EF0 tornado in Taney County, Missouri

A storm survey determined that an EF-0 tornado tracked for one mile from the Avenue of Freedom near the Factory Shoppes at Branson Meadows to James E Epps Road near the Branson High School. The tornado was on the ground for approximately three minutes along its one mile total track with maximum wind speeds estimated at 75 mph. Tree damage and minor structural damage was observed along the path. This tornado was observed by numerous people in the Branson area.

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.