EF1 tornado in Stone County, Missouri

This tornado is an extension of the Barry County tornado. A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that an EF-1 tornado tracked across rural sections of Stone County. Poultry barns, sheds, and outbuildings in the vicinity of Boomerrang Road and Highway 248 were heavily damaged or destroyed. Several poultry barns were also destroyed along Horsecreek Road.

An unusual mid winter tornado outbreak occurred over southwest and central Missouri. 31 tornadoes struck the region within a 15 hour time frame on 7 January into early morning 8 January. Two tornadoes intensified to EF-3 status while five tornadoes caused EF-2 damage. All other tornadoes during this outbreak were surveyed and given EF-0 and EF-1 status. Multiple training supercells spawned most of these tornadoes that occurred along the Interstate 44 corridor. Toward the end of this episode, a broken squall line spawned numerous EF-0 and EF-1 tornadoes across the southern Missouri Ozarks.