F3 Tornado — Christian, Missouri

2003-05-04 · near Billings, Christian, Missouri

Wider weather episode

This tornado is a continuation of the Lawrence County tornado that laid a half mile wide path of destruction across the Christian County panhandle. Populated areas between the communities of Billings and Clever were affected that resulted in one fatality and three injuries. 27 structures were destroyed while 150 were damaged that added up to around 5.1 million dollars of monetary losses. The tornado continued on the ground into southwestern Greene County.Ruth Little age 63, was taking cover in her frame home with her husband and daughter. As the tornado struck, she was thrown about 50 yards from her location and was deceased from injury. Her husband and daughter survived the event.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5358169. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.