar:

Reflectivity and storm relative motion radar images of low-topped supercell producing a tornado near Aurora, MO.	Reflectivity and storm relative motion radar images of line of thunderstorms around time of tornado just southeast of Sheldon, MO.	Radar detecting debris in the air near Sheldon, MO.	Reflectivity and storm relative motion radar images of line of thunderstorms around time of tornado near Verdella, MO.

Storm Reports

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
629 PM CDT MON AUG 20 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0332 PM     TORNADO          1 S DIGGINS             37.15N 92.85W
08/19/2018                   WEBSTER            MO   NWS STORM SURVEY

            NWS STORM SURVEY FOUND LIMITED DAMAGE TO
            LIMBS AND ONE UPROOTED TREE WITHIN THE
            REGION WHERE SPOTTERS REPORTED DEBRIS AND
            ROTATION IN THE AIR. PATH FROM SPOTTERS
            EXTENDED FROM NN NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS
            HIGHWAY 60 NEAR BONNET RD WHERE DEBRIS WAS
            REPORTED TO HAVE BLOCKED THE HIGHWAY,
            CONTINUING TO NEAR THE FARM AUCTION BARN,
            AND ENDING APPROXIMATELY NEAR GENTRY ROAD
            AND THE JAMES RIVER. TIME ESTIMATED BY
            RADAR. ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

0447 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 WNW REEDS             37.14N 94.21W
08/19/2018  E60 MPH          JASPER             MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND GST REPORT FROM 3
            WNW REEDS.

0540 PM     TORNADO          VERDELLA                37.61N 94.43W
08/19/2018                   BARTON             MO   NWS STORM SURVEY

            CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND GST REPORT FROM
            VERDELLA TO A TORNADO REPORT. NWS STORM
            SURVEY REPORTED A BRIEF EF-0 TORNADO
            TOUCHDOWN THAT BLEW OVER A CENTER-PIVOT
            IRRIGATION SYSTEM IN A FARM FIELD OFF OF
            WEST HWY V IN VERDELLA. TIME ESTIMATED FROM
            RADAR.

0554 PM     TORNADO          3 SE SHELDON            37.63N 94.26W
08/19/2018                   BARTON             MO   NWS STORM SURVEY

            A BRIEF EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE
            INTERSECTION OF NE 90TH ROAD AND NE 20TH
            LANE. MAX WINDS ESTIMATED AT 61 MPH, WIDTH
            OF 25 YARDS, AND A PATH LENGTH OF 0.1 MILES.
            THERE WERE LARGE BRANCHES BROKEN. STARTED AT
            5:54 PM AND ENDED AROUND 5:55 PM. TIME
            ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

0557 PM     TORNADO          2 ESE SHELDON           37.65N 94.27W
08/19/2018                   VERNON             MO   NWS STORM SURVEY

            EF-1 TORNADO STARTING 1.5 SE OF SHELDON, MO
            WITH DAMAGE TO FARM OUTBUILDINGS. THE
            TORNADO CONTINUED ON THE GROUND FOR 2
            MINUTES TO THE NORTHEAST UPROOTING TREES
            ALONG THE TORNADO PATH BEFORE LIFTING 1 E OF
            SHELDON, MO. MAX WINDS ESTIMATED AT 95 MPH,
            WIDTH OF 75 YARDS, AND DISTANCE OF 1.0
            MILES. STARTED AT 5:57 PM AND ENDED AROUND
            5:59 PM.

0559 PM     TORNADO          3 NNW MILFORD           37.63N 94.18W
08/19/2018                   BARTON             MO   NWS STORM SURVEY

            A BRIEF EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR HWY N
            MO-A. THE TORNADO WAS SHORT-LIVED LASTING
            NEARLY 2 MINUTES BEFORE ENDING NEAR THE
            INTERSECTION OF HWY N MO-A AND NE 90TH ROAD.
            MAX WINDS ESTIMATED AT 74 MPH, WIDTH OF 25
            YARDS, AND A PATH LENGTH OF 0.16 MILES.
            THERE WERE LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN ALONG THE
            SHORT PATH. STARTED AT 5:59 PM AND ENDED
            AROUND 6:01 PM. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

0628 PM     TORNADO          1 NW MCDOWELL           36.84N 93.81W
08/19/2018                   BARRY              MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            CORRECTS PREVIOUS TORNADO REPORT FROM 1 NW
            MCDOWELL. SPOTTER CONFIRMS TORNADO ON THE
            GROUND 3 MILES SOUTH OF AURORA, MO.

0636 PM     TORNADO          7 S AURORA              36.88N 93.74W
08/19/2018                   BARRY              MO   NWS STORM SURVEY

            CORRECTS PREVIOUS TORNADO REPORT FOR 1 WNW
            OF MADRY. EF1 TORNADO STARTING JUST
            SOUTHWEST OF HWY Z AND 39 APPROXIMATELY 7
            MILES SOUTH OF AURORA AND ENDING 1.5 MILES
            SOUTHWEST OF MARIONVILLE. MAX WINDS
            ESTIMATED 90MPH, WIDTH 100 YARDS AND
            DISTANCE 9 MILES. NUMEROUS OUTBUILDINGS
            DAMAGED, TREES UPROOTED, SOME POWER LINES
            DOWN, AND TWO MOBILE HOMES WITH PARTIAL
            ROOFS REMOVED. STARTED AT 6:36 PM AND ENDED
            AROUND 7:01 PM.

0657 PM     TORNADO          4 S MARIONVILLE         36.95N 93.63W
08/19/2018                   LAWRENCE           MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TORNADO ON THE GROUND AND DAMAGE NEAR FARM
            ROAD 2230 EAST OF HIGHWAY 39.

0703 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 WSW REPUBLIC          37.11N 93.51W
08/19/2018                   GREENE             MO   PUBLIC

            MULTIPLE TREE LIMBS DOWN WITH MINOR DAMAGE
            TO OUTBUILDINGS. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

0721 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 SSW REPUBLIC          37.10N 93.49W
08/19/2018                   GREENE             MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTS DOWNED POWER LINES AT THE
            INTERSECTION OF SOUTH ILLINOIS AVE AND
            MELODY LANE SOUTHWEST OF REPUBLIC. SPOTTER
            ALSO SEES SEVERAL LARGE TREE BRANCHES, AND
            SMALL TREE BLOWN DOWN IN THAT SAME AREA.
            6-10" IN DIAMETER. TIME ESTIMATED FROM
            RADAR.

0723 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 WSW REPUBLIC          37.12N 93.50W
08/19/2018  E60 MPH          GREENE             MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTED AN ESTIMATED 60MPH WIND
            GUST AND A LARGE TREE DOWN BLOCKING A
            ROADWAY. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

0726 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 S BOLIVAR             37.60N 93.41W
08/19/2018                   POLK               MO   PUBLIC

            LARGE TREE LIMB DOWN ON CAR. TIME ESTIMATED
            BY RADAR.

0729 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 S HALF WAY            37.56N 93.25W
08/19/2018                   POLK               MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            REPORT OF BARN ROOF BLOWN OFF AT SOUTH 210TH
            AND HIGHWAY YY.

0940 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 SE HARTVILLE          37.18N 92.46W
08/19/2018                   WRIGHT             MO   PUBLIC

            OUTBUILDING DESTROYED, SIDING DISLODGED ON
            HOUSE, OTHER DEBRIS THROWN ABOUT.