EF1 Tornado — Iron, Missouri

2024-05-08 · near Ironton, Iron, Missouri

Event narrative

A tornado touched down in Arcadia just west of the intersection of North Main Street and Elm Street. It tracked to the east through town snapping off several large trees. After crossing Russellville Road, it either uprooted or snapped off several more large trees on the Arcadia Valley Golf Club. The tornado then began to track more northeasterly and skirted the north shore of Lake Killarney snapping off even more trees as it crossed Highway 72 then crossed it once again, remaining on the north side of Highway 72 before crossing into Madison County. The tornado was rated EF1 in Iron County with a path length of 5.37 miles and a max path width of 150 yards.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1173200. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.