EF0 tornado in Phelps County, Missouri

A National Weather Service storm survey confirmed an EF-0 tornado tracked from five miles south of Edgar Springs to five miles northeast of Edgar Springs in southern Phelps County. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted along the track the tornado took through mainly forested, rural areas. No additional damage other than tree damage was noted. The maximum wind speeds estimated along the track were 85 mph.

Very moist and unstable conditions developed over the Missouri Ozarks ahead of an intense low pressure system over the southern Plains. Widespread severe storms developed over Oklahoma and eastern Kansas during the early morning hours and tracked eastward into the Springfield county warning area during the afternoon and evening. Very heavy rainfall, hail to tennis ball size, damaging winds in excess of 70 mph and 27 tornadoes occurred with this system as storms tracked repeatedly over the region. Four injuries were reported as a result of severe storms. One injury was near Mountain Grove and three were in southeastern Greene County were an EF-2 Tornado tracked. The resulting rainfall led to widespread flash flooding, which continued into the morning of May 1st, on head water streams and low water crossings. One live was lost when a camper along Hunter Creek in Douglas County drowned as the campground flooded.