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EF0 Tornado — St. Clair, Missouri

2024-05-06 · near Lowry City, St. Clair, Missouri

$5K

Property damage

1.0 mi

Path length

100 yds

Path width

Event narrative

A NWS storm survey determined a short lived EF-0 tornado touched down in this location. Maximum winds of 70-75 mph caused trees to be down in multiple directions. The storm continued to produce non-tornadic wind damage as it moved east of Highway 13.

Wider weather episode

A shortwave trough and an associated cold front pushed through the Missouri Ozarks during the late evening of May 6, 2024 and into the early morning hours of May 7, 2024. Thunderstorms developed along the front west of the Ozarks, quickly growing upscale to a linear storm mode by the time they reached southwest Missouri. This line of thunderstorms pushed through the area, causing widespread wind damage, flash flooding, and several tornadoes.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1167436. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.