EF2 Tornado — Greene, Missouri

2019-04-30 · near Mentor, Greene, Missouri

Event narrative

This is the continuation of the EF-2 supercell tornado that touched down and tracked from two miles north of Ozark, Missouri to five miles northwest of Rogersville, Missouri. The tornado was on the ground for approximately 20 minutes along its 10.3 mile total track with maximum wind speeds estimated at 134 mph. The tornado crossed out of Christian County along East County Line Road just west of South Farm Road 203 and tracked northeast to five miles northwest of Rogersville before lifting in a forested area just east of the intersection of S Lloyd Drive and East Missouri Route AD in eastern Greene County. As the tornado tracked for eight miles across southwestern Greene County it damaged 90 homes and a large barn. Of the homes, three were reported as total losses. Three horses were killed at the barn from debris. One person was injured but refused treatment. Hundreds of trees were snapped or uprooted and multiple power poles and lines were downed.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 817419. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.