Tornado Reports
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| 18:53Z | EF0 | KMVX | ND | Walsh | Oakwood | A brief tornado touchdown was reported southwest of Oakwood. |
| 19:17Z | EF0 | KMVX | ND | Walsh | Oakwood | This narrow tornado tracked intermittently for about two miles. |
| 21:18Z | EF0 | KINX | KS | Montgomery | Independence | A brief touchdown was noted over rural sections just to the west of Independence. |
| 22:35Z | EF0 | KVNX | OK | Kingfisher | Omega | Broadcast media and Spotter Network reports of brief tornado northeast of Omega. No damage was reported. |
| 22:55Z | EF0 | KTLX | OK | Canadian | Calumet | Storm damage survey and Spotter Network reports confirmed a brief tornado in rural areas south of Calumet. Convergent wheat pattern and minor tree damage were noted. |
| 23:03Z | EF3 | KTLX | OK | Canadian | Calumet | On 31 May, an intense, long-track tornado formed southwest of El Reno. This exceptionally wide tornado took a complex path, rapidly changing in both speed and direction. The tornado spared El Reno and its airport from a direct hit, tracking just south of those locations. The tornado damaged numerous homes along with a few businesses near El Reno. Additionally, intense sub-vortices destroyed crops in numerous fields in the area.||The tornado developed at 6:03 p.m. just northeast of the intersection of Heaston and Reuter roads. Initially, the tornado moved to the southeast at 20 to 25 mph. At 6:09 p.m., the tornado turned to the east, just south of Reno Road between Heaston and Brandley roads. The tornado continued to expand in size just southwest of the El Reno Municipal Air Park, where its speed increased to 30 to 40 mph. As the tornado passed just south of the airport, two satellite tornadoes formed briefly on the west side of the tornado.||At 6:19 p.m. the tornado crossed Highway 81 near Reno Road as it continued to expand in size. There, the tornado abruptly turned to the north, while also accelerating to greater than 50 mph. From 6:24 to 6:26 p.m., the tornado reached its maximum in size and intensity near the intersection of Radio and Reuter roads. The tornado, still very large, slowed down as it approached I-40. From 6:27 to 6:35 the tornado made a loop just north of the interstate while decelerating to less than 10 mph. After 6:35, the tornado moved east once again, and dissipated at 6:42 p.m. near the intersection of I-40 and Banner Road.| |Eight people were killed in the tornado, all in vehicles. This included three severe storm researchers who were killed east of US-81 as the tornado overtook their position. Additionally, several other people were killed while attempting to escape the tornado near Highway 81. Finally, two people were killed along I-40 while waiting for the storm to pass.||The monetary damages were estimated. This tornado was well sampled by two separate mobile research radar teams ��� the University of Oklahoma RaXPol radar, and the Center for Severe Weather Research���s Doppler on Wheels. Both radars captured high temporal and spatial resolution data relatively close to the large tornado. Both radars measured winds in the tornado of more than 200 mph. The RaXPol radar data shows winds of at least 295 mph very close to the surface. These intense winds were present in very small sub-vortices within the larger tornado circulation. An analysis of the high resolution radar data combined with the results of the ground damage survey indicates that none of these intense sub-vortices impacted any structures in rural Canadian County. So despite the measured wind speeds, surveyors could not find any damage that would support a rating higher than EF3 based solely on the damage indicators used with the EF scale. ||The maximum tornado width was 2.6 miles. However, the damaging wind swath was much larger, as non-tornadic downdraft winds extended for at least a mile south of the tornado. Given the difficulty of separating this damage from tornadic damage, the OU RaXPol radar was used to help determine the width. |
| 23:09Z | EF0 | KARX | IA | Floyd | Floyd Hanry Arpt | A small tornado briefly touched down north of Floyd. |
| 23:12Z | EF0 | KTLX | OK | Canadian | Union City | One of two satellite tornadoes was observed rotating around the primary El Reno tornado by storm chasers and the RaXPol mobile research radar. |
| 23:13Z | EF0 | KTLX | OK | Canadian | El Reno | The second of two satellite tornadoes that was observed rotating around the primary El Reno tornado by storm chasers and the RaXPol mobile research radar. |
| 23:18Z | EF0 | KINX | OK | Osage | Hulah | This brief tornado was reported by a storm chaser. The NWS survey team could find no damage as a result of this tornado as it occurred over open country. |
