Tornado Reports
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| 23:03Z | EF0 | KTLX | OK | Okfuskee | Welty | A large cone tornado was reported over open country. The tornado produced no known damage. |
| 23:16Z | EF0 | KINX | OK | Delaware | Kansas | A brief tornado developed in open country. This tornado was witnessed by several different people and produced no known damage. |
| 23:41Z | EF0 | KSRX | AR | Benton | Cherokee City | A brief tornado was reported over open country. No damage resulted from this tornado. |
| 00:05Z | EF0 | KSRX | AR | Benton | Highfill | Several people reported a brief tornado over open country. No damage resulted from this tornado. |
| 00:17Z | EF1 | KLSX | MO | St. Charles | New Melle | The tornado first touched down along Freese Lane around a tenth of a mile south of Foristell Road approximately three and a half miles to the northwest of New Melle. The tornado travelled to the east moving into the Auburn Meadows Subdivision where it caused damage to nine homes. The most significant damage occurred when one home lost almost half its roof after the attached garage was destroyed. Damage to this home was rated EF1. The rest of the homes suffered lesser degrees of roof damage. A van was also pushed approximately 30 yards from a driveway into an open grassy area. The tornado then continued to the east along Foristell Road causing damage to trees and several homes. At the Jimmie Hite Horse Stables, several large outbuildings were also heavily damaged. To the east of the stables, a horse arena was demolished. The tornado then continued to move east where it snapped or blew down many trees either side of Highway Z. The tornado continued to the east and moved into the Avondale Hills Subdivision causing minor roof damage to a few homes before lifting and dissipating just east of State Highway DD, north of the intersection with Schwede Road. The maximum intensity was EF1 with a maximum wind speed of 110 mph. The total path length was 7.4 miles with a maximum width 250 yards. |
| 00:18Z | EF1 | KINX | OK | Cherokee | Moodys | A tornado uprooted a number of trees and was photographed by a storm spotter. Maximum estimated wind in the tornado based on the tree damage was about 95 mph. |
| 00:19Z | EF0 | KINX | OK | Okmulgee | Blackstone Mine | A brief tornado developed over open country and produced no known damage. |
| 00:21Z | EF0 | KSRX | AR | Benton | Bentonville | A brief tornado developed over open fields. No damage resulted from this tornado. |
| 00:45Z | EF0 | KTLX | OK | Mcclain | Byars | Numerous storm chasers observed a tornado just to the west-southwest of Byars. However, no known damage was reported with this tornado. |
| 00:59Z | EF1 | KTLX | OK | Mcclain | Byars | Numerous chasers observed a tornado near state highway 59 to the east of Byars. An outbuilding was damaged by this tornado. Several trees were downed. A downed power line caused the town to be without power for several hours. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| 00:59Z | EF4 | KLSX | MO | St. Louis | Vigus | During the evening of Friday April 22nd, an intense supercell thunderstorm produced a long-track tornado which tore a path of destruction from west to east across the St. Louis Metropolitan Area, from St. Louis County Missouri eastward through the far northern portions of the City of St. Louis, then across the Mississippi River into Madison County Illinois. The tornado reached a maximum intensity of EF4 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale as it tracked through the community of Bridgeton, just west of Lambert St. Louis International Airport, in St. Louis County. The total path length was 21.3 miles, with a width of up to half a mile.||The tornado initially touched down along the northern edge of Creve Coeur Lake at approximately 759 pm. It tracked nearly due east at about 40 mph, and intensified as it entered Maryland Heights. There it produced up to EF3 damage to many homes and businesses with a damage swath of 200 to 400 yards wide. Damage continued eastward in an unbroken track, crossing I-270 about 1 mile south of I-70. The tornado reached peak intensity of EF4 as it devastated the community of Bridgeton along Old St. Charles Road. From there the tornado paralleled Interstate 70 through the community of St. Ann, and then took aim directly on Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. Many of the large windows in the main terminal building were blown out or damaged by flying debris and a large section of roof was peeled from Concourse C. Although the vast majority of people were evacuated to lower levels and to interior rooms before the tornado hit, five people were treated and released from area hospitals for injuries due to flying debris. The airport was closed due to the extensive damage. Damage at the airport was estimated to be between $35 to 40 million.