Weather Service classifies Oak Ridge storm as an EF2 tornado
The National Weather Service has announced the results of their preliminary survey of the storm that hit Oak Ridge last week. Here is the text of their findings:
..DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FOR CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY MISSOURI UNION COUNTY ILLINOIS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST JACKSON COUNTY ILLINOIS...
THE FOLLOWING IS THE PRELIMINARY DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FOR THIS EVENT.
* EVENT TYPE.........EF2 TORNADO
* EVENT DATE.........WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 29, 2012
* EVENT TIME.........3:47 AM CST (OAK RIDGE, MO) TO 4:20 AM CST (GIANT CITY STATE PARK, IL)
* EVENT LOCATION.....OAK RIDGE, MO (9 MILES NNW JACKSON, MO) TO GIANT CITY STATE PARK, IL (8.5 S CARBONDALE, IL)
* PEAK WIND..........115 MPH
* AVG. PATH WIDTH....250 YARDS
* PATH LENGTH........32 MILES
* INJURIES...........1 MALE (OAK RIDGE, MO)
* FATALITIES.........NONE
* DAMAGE DETAIL......THOUSANDS OF TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED...SEVERAL HOUSES DAMAGED (PRIMARILY PARTIAL ROOF LOSS) IN OAK RIDGE, MO, POCAHONTAS, MO AND ALTO PASS, IL. NUMEROUS BARNS AND GRAIN BINS DESTROYED, ALONG WITH MANY DOWNED POWER LINES.
SURVEYORS.......SHANKLIN/PRZYBYLINSKI/BLANCHARD/GLASS/SANDERS
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