Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F2 tornado, Lafayette County, Missouri, May 9, 2003

RatingF2

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length10 mi

Width300 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (39.08, -93.62) to the end point (39.15, -93.47), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 9, 2003, 9:15 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F2
States: Missouri
Counties: Lafayette County, Saline County
Path: 10 miles long, up to 300 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 9, 2003

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Injuries
May 9, 2003	F3	Oklahoma	17.8 mi	1,320 yd	2
May 9, 2003	F1	Virginia	6 mi	200 yd	0
May 9, 2003	F1	North Carolina	7 mi	100 yd	0
May 9, 2003	F1	North Carolina	1 mi	200 yd	0
May 9, 2003	F1	Oklahoma	1 mi	100 yd	0
May 9, 2003	F1	Indiana	0.1 mi	25 yd	0
May 9, 2003	F1	Missouri	3 mi	50 yd	1
May 9, 2003	F1	Oklahoma	0.5 mi	50 yd	0
May 9, 2003	F1	Oklahoma	1.8 mi	880 yd	8
May 9, 2003	F1	Oklahoma	0.5 mi	50 yd	0
May 9, 2003	F1	Oklahoma	7 mi	880 yd	0
May 9, 2003	F1	Oklahoma	8.1 mi	880 yd	0
May 9, 2003	F1	Oklahoma	2 mi	300 yd	0
May 9, 2003	F0	Virginia	5 mi	100 yd	0
May 9, 2003	F0	Virginia	15 mi	100 yd	0
May 9, 2003	F0	Virginia	8 mi	100 yd	0
May 9, 2003	F0	Virginia	4 mi	100 yd	0
May 9, 2003	F0	North Carolina	1 mi	50 yd	0
May 9, 2003	F0	North Carolina	1 mi	50 yd	0
May 9, 2003	F0	North Carolina	1 mi	50 yd	0
May 9, 2003	F0	North Carolina	5 mi	50 yd	0
May 9, 2003	F0	North Carolina	0.5 mi	20 yd	0
May 9, 2003	F0	North Carolina	0.2 mi	20 yd	0
May 9, 2003	F0	Illinois	0.3 mi	20 yd	0
May 9, 2003	F0	North Carolina	0.1 mi	25 yd	0
May 9, 2003	F0	Oklahoma	0.2 mi	25 yd	0
May 9, 2003	F0	Oklahoma	1.2 mi	50 yd	0
May 9, 2003	F0	Missouri	0.2 mi	25 yd	0
May 9, 2003	F0	Missouri	0.2 mi	25 yd	0
May 9, 2003	F0	Missouri	1 mi	50 yd	0

Nearby

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Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.