| |The tornado exited Lambert-St. Louis International Airport crossing near the McDonnell Boulevard/Harmon Lane intersection. It then moved into Berkeley where it crossed Interstate 170 between Airport Road and Scudder Avenue. Extensive damage was noted along Fourth Avenue, especially at the Garfield Avenue and Hancock Avenue intersections where a vacant house and several homes lost their entire roof structure. The greatest damage in this neighborhood was rated EF2. The tornado continued to the northeast through neighborhoods south of Airport Road producing significant tree damage including many large trees falling on homes. The tornado then crossed Airport Road near Abston Street. The tornado crossed North Florissant Road where it caused extensive roof damage to the Newger Materials building and the First Baptist Church of Ferguson. Across the road, a Little Caesars Restaurant lost its entire roof. Damage to these structures was rated EF1. The tornado then continued through neighborhoods along and just the north of Hereford Avenue/Chambers Road where it continued to cause extensive tree damage as well as additional partial roof damage to homes along the path toward West Florissant Road. Also along this part of its path, it partially removed the roof at the Griffith Elementary School which was rated as EF1. This is also where the tornado widened to one quarter of a mile with damage noted to trees and some homes on both sides of Chambers Road. Along the entire path from Berkeley to Dellwood, damage varied in intensity from EF1 to low end EF2 with a maximum estimated wind speed of 120 mph, and included numerous snapped power poles in addition to the extensive number of snapped and downed trees.||EF2 damage was uncovered at three different locations east of Dellwood. One area was located one quarter mile south of Chambers Road on Halls Ferry Road where four large utility poles were snapped. The second area of EF2 damage was located a quarter of a mile south of Chambers Road along Bellefontaine Road where significant tree damage occurred. The last area of damage was located in Bellefontaine Neighbors just south of Chambers Road on La Roux Court. Roofs were removed from three homes at this location, while other homes sustained varying degrees of damage. The width of the damage area varies from 100 yards to four tenths of a mile with the widest area of damage east of Halls Ferry and south of Chambers Road. ||The tornadic damage continued as the tornado traveled eastward south of Chambers road, crossing into the far northern portions of the city of St. Louis. The majority of the damage in this area was rated EF1 due to fallen trees. Some of these trees fell on homes while a few others fell through homes causing damage not directly relating to the intensity of the wind within the tornado. ||Overall, in St. Louis County, 233 structures (homes and businesses) sustained major damage, 776 structures sustained moderate damage, and 1,487 structures sustained minor damage. Estimated dollar amount damage is $250 million. |
| 01:02Z | EF0 | KTLX | OK | Garvin | Stratford | Numerous storm chasers reported a tornado between Byars and Stratford. No damage was reported with this tornado. |
| 01:10Z | EF1 | KLSX | MO | Wayne | Old Greenville | One mobile home was destroyed by a falling tree. Several outbuildings and a garage were destroyed. Dozens or perhaps hundreds of trees were uprooted. Two convergent path meso vortices were evident. The width of the tornado was difficult to determine due to the interaction with a downburst. There was a large swath of easterly falling trees on conservation land. Some of the pine trees within this area were snapped three feet above the ground. Highway V was blocked by trees and power lines in numerous places. Peak winds were estimated near 100 mph. |
| 01:14Z | EF0 | KINX | OK | Mcintosh | Fame | A brief tornado developed over Eufaula Lake. |
| 01:22Z | EF1 | KLSX | MO | St. Louis (c) | Baden | During the evening of Friday April 22nd, an intense supercell thunderstorm produced a long-track tornado which tore a path of destruction from west to east across the St. Louis Metropolitan Area, from St. Louis County Missouri eastward through the far northern portions of the City of St. Louis, then across the Mississippi River into Madison County Illinois. The tornado reached a maximum intensity of EF4 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale as it tracked through the community of Bridgeton, just west of Lambert St. Louis International Airport, in St. Louis County. The total path length was 21.3 miles, with a width of up to half a mile.||As the tornado crossed from St. Louis County into the far northern portions of the City of St. Louis, there was EF-1 tree damage and minor roof and siding damage which was rated EF-0. The tornado continued to travel to the east and crossed the Mississippi River into Madison County Illinois, approximately 1.5 miles south of Interstate 270. |
