EF1 tornado in Hickory County, Missouri

A National Weather Service Survey determined that an EF-1 tornado touched down a few miles southeast of Cross Timbers on Highway CC and tracked for a mile and a half to the northeast before quickly lifting. Along the path of the tornado there were numerous trees snapped or uprooted, minor roof damage to two homes, and an outbuilding completely destroyed. The tornado produced EF1 damage with maximum winds up to 100 mph and a max width of 100 yards. The tornado was on the ground for 3 minutes along a 1.6 mile path.

During the afternoon and evening of the 10th, strong to severe thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front over eastern Oklahoma and southeast Kansas before spreading northeast into the Missouri Ozarks through the early morning of the 11th. Several tornadoes rated as EF-0 and EF-1 occurred near the towns of Strafford, Fair Play and Cross Timbers, and hail up to the size of golf balls occurred on the east side of Springfield. Widespread rainfall amounts of two to four inches led to flooding and closures of numerous county roads and state highways. Several swift water rescues were performed and unfortunately there was one flood-related fatality near Conway in Laclede County, when a 53-year old woman attempted to drive across a flooded low water crossing.