Tornado in REYNOLDS, MISSOURI
From 22-SEP-06 13:42:00 to 22-SEP-06 13:56:00 (CST)
Location: OATES
Tornado F-scale: F2
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

The tornado touched down 2.5 miles southeast of Oates, in Reynolds County, near Forest Road 2329, then traveled northeast crossing Route J near the intersection with County Road 829.  At this location it removed the roof of a pole barn, caused damage to the roof of a house and uprooted and snapped numerous trees.  The damage path was around 200 yards wide and was rated F1 in intensity.  As it traveled northeast, it snapped, uprooted and twisted numerous trees and caused minor roof damage to a manufactured home.  As the tornado crossed Highway 49, two and a half miles north of the town of Black, it caused considerable damage.  Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted, an unanchored manufactured home sustained heavy damage and was shifted 30 feet.  Two automobiles were lifted distances ranging from 10 to 50 yards and two other homes sustained varying degrees of damage directly from the tornado and from fallen trees.  A well defined convergent pattern was evident in the debris and eyewitnesses indicate the tornado had a multiple vortex structure.  The damage path was around a third of a mile wide and was rated a high end F1 in this location.  Further to the northeast, the tornado crossed Route MM around eight tenths of a mile north of Monterey.  At this location an uninhabited home was completely destroyed with the walls pulled from numerous anchor bolts attached to the concrete foundation.  Also, a wooden power pole was snapped at the base and numerous trees were snapped.  The damage path was around a quarter of a mile wide and was rated a low end F2 in this location.  The tornado then tracked northeast into Iron County about three tenths of a mile north of Munger.  No injuries or deaths were reported.

Tornado in IRON, MISSOURI
From 22-SEP-06 13:56:00 to 22-SEP-06 14:16:00 (CST)
Location: PILOT KNOB
Tornado F-scale: F1
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

As the tornado moved into Iron County from Reynolds County, it tracked northeast paralleling Route N for a mile, resulting in a long swath of continuous damage which spanned both sides of the road.  Numerous trees were either uprooted or snapped, 5 homes sustained roof and exterior damage, and a mobile home was flipped on its side.  The damage path was around a third of a mile wide and was rated high end F1.  The tornado then narrowed and moved across the southeast portion of Snow Hollow Lake where trees were snapped and uprooted.  Two homes sustained moderate damage due to the tornado and fallen trees.  The damage path was about 75 yards wide and was rated F1 in intensity.  The tornado continued northeast crossing Highway 21 around a mile north of Pilot Knob.  Several homes on each side of the highway and a day care center on the west side received minor roof damage.  Trees were also snapped and uprooted.  The tornado then crossed Middlebrook Road where one home lost a portion of its roof, a mobile home sustained moderate damage and a machine shed was destroyed.  This damage was rated F1 in intensity and was about 100 yards wide.  The tornado then moved up the ridge line further east snapping a number of trees half way up.  The tornado then crossed Route V around half a mile south of the Iron/St. Francois County line, snapping and topping trees on both sides of the road.  The damage path was about 40 yards wide and was rated F1.  It appears the tornado lifted just south of the Iron/St. Francois County line around a mile northeast of Route V.  No injuries or deaths were reported.