...EF-0 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN SOUTHERN HICKORY COUNTY... * DATE...04/30/2012 * BEGIN LOCATION...2NNE OF HUMANSVILLE MO (37.8278N 93.5659W) * END LOCATION...3NE HUMANSVILLE MO (37.8313N 93.5444W) * ESTIMATED BEGIN TIME...156 AM CDT * ESTIMATED END TIME...158 AM CDT * MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-0 * ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...70 MPH * ESTIMATED PATH WIDTH...100 YARDS * PATH LENGTH...1.2 MILES * FATALITIES...NONE * INJURIES...NONE THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM DATA. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...A WEAK TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN BETWEEN PANTHER CREEK ALONG FARM ROAD 11 AND HIGHWAY 123 IN FAR SOUTHWEST HICKORY COUNTY. THE TORNADO UPROOTED TREES AND DESTROYED A BARN. TIN FROM THE BARN FOUND WEST OF THE BARN AND TREES FELLED IN A ROTATING PATTERN LED THE NWS TO DETERMINE THE DAMAGE TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH A TORNADO. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO TREES FARTHER EAST ALONG HIGHWAY J WEST OF PITTSBURG MO WAS DETERMINED TO BE WIND DAMAGE. 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.