EF1 tornado in Phelps County, Missouri

A National Weather Service storm survey determined that an EF-1 tornado with maximum winds of 100 mph traveled along a 6 mile path. The tornado touched down just west of Highway 63 along State Route K. Several large trees were snapped and uprooted along Route K. The tornado then tracked to the northeast crossing Highway 63. Additionally, hundreds of trees were snapped and uprooted along county roads east of Highway 63 and reached a maximum width of 800 yards. The tornado then continued northeast where it crossed State Route H and snapped several more trees before lifting just northeast of Route H before the Phelps County and Dent County border. There were no fatalities or injuries associated with this tornado and damage was confined to trees.

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. .