EF1 Tornado — Wright, Missouri

2019-05-21 · near Cedar Gap, Wright, Missouri

Event narrative

A National Weather Service storm survey confirmed an EF-1 tornado with maximum winds of 110 mph traveled along a nearly 24 mile path that began 2 miles west of Mansfield and ended near Highway H about 2 miles west of Manes. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted along the path, including in Mansfield and Hartville. Several large trees fell onto a home in Hartville causing moderate damage to the home. A grocery store in Hartville had the store front collapse and the back of the store blown in. Additional light roof damage occurred to several homes and other buildings.

Wider weather episode

Multiple rounds of storms producing heavy rainfall, severe winds, hail and tornadoes moved across the Missouri Ozarks from May 20th and into the early morning hours of May 24th as upper level disturbances interacted with a slow moving but powerful storm system over the central Plains. Tornadoes occurred with each round, with the strongest and most numerous tornadoes occurring during the late afternoon and evening of the 22nd. On the anniversary of the Joplin Tornado off 2011, another tornado, rated EF-3 struck the north side of Joplin. This storm system eventually produced subsequent tornadoes in Golden City, Eldon and Jefferson City. Unfortunately there were three fatalities as a result of the tornado in Golden City. The cumulative rainfall caused areas of flash flooding with some flooding lingering across the region. Some locations in southeastern Kansas and southwestern Missouri reported in excess of 8 inches of rainfall over the 72 hour period. .

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 827980. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.