National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1242 PM CDT Fri Apr 10 2015

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 04/08/15 TORNADO EVENT...
...EF1 TORNADO SURVEYED IN POTOSI MISSOURI...

RATING:                 EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    90 MPH
PATH LENGTH:            5 MILES
PATH WIDTH:             100 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             04/08/2015
START TIME:             338 PM CDT
START LOCATION:         0.5 MILES NORTHWEST OF POTOSI MISSOURI
START LAT/LON:          37.9464/-90.8023

END DATE:               4/08/2015
END TIME:               341 PM CDT
END LOCATION:           1.7 MILES SOUTH OF MINERAL POINT MISSOURI
END_LAT/LON:            37.9179/-90.7239

EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES
TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES.

EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH
EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH
EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH
EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH*

NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.

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