| 23:20Z | EF0 | KLSX | MO | Montgomery | Danville | A weak tornado briefly touched down along Highway 161 from 2.5 miles south southwest to 2 miles south southwest of Montgomery City. Much of the damage was confined to tree damage. One large tree snapped about a third of the way from the base and fell onto a parked school bus. No one was inside the bus. Before the tornado lifted and dissipated, three power poles were bent about 40 degrees to the northeast. Overall, the tornado path length was half a mile and max path width was 30 yards. The damage was rated as EF0 with max winds of 75 MPH. |
| 23:21Z | EF0 | KLSX | MO | Montgomery | Montgomery City | A weak tornado briefly touched down about two miles south of Montgomery City along Blue Bird Road. Much of the damage was confined to tree damage. Before lifting and dissipating near the intersection of Blue Bird Road and Bob White Road, the roof of an old machine shed was peeled off to the south. The tornado path length was two tenths of a mile with a max path width of 30 yards. The damage was rated EF0 with max wind speeds of 75 MPH. |
| 23:28Z | EF0 | KLSX | MO | Montgomery | New Florence | A weak tornado touched down 2 miles north northwest of New Florence. Much of the damage was confined to downed trees. The tornado traveled east for about a mile. Before lifting and dissipating, the tornado caused minor siding and soffit damage to a home and uprooted a large tree in the backyard. The tornado path length was 1.06 miles with a max path width of 40 yards. The damage was rated EF0 with max wind speeds of 80 MPH. |
| 23:29Z | EF2 | KTLX | OK | Canadian | Yukon | The storm damage survey and Doppler on Wheels mobile radar detected a long-lived anticyclonic tornado southwest of Yukon. Some structural damage was noted along with damage to trees. Damages estimated. |
| 23:30Z | EF1 | KINX | OK | Osage | Little Chief | This tornado remained over open country much of its life cycle but did snap two power poles. Maximum estimated wind in the tornado based on this limited amount of damage, from which to make the assessment, was 85 to 95 mph. |
| 23:38Z | EF1 | KINX | OK | Washington | Owen | This tornado occurred mostly over open country but did damage the roof of a home and uproot several trees. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 85 to 95 mph. |
| 23:51Z | EF0 | KTLX | OK | Canadian | Yukon | An relatively long-lived weak tornado began northwest of SW 15th Street and Morgan Road in western Oklahoma City to the southeast of Yukon. The tornado moved just south of east for a little over 1.5 miles and into Oklahoma County. Damage to trees and power lines was noted, as well as very minor structural damage to some homes. Damages estimated. |
| 23:54Z | EF1 | KTLX | OK | Oklahoma | Wheatland | A tornado moved into Oklahoma County from Canadian County in western Oklahoma City and moved generally east along and near SW 15th Street before dissipating near SW 15th and Meridian Avenue. Buildings, power lines and trees were damaged, including broken windows at a couple of motels along Meridian Avenue. Damage amounts were estimated. |
| 23:55Z | EF0 | KTLX | OK | Canadian | El Reno | A tornado was reported from Spotter Network where a strong radar signal from terminal doppler TOKC was also located. And damage from this tornado would have been indiscernible as this tornado occurred within the damage path of the earlier El Reno EF5 tornado. |
| 00:21Z | EF0 | KINX | OK | Nowata | South Coffeyville | This tornado damaged a number of trees. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 80 to 85 mph. |
| 00:30Z | EF0 | KIND | IN | Benton | Templeton | A tornado touched down in an open field near County Roads 500S and 600E. The tornado was on the ground for about a half mile and was captured on video. There was no reported damage. |
| 00:35Z | EF0 | KTLX | OK | Oklahoma | Valley Brook | An EF-0 tornado traveled from Creekwood Terrace southeast to Keith Drive near SE 54th Street. Minor damage to trees and power lines was noted. Damages estimated. |
| 00:37Z | EF1 | KLSX | MO | Franklin | Jeffriesburg | A tornado touched down just west of Highway UU, around 3.5 miles southwest of Union. Most of the damage consisted of snapped and downed trees and broken tree limbs. Five homes located along Indian Prairie Lane between Union and St. Clair suffered minor roof damage. The tornado lifted and dissipated just south of the intersection of Meramec Terrace Road and Indian Acres Road, around 3.4 miles southwest of Robertsville. The tornado path length was 10 miles with a max path width of 550 yards. The damage was rated EF1 with max wind speeds of 105 MPH. |
