Regional Outbreaks of Severe Weather Through Early Next Week; Early Season Heat Wave across the South

Active spring pattern across the center of our nation with several episodes of severe weather and heavy rainfall expected into next week. The potential for very large hail, long track tornadoes, severe wind gusts, frequent cloud to ground lightning strikes and flash flooding are in the outlook. Furthermore, dangerous early season heat wave continues for the Gulf Coast states into early next week. Read More >

Overview

Several rounds of severe thunderstorms impacted portions of southeast Kansas and Missouri Ozarks between May 6th to 8th, 2024. The first round occurred late Monday night of May 6th into the early morning hours of Tuesday morning May 7th as a line of thunderstorms moved through the area. This line of thunderstorms produced straight wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph in addition to five tornadoes (2 EF-1 and 3 EF-0). Additional severe thunderstorms moved through the area on Wednesday May 8th. This round of severe thunderstorms produced large hail, damaging wind gusts, and one EF-1 tornado. Large hail sizes included a swath across southwest Missouri of baseballs (2.75 inches) to softballs (4.00 inches). Lastly, localized flash flooding accompanied this active three day stretch of severe weather.

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Tornadoes:

Tornado - Cherokee County
Cherokee County Kansas

Date	May 6, 2024
Time (Local)	11:04 pm - 11:24 pm
EF Rating	EF-0
Est. Peak Winds	80 mph
Path Length	20.89 miles
Max Width	250 yards
Injuries/Deaths	0/0
Summary: A NWS Survey team confirmed that an intermittent EF-0 tornado with maximum winds of 80 mph caused damage to multiple barns and numerous trees to be uprooted or snapped. This is an extension of a tornado out of Ottawa County, OK that occurred on the night of May 6.

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Tornado - Joplin to Duquesne
Jasper County Missouri

Date	May 6, 2024
Time (Local)	11:29 pm - 11:34 pm
EF Rating	EF-1
Est. Peak Winds	95 mph
Path Length	4.49 miles
Max Width	100 yards
Injuries/Deaths	0/0
Summary: NWS Storm Survey found a EF-1 Tornado with an intermittent damage path across the southeast and east side of Joplin into Duquesne. Numerous tree limb damage and uprooted trees along with powerline damage. Shingle loss on homes. Additional roof damage caused by flying debris.

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Tornado - West of Carthage
Jasper County Missouri

Date	May 6, 2024
Time (Local)	11:38 pm - 11:39 pm
EF Rating	EF-1
Est. Peak Winds	95 mph
Path Length	2.03 miles
Max Width	100 yard
Injuries/Deaths	0/0
Summary: NWS Storm Survey found an EF-1 tornado just west of Carthage. Maximum winds were estimated at 95 mph. Trees were uprooted, powerlines were snapped and several roofs were damaged. Damage in Carthage was the result of widespread 70-80 mph straight line winds winds across Carthage with numerous tree limbs down and trees uprooted.

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Tornado - 3 SW Lowry City
St. Clair County Missouri

Date	May 7th, 2024
Time (Local)	12:28 AM CDT
EF Rating	EF - 0
Est. Peak Winds	75 mph
Path Length	1 mile
Max Width	100 yards
Injuries/Deaths	0 / 0
Summary: An NWS survey team determined that a tornado touched down near the intersection of county roads NE201 and NE550 and extended to county road 301, causing tree damage in a convergent manner. The tornado damage extended from the intersection of highways B and E through to highway HH.

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Tornado - Northern Greene County
Greene County Missouri

Date	May 7, 2024
Time (Local)	12:33 am - 12:54 am
EF Rating	EF-0
Est. Peak Winds	80 mph
Path Length	18.72 miles
Max Width	150
Injuries/Deaths	1/0
Summary: The tornado both uprooted trees and downed large limbs out of numerous other trees, and damaged or destroyed several outbuildings along an intermittent path extending from Greene Hills Country Club northwest west of Willard across northern Greene County into extreme southwest Dallas County near the intersection of Highways 215 and 65. Two homes were damaged by falling trees, with one injury reported in one of these homes.

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Tornado - Dixon
Pulaski County Missouri

Date	May 7, 2024
Time (Local)	2:28 am - 2:38 am
EF Rating	EF-0
Est. Peak Winds	80 mph
Path Length	10.1 miles
Max Width	150 yards
Injuries/Deaths	0/0
Summary: A NWS Survey found an intermittent EF-0 tornado with maximum winds of 80 mph. The tornado touched down 6 miles south of Dixon near the Gasconade River. It tracked to the northeast before lifting 5 miles northeast of Dixon. Several uprooted trees and large broken limbs along the damage path.

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Tornado - SE Monett to SE Aurora
Barry and Lawrence counties Missouri

Date	May 8, 2024
Time (Local)	4:25 pm - 4:46 pm
EF Rating	EF-1
Est. Peak Winds	95 mph
Path Length	10.57 miles
Max Width	150 yards
Injuries/Deaths	0/0
Summary: A NWS Survey team confirmed that an EF-1 tornado occurred southeast of Monett in northern Barry county and tracked northeast into southern Lawrence county before lifting southeast of Aurora. Maximum winds of 95 mph caused several trees to be uprooted or snapped, as well as damage to several outbuildings. A mobile home was flipped over, and there was some damage to roofs. The path length was 10.57 miles, and the width was 150 yards.

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The Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale classifies tornadoes into the following categories:

EF0 Weak 65-85 mph	EF1 Moderate 86-110 mph	EF2 Significant 111-135 mph	EF3 Severe 136-165 mph	EF4 Extreme 166-200 mph	EF5 Catastrophic 200+ mph