Thunderstorm Wind — Howell, Missouri

2025-05-16 · near West Plains Arpt, Howell, Missouri

59 MG

Magnitude

Event narrative

Howell County EOC showed a peak wind gust of 67.6 mph as the storms passed through West Plains.

Wider weather episode

A cold front pushing through a highly sheared and unstable atmosphere led to supercells developing during the late morning and early afternoon along the frontal boundary generally along and east of Highway 65. As these supercells continued to push east-northeast, very large hail between golf balls and three inches in diameter was reported, as well as damaging wind gusts up to 68mph that caused tree and power line damage. An EF-1 tornado touched down in Texas County, causing widespread tree damage. Additional supercells developed in the evening behind the cold front over south-central Missouri, leading to quarter size hail in Howell County.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1248976. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.