| 00:42Z | EF1 | KTLX | OK | Cleveland | Moore | Storm damage survey indicated a brief EF-1 tornado developed near in the South Lakes Park area near SW 119th Street and Meridian Avenue. Damage to several homes, trees, and power lines and poles occurred. Damages estimated. |
| 00:45Z | EF0 | KTLX | OK | Grady | Tuttle | Two storm chasers filmed a tornado to the northeast of Tuttle near the Canadian River. The tornado produced no known damage. |
| 00:50Z | EF3 | KLSX | MO | St. Charles | Defiance | A tornado touched down about four miles southwest of Weldon Spring in St. Charles County, Missouri. It downed trees, blew over empty tractor trailers, and caused minor damage to construction equipment. It moved east-northeast into Weldon Spring Heights and the Missouri Research Park (on the south side of Weldon Spring) causing roof, window, and solar panel damage to a few structures as well as downing more trees before crossing Interstate 64. The tornado passed within one half of a mile of the National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office which is located in the Missouri Research Park. The tornado continued moving east-northeast through densely populated residential areas of southern St. Charles County, south of Highway 94. Roofing was torn off of Bryan Middle School and blown 100 yards, many houses suffered varying degrees of roof (from minor damage to removal of entire roof), wall (from minor damage to total collapse), and overall structural damage, and thousands of trees were damaged. The most intense damage, rated EF3, occurred on Haversham Drive where only the interior walls were left standing of three homes. The tornado began to move a bit more easterly, widening to nearly 1000 yards (or a half-mile), causing damage in residential areas and the St. Charles Family Arena before crossing the Missouri River into St. Louis County just south of Interstate 70.||The tornado caused damage to 765 homes in St. Charles County. Seven hundred twenty-three homes suffered minor damage, 34 homes suffered major damage, and 8 homes were destroyed. Three hundred forty-eight businesses sustained minor damage, while 25 businesses had major damage. Cleanup costs alone for St. Charles County was 2.4 million dollars, with approximately 50,000 tons of tree and limb debris removed. There were 8 minor injuries due to the tornado.||The path length of the tornado in St. Charles County was 14.8 miles with a max path width of 950 yards. The damage for this segment was estimated to be EF3 with max wind speeds of 150 MPH. Overall, the entire tornado path length was 31.8 miles with a max path width of 1 mile and a maximum damage rating of EF3. |
| 00:53Z | EF1 | KTLX | OK | Oklahoma | (okc)will Rogers Apt | A tornado touched down just west of SW 59th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue in southwest Oklahoma City, and moved east to just southwest of SW 59th Street and Western Avenue. Roof and tree damage occurred with this tornado. Damage amounts are estimated. |
| 01:01Z | EF1 | KLSX | MO | Jefferson | Byrnesville | A tornado touched down in extreme western Jefferson County near Highway NN and Apke Lane. It moved to the east and most of the damage consisted of snapped and downed trees and broken tree limbs. In the Byrnes Mill area several mobile homes were damaged from fallen trees. In Scotsdale, several school buildings at Our Lady Queen of Peace Church suffered minor damage. The tornado lifted and dissipated west of Rustic Trails Drive, around 2.7 miles east of Byrnes Mill. The tornado path length was 12.4 miles and the max path width was 200 yards. The damage was rated EF1 with max wind speeds of 100 MPH. |
| 01:08Z | EF2 | KLSX | MO | St. Louis | Vigus | The tornado crossed the Missouri River from St. Charles County into St. Louis County just south of Interstate 70. As it moved through the Riverport area, it caused major damage to one of the buildings at Hollywood Casino. Part of the roof and most of the siding were torn off of a section of the casino that housed maintenance and staff offices. Five large power poles were snapped off at the base. The damage in this area was rated EF2. Also, numerous trees were snapped off. Further to the east in the Riverport area, a gas station lost part of its canopy and a nearby hotel sustained minor roof damage as well as several windows blown out. The tornado then crossed Interstate 70 into the Earth City area. As it crossed the highway at the intersection of I-70 and Earth City Expressway it knocked down the large steel truss that holds signs for the east bound side of I-70 into the west bound lanes of the highway. Traffic was backed up for hours in this area due to the