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Femme Osage Tornado (June 18, 2004) Western St. Charles County |
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Detailed mapping of the Femme Osage tornadic damage track over western St. Charles county - June 18, 2004. The initial tornado touchdown occurred at 2:05 pm CDT and had an overall path length of 2.0 miles. Damage width was 40 yards. Much of the damage was rated F(0). |
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Damage to a row of large pine trees which were snapped approximately 1/3 up the trunk of the pines. The upper parts of the pine trees were displaced approximately 100 to 200 yards to the east-northeast. | |
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This is one of many examples showing the upper parts of trees snapped and displaced east-northeast. The tree damage occurred along the southeast side of Femme Osage Creek Road between Cappen Femme Osage road and Becker Joehlingh roads. | |
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Fallen trees and large limbs along Femme Osage Creek south of the intersection of Femme Osage Creek and Becker Joehlingh roads. | |
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Additional fallen trees and large limbs along Femme Osage Creek south of the intersection of Femme Osage Creek and Becker Joehlingh roads in western St. Charles county. | |
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Far left: Plan view image of the storm reflectivity field of the mini-supercell which spawned the weak tornado in western St. Charles county. Near left: image of the storm-relative velocity field showing a very strong but small mesocyclone (cyclonic-convergent pattern). The green (cool) colors represent inbound velocities towards the radar while the red (warm) colors represent outbound velocities away from the Doppler radar. The bright green (red) colors represent strong inbound (outbound) velocity magnitudes. |
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