....Weak Tornado Confirmed in Springfield... ...WEAK EF-0 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN EAST SPRINGFIELD... * DATE...21 JULY 2013 * BEGIN LOCATION...INTERSECTION OF EAST CAIRO STREET AND SOUTH PICKWICK AVENUE. * END LOCATION...EAST CAIRO STREET AND SOUTH GLENSTONE AVENUE. * ESTIMATED BEGIN TIME...718 PM * ESTIMATED END TIME...719 PM * MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-0 * ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...60 MPH * ESTIMATED PATH WIDTH...50 YARDS * PATH LENGTH...0.39 MILES * FATALITIES...0 * INJURIES...0 * BEGIN LAT/LON...37.207 N / -93.269 W * END LAT/LON...37.207 N / -93.262 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... THIS TORNADO CAUSED DAMAGE TO TREES AND MINOR DAMAGE TO ROOFS. THE ACTUAL ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS FROM THIS TORNADO FALL RIGHT AT OR JUST BELOW THE MINIMUM CRITERIA FOR AN EF-0. 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. Synopsis and Images: A rare landspout tornado touched down in east Springfield this evening. These types of tornadoes are weak in nature, with this landspout lasting for less than a minute. Landspout tornadoes typically are not detectable by radar. Here are some radar images of when the landspout occurred. Notice that it occurred from a very tiny rain shower that was hardly detected by radar.
Posted on: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 03:55:00 +0000
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