fallen sign and numerous power lines as well as debris laying across the interstate. North of I-70 the tornado widened to a mile wide with the most significant damage centered just northwest of the I-70/Earth City Expressway interchange. One warehouse building had a section of the pre-cast concrete wall collapse outward and fall onto the parking lot on the southeast corner. Meanwhile on the north facing side of the warehouse, several bay doors were blown in and several tractor trailers and delivery trucks were blown over. The building next door had roof damage and an unoccupied car nearby was flipped onto its roof and another one was rolled as well. The damage in this area was rated EF2. Further to the east and northeast, the Point 70 office building sustained extensive window damage and another warehouse had a quarter of its roof peeled off. Spectrum Brands warehouse building on Corporate Exchange Drive had a very large section of pre-cast concrete walls collapse inward and damage here was rated EF2. The tornado continued to the east, crossing Interstate 270 between Interstate 70 and St. Charles Rock Road. Numerous trees, power poles and power lines were blown down across Bridgeton. An apartment building on Natural Bridge Road lost its entire roof with some of the debris landing on cars in the parking lot. Several other apartment buildings had minor roof damage. Damage in this area was rated EF2. The tornado crossed the northern portions of Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, causing minor damage to four outbuildings. From there the tornado continued east, blowing down or uprooting numerous large trees, power poles and power lines in Berkley, Kinloch, Ferguson, and Dellwood mainly along and north of Chambers Road. Several of the large trees fell onto houses and vehicles causing minor to major damage. As it crossed New Halls Ferry Road it began to go in a more east northeasterly direction, paralleling Interstate 270 for a time. A gas station at the intersection of Dunn Road and Old Halls Ferry Road had one of its canopies collapsed. Just east of Highway 367, six power poles were snapped off along Dunn Road on the north side of I-270. A bit further east, just east of Bellefontaine Road, an apartment complex on N. Garden Drive had eight of its buildings sustain major roof damage. Otherwise, most of the damage in the area was to trees and power lines. A few of the trees landed on homes causing varying degrees of damage. The tornado then lifted and dissipated on the banks of the Mississippi River about six tenths of a mile north northeast of the intersection of I-270 and Columbia Bottom Road. The tornado caused damage to 612 homes in St. Louis County. Five hundred and ten homes suffered minor damage, 101 homes suffered major damage, and one home was destroyed. One hundred twenty-one businesses sustained minor damage, while 5 businesses had major damage. Cleanup costs alone for St. Louis County was 4.3 million dollars.||The path length of the tornado in St. Louis County was 17.0 miles with a max path width of a mile wide. The damage for this segment was estimated to be EF2 with max wind speeds of 130 MPH. Overall, the entire tornado path length was 31.8 miles with a max path width of 1 mile and a maximum damage rating of EF3. |
| 01:21Z | EF1 | KINX | OK | Rogers | Talala | This is the first of two segments of this tornado. The tornado snapped a number of trees and uprooted many others in Rogers County. Based on this tree damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 100 to 110 mph. The tornado was photographed by several storm chasers. It continued into Nowata County, Oklahoma. |
| 01:25Z | EF1 | KINX | OK | Nowata | Watova | This is the final segment of a two segment tornado. In Nowata County, this tornado snapped or uprooted numerous trees. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment was 100 to 110 mph. Several storm chasers photographed this tornado. The tornado moved east-northeast, turning more northeasterly as it crossed the N 4110 Road. |
| 01:27Z | EF1 | KINX | OK | Rogers | Talala | This is the first of two segements of this tornado. In Rogers County, this tornado snapped or uprooted trees. Maximum estimated wind in the tornado based on this damage was 100 to 110 mph. Several storm chasers photographed this tornado. It continued into Nowata County, Oklahoma. |
