Weak Tornado - April 30th, 2012

...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.