EF1 tornado in Ripley County, Missouri

Peak winds in this tornado were estimated near 95 mph. Many trees were snapped and uprooted. An attached carport was torn from a home. The roof deck was lifted off one home, damaging some of the interior walls. Debris missiles were impaled into the ground up to two feet deep. Several other homes received minor shingle damage. Some injured or dead cattle were reported. Two trained spotters reported seeing a partially rain-wrapped tornado.

An outbreak of severe thunderstorms and isolated tornadoes occurred ahead of a cold front. Thunderstorms increased in coverage over southeast Missouri and then spread east-northeast into southern Illinois and western Kentucky during the late afternoon and evening. A surface low pressure wave over the Ozark Mountain region accelerated eastward in advance of a compact upper-level shortwave over the southern Plains. A mid-level dry slot overspread the surface warm sector, where dew points were in the low to mid 60's. Extremely strong wind shear compensated for weak instability. Strong forcing along the front and a moist low level air mass contributed to a forced line of storms, including some without lightning.