EF0 tornado in Texas County, Missouri

A National Weather Service storm survey confirmed an EF-0 tornado that tracked for six miles across northeastern Texas County from seven miles northwest of Licking and lifted about seven miles north northwest of Licking in Phelps County. The tornado was on the ground for approximately five minutes along its six mile total track with maximum wind speeds estimated at 85 mph. Numerous large trees were uprooted and damaged and lying in convergent pattern that was in a different direction than the squall line motion. Additional tree damage occurred into southern Phelps County.

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.