EF1 tornado in Iron County, Missouri

A tornado touched down on the west side of Annapolis, just west of County Road 142. As it crossed County Road 142, it uprooted a large tree. It tracked to the east northeast through town. As it approached Tabitha Street it took most of the roof off of a manufactured home just across the street from South Iron High School and South Iron Elementary School. It caused damage to the elementary school with a large section of roof lifted off, several walls blow over, and numerous windows broken. The tornado then crossed Highway 49 with a number of trees either uprooted or snapped off as it tracked to the east northeast. As it approached Highway C, more trees were uprooted before the tornado lifted and dissipated almost 2 miles east northeast of Annapolis. Overall, the tornado was rated EF1 with a path length of 2.56 miles and a max path width of 250 yards. No deaths or injuries were reported.

The bi-state region was threatened with severe thunderstorms on May 8th. Numerous supercells produced very large hail most of the day, and a small QLCS produced multiple tornadoes in southeast Missouri.