EF1 tornado in Stoddard County, Missouri

Peak winds were estimated near 95 mph in this tornado that occurred northwest of Dudley. The most intense damage was on Highway 51, where a residence lost doors and windows, the roof was damaged, and large trees were blown down. A nearby large barn lost a wall and portion of the metal roof. Roofing debris consisting of shingles and tin was deposited at a residence near the end of the track, about a mile east of Highway 51. This residence lost a few shingles, outbuildings were damaged, and cedar trees were pushed over. Near the beginning of the damage track, a large tree landed on a well-built garage, and a gazebo was blown about 100 yards.

A cluster of severe thunderstorms over south central Missouri organized into a bowing line of storms as it tracked eastward during the evening. An embedded supercell within the line spawned several tornadoes along an east-west corridor from Ripley County eastward to New Madrid County. A couple of significant tornadoes and damaging wind events accompanied this line, along with large hail. The storms developed along and just ahead of a cold front as it pressed southward into the Lower Ohio Valley and extreme southeast Missouri.