Heavy Snow Across the Northern Plains and Great Lakes; Strong Winds for the East

Travel conditions will be challenging across the northern Plains, Great Lakes and east coast through Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Heavy snow, blizzard conditions, for the upper Midwest and Great Lakes region through Thanksgiving to be followed by another strong storm for the Plains, Great Lakes and Northeast this weekend. Strong winds are expected with these systems adding to travel difficulties Read More >

Overview

Storms developed in the Plains during the evening of the 24th and began to push east into southeast Kansas and southwest Missouri by late evening on the 24th. These storms then tracked east across the Ozarks during the overnight hours producing the first tornado of the day around 130 AM over Douglas and Webster counties.

The main front which had been nearly stationary in the Plains for a few days, finally began to move eastward by the morning of the 25th. As you will see later in the radar loop, storms began to refire towards the mid to late morning ahead of the front. A second round of severe storms occurred from late morning through the afternoon hours and also produced the second tornado of the day in Oregon county.

Storm Reports

Tornado
Radar

Tornadoes:

Tornado - Dogwood to Seymour
Douglas and Wright counties

Date	May 25th, 2011
Time (Local)	1:30 AM - 1:45 AM
EF Rating	EF-1
Est. Peak Winds	110 mph
Path Length	9 mile
Max Width	200 yards
Injuries/Deaths	none

Track Map

Tornado - 3N Myrtle
Oregon County

Date	May 25th, 2011
Time (Local)	2:56 PM - 3:05 PM
EF Rating	EF-1
Est. Peak Winds	90-100 mph
Path Length	2.5 miles
Max Width	100 yards
Injuries/Deaths	none

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