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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Paducah, KY
211 PM CDT Wed Mar 19 2025 /311 PM EDT Wed Mar 19 2025/

...NWS Damage Survey for the March 14-15 Tornado Event...

.Overview...EF-2 tornado impacts parts of Bollinger and Perry
County in southeast Missouri and Randolph County in southwest
Illinois. 

..Perryville, Missouri, Tornado...

Rating:                 EF-2
Estimated Peak Wind:    135 mph
Path Length /statute/:  33.56 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   800 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             03/14/2025
Start Time:             11:25 PM CDT
Start Location:         7 W Sedgewickville / Bollinger County / MO
Start Lat/Lon:          37.5425 / -90.0433

End Date:               03/14/2025
End Time:               11:55 PM CDT
End Location:           3 WSW Shiloh Hill / Randolph County / IL
End Lat/Lon:            37.9188 / -89.6746

Survey Summary:
An EF-2 tornado with peak winds of 135 mph impacted Bollinger and
Perry County in southeast Missouri and Randolph County in
southwest Illinois. The most severe damage occurred on the south
and east sides of Perryville, MO, where a few homes were severely
damaged and a school building had the exterior walls of the top
story collapsed. Hundreds of trees were damaged along the path.
NWS Paducah extends thanks to NWS St. Louis for this assistance
surveying this tornado. 

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EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the
following categories:

EF0.....65 to 85 mph
EF1.....86 to 110 mph
EF2.....111 to 135 mph
EF3.....136 to 165 mph
EF4.....166 to 200 mph
EF5.....>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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