STORM2K

The most significant tornado of the evening developed in Clinton County around 8:45 p.m., approximately two miles west of Turney. The parent thunderstorm developed and intensified over the Plattsburg area for nearly an hour, and ground damage surveys indicated tremendous downburst damage in the city of Plattsburg. Additional research will be done to determine if the tornado’s track stretched to the southwest into southern Plattsburg. After the tornado developed, it moved slowly to the northeast to just east of Osborn. The tornado produced F1 damage south of Osborn, and then the tornado produced an area of F2 damage just east of Osborn near the intersection of U.S. Highway 36 and SE Hedge Road. As the tornado tracked to the north and east, it tracked across State Route C and eventually to near the intersection of Route EE and SE Dallas. From this location, north-northeast about one mile to the intersection of EE and Highway 6, the tornado produced an area of F4 category damage. A frame home was totally destroyed, and two deaths occurred in this home. A mobile home was also destroyed, where a third individual lost his life to the tornado. The tornado then continued to track north-northeast to near 110th St. and Route E. At this location, the tornado was rated F2 in intensity, and the tornado reached its maximum path width of nearly a half mile. The track of the tornado continued north-northeast to west of Pattonsburg, and eventually to where it dissipated in southern Harrison County, between TT and U.S. Highway 69. The tornado was on the ground for two hours and 15 minutes, and covered a track length of approximately 48 miles, moving slowly north at speeds of around 20 m.p.h.