| 01:24Z | EF2 | KLSX | IL | Madison | Granite City | During the evening of Friday April 22nd, an intense supercell thunderstorm produced a long-track tornado which tore a path of destruction from west to east across the St. Louis Metropolitan Area, from St. Louis County Missouri eastward through the far northern portions of the City of St. Louis, then across the Mississippi River into Madison County Illinois. The tornado reached a maximum intensity of EF4 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale as it tracked through the community of Bridgeton, just west of Lambert St. Louis International Airport, in St. Louis County. The total path length was 21.3 miles, with a width of up to half a mile.||The tornado crossed the Mississippi River from the far northern portions of the City of St. Louis into Madison County Illinois approximately 1.5 miles south of Interstate 270 . The tornado continued east to half a mile north of the intersection of Illinois Route 203 and Pontoon Road. Damage east of this intersection included uprooted and snapped trees and three homes had roofs removed. At least one hundred homes were damaged in the area. The maximum damage found was in a neighborhood along Bern and Dawn Avenues. The tornadic damage then curved southeast and ended near the intersection of Alton Street and Pontoon Road. Damage width over this area varied from 50 to 150 yards with a path length of 5.1 miles. The damage east of Illinois Route 203 was rated low-end EF2. The highest wind speeds associated with the EF2 damage were approximately 120 mph. |
| 01:50Z | EF2 | KLSX | IL | Monroe | Waterloo | A tornado touched down on the north side of Waterloo, Illinois near the intersection of Leah Drive and James Street. Several homes and businesses sustained varying degrees of damage; from displaced roofing materials to businesses with structural damage. Two large air conditioners were tossed 30 yards from the roof of a business. Several large trees were snapped near the base of the trunk. Four power poles were snapped south of the intersection of North Market Street and Kolmer Avenue. One large garage was also destroyed behind a church with debris tossed southeastward 30 to 40 yards. The tornado skipped eastward and crossed Floraville Road on the north side of Ridge Club Golf Course then traveled down the first fairway. A number of cedar and pine trees were snapped. The tornado then crossed Ridge Road where several homes sustained minor roof damage, with 30 to 40 percent of the shingles removed. The tornado then traveled across the northern part of Konarcik Park. Numerous old growth pine trees were snapped at the base of the trunk. Trees three feet in diameter were common in this area. The tornado caused damage to the siding of one home near the intersection of Konarcik and Kopp Roads before lifting. There was one minor injury at Canterbury Manor Nursing Center due to flying glass when a window broke. The maximum intensity was low end EF2, with a maximum estimated wind speed of 115 mph. The maximum width of the tornado was 80 to 90 yards with a total path length of 3.5 miles. |
| 01:55Z | EF2 | KLSX | IL | Madison | St Morgan | The tornado first touched down 3 miles southwest of Highland in Madison County, just to the east of Bluemound Road around 855 pm. It quickly moved east snapping and uprooting trees. Just before reaching Illinois Route 160, it destroyed a large metal farm building and carried the metal panels about a mile downwind. On Old Trenton Road, it snapped three wooden power poles and snapped trees and caused minor damage to a barn roof on a farmstead. As it continued to move east it widened to 700 yards as it passed south of Highland. It caused significant damage to trees, power poles and farm outbuildings in addition to minor roof damage. Near the intersection of St. Rose Road and Iberg Road, extensive tree damage occurred with one tree falling on a home and a second falling on a prefabricated carport. The tornado continued to move east causing varying degrees of damage to five homes in a subdivision just north of St. Rose Road. The tornado then moved across Waage Road blowing out multiple windows of a farm house and destroying a large metal shed. The tornado then crossed Baumann Road into Clinton County. The maximum intensity for this segment was rated EF2 and was on the ground for 6.5 miles before crossing into Clinton County. The maximum width of damage was 700 yards. As for the entire tornado, it was rated EF2, with maximum wind speeds of 130 mph. The maximum width of the tornado was 700 yards and the total length of the tornado was 18.2 miles. |
| 02:02Z | EF1 | KLSX | IL | St. Clair | Paderborn | A tornado touched down half a mile northeast of Paderborn in southwestern St. Clair County and moved east southeastward towards the Sportsman Lake Subdivision. Two power poles were snapped on Knab Road while six homes at the lake sustained minor roof damage in which 30 to 40 percent of the shingles were removed. A number of medium to large trees were uprooted or snapped along the damage track in this subdivision. The tornado lifted and dissipated on the far south side of the subdivision near Live Oak Drive. The maximum intensity was EF1, with a maximum estimated wind speed of 100 mph. The maximum width of the tornado was 60 to 80 yards and the total path length was 1.75 miles. |
