EF1 tornado in Texas County, Missouri

A National Weather Service storm survey confirmed an EF-1 tornado tracked from just east of Huggins to just northwest of Bucyrus in Texas County, Missouri. The tornado was on the ground for approximately five minutes along its 5.6 mile total track with maximum wind speeds estimated at 100 mph. Convergent debris consistent with a tornado occurred for the entire path. The EF-1 rating at the track start was based on numerous large trees damaged and uprooted. A pole barn located east of Dykes Road on Highway 38 had significant damage (roof lifted off). Numerous large trees were uprooted or snapped as the tornado continued east northeast, some onto a mobile home that received relatively minor damage before the tornado lifted east of Highway 17 near Emery Rd, northwest of Bucyrus.

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.