| 02:10Z | EF2 | KLSX | IL | Clinton | St Rose | The tornado crossed from Madison County into Clinton County along Baumann Road. It continued to produce damage to farm outbuildings and minor roof damage to homes. On Keyesport Road, the tornado reached its maximum intensity between Baumann Road and Watertower Road. A farm house was destroyed when it lost its entire roof structure and the front wall partially collapsed. The rest of the farm had six buildings that were either destroyed or severely damaged. A hog farm also suffered extensive damage farther to the east on Keyesport Road. The tornado then turned east northeast and crossed into Bond County. The maximum intensity for this segment was rated EF2 and was on the ground for 3.1 miles before crossing into Bond County. The maximum width of damage was 500 yards. As for the entire tornado, it was rated EF2, with maximum wind speeds of 130 mph. The maximum width of the tornado was 700 yards and the total length of the tornado was 18.2 miles. |
| 02:16Z | EF1 | KLSX | IL | Bond | Baden Baden | The tornado crossed from Clinton County into Bond County where it continued to snap and uproot trees, severely damage outbuildings and cause minor roof damage to homes before it finally dissipated around 930 pm about 7 miles south of Greenville. The maximum intensity for this segment was rated EF1 and was on the ground for 8.6 miles before lifting and dissipating. The maximum width of damage was 500 yards. As for the entire tornado, it was rated EF2, with maximum wind speeds of 130 mph. The maximum width of the tornado was 700 yards and the total length of the tornado was 18.2 miles. |
| 03:50Z | EF2 | KVWX | KY | Union | Yuba | Several grain bins and barns were destroyed along the Union/Webster County line along Highway 56 and on a secondary road. Dozens of trees were uprooted and snapped. Peak winds were estimated near 125 mph. The average path width was 150 yards. The tornado exited into Webster County. |
| 03:54Z | EF2 | KVWX | KY | Webster | Tilden | This tornado entered from Union County along Highway 56 and exited into Henderson County near Poole. While over Webster County, roofs were completely removed from three homes on the north and west side of Poole. Several homes in Poole suffered partial loss of shingles and damage caused primarily by falling trees. Several garages were damaged or destroyed in Poole. Several grain bins and barns were destroyed along the Union County line along Highway 56 and a secondary road. Two grain bins were wrapped around the back side of a house. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted. The average path width was 150 yards. Peak winds were estimated near 125 mph. |
| 04:00Z | EF2 | KVWX | KY | Henderson | Tunnel Hill | This tornado crossed from Webster County near the town of Poole into Henderson County. A barn and garage was destroyed southwest of Robards. Dozens of trees were snapped or uprooted. Peak winds were estimated near 125 mph. The average path width was 150 yards. |
| 04:27Z | EF0 | KVWX | KY | Daviess | Stanley | This brief tornado was witnessed by law enforcement officials. Power lines were down. Peak winds were estimated near 65 mph. |
| 05:35Z | EF0 | KIND | IN | Jackson | Rockford | In conjuction with the Jackson County Emergency Management Agency, the National Weather Service has determined a tornado struck Jackson County about 135 AM EDT Saturday morning. This tornado was rated as an EF-0, which means it had peak wind speeds of 65 to 85 mph. It first touched down near the intersection of State Road 11 and County Road 700 North, about 2 miles north of Seymour. It tracked east southeast on a hit skip path for about 4 miles. It left the ground for good approximately 3.5 miles east northeast of Seymour, or a half mile east of the intersection between US Highway 31 and Fleming Road. This tornado was about 100 feet across. It caused no deaths or injuries. There were several instances of structural damage, including at least one home losing part of its roof and a room damaged. |
| 10:09Z | EF0 | KILN | KY | Harrison | Connersville | An NWS storm survey confirmed an EF-0 tornado with winds of 85 mph touched down about 1.5 miles east of Connersville and remained on the ground for a half mile. Along the path, two dozen large trees were uprooted or snapped. Two large barns had pieces of tin roofing ripped off and thrown. A small garage was completely destroyed with only minor damage to its contents. Pieces of oak fencing were tossed around and two small outbuildings were damaged. |
Storm reports are derived from "The Storm Events Database" (National Centers for Environmental Information) and/or "Past Storm Reports" (Storm Prediction Center).