| 01:27Z | EF1 | KLSX | MO | St. Louis | Larimore | A tornado touched down in the Columbia Bottom Conservation Area, about 3 miles northeast of the interchange of I-270 and Columbia Bottom Road. It uprooted a large tree in this location, then traveled to the northeast. It uprooted another large tree just northeast of Upper Columbia Bottom Road, before turning a bit more easterly and crossed the Mississippi River into Madison County Illinois. For this segment of the tornado, the path length in St. Louis County was 2 miles with a max path width of 50 yards. The damage for this segment was rated EF1 with max wind speeds of 90 MPH. Overall, the entire tornado path length was 10.6 miles with a max path width of 150 yards. The tornado was rated EF3 with max wind speeds of 160 MPH. |
| 01:28Z | EF1 | KINX | OK | Nowata | Watova | This is the final segment of this two segment tornado. In Nowata County, this tornado destroyed a mobile home, injuring two occupants. It also damaged other permanent homes, destroyed a barn, and snapped or uprooted numerous trees. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was 100 to 110 mph. Several storm chasers photographed this tornado. This tornado moved east-northeast until it crossed E 28 Road then turned sharply to the north, paralleling the N 4150 Road until it dissipated. |
| 01:29Z | EF3 | KLSX | IL | Madison | Oldenburg | The tornado crossed the Mississippi River from St. Louis County Missouri into Madison County Illinois, about 1.1 miles northwest of the intersection of Illinois Routes 3 and 203. It blew down several trees once it made landfall. As it traveled to the east northeast, it took about a quarter of the roof off of a business on the northwest corner of the intersection of Illinois Route 3 and Piasa Lane. On the east side of Illinois Route 3, a gas station sustained minor damage. Damage in this area was rated EF1. Further northeast, several power poles were snapped along S. Delmar Avenue. Just south of the intersection of Robbins Road and Illinois Route 111, 5 large wooden power poles were snapped and there was a convergent pattern in the tree damage to the north. As it crossed the far southern portions of South Roxana, there was minor damage to several homes, then the tornado crossed Highway 255. It buckled in a wall on a large steel framework building and twisted the roof steel girders just south of Old Alton Edwardsville Road, about a quarter of a mile east of the intersection of Old Alton Edwardsville Road and Section Line Road. On the same property, another very large and well-built wood framed metal sided storage building was completely destroyed by the tornado. Damage was rated EF3 in this location. The tornado continued to the northeast crossing Illinois Route 143 just north of the intersection with N. University Dr. Before lifting and dissipating, the tornado crossed Illinois Route 159, just south of Fox Creek Golf Club and snapped off several large fir trees as well as a wooden power pole. The tornado path length in Madison County was 8.6 miles with a max path width of 150 yards. The damage in this segment was rated EF3 with max wind speeds of 160 MPH. Overall, the entire tornado path length was 10.6 miles with a max path width of 150 yards. The tornado was rated EF3 with max wind speeds of 160 MPH. |
| 01:49Z | EF2 | KLSX | IL | Macoupin | Gillespie | The tornado began on the west side of Gillespie, causing minor damage to an apartment complex on the southwest side of the intersection of Broadway Street and LJ Avenue. It blew out several windows on one of the apartment buildings. It then caused major damage to the north end of a brick gymnasium at Gillespie High School. The damage to the gymnasium was rated EF2. Then it proceeded to travel northeast, blowing the roof off of a house just northeast of the high school. Also, a large pine tree was snapped off at the base next to the house. The tornado continued to the northeast. There was extensive damage to trees and roofs along a west southwest to east northeast path through the town. The tornado destroyed a garage at the corner of Henry Street and Fulton Street. The tornado lifted and dissipated just north of the intersection of Harding Avenue and Illinois Route 16. The tornado path length was 1.5 miles with max path width of 150 yards. The damage was rated EF2 with max wind speeds of 115 MPH. |
| 02:02Z | EF1 | KILX | IL | Montgomery | Waggoner | A tornado touched down half a mile north of the intersection of County Road 100E and 2200N or 3.5 miles south-southwest of Waggoner, Illinois. Several large tree limbs 6 to 10 inches in diameter were blown down by the tornado. The tornado path at this location was 30 yards wide. The tornado traveled northeast and damaged one barn and a few outbuildings on Goby Avenue, about 1.5 miles west of I-55. The roof of two outbuildings were uplifted and tossed 100 to 150 yards to the northeast. Another outbuilding was severely damaged on Coalfield Avenue, half a quarter of a mile west of I-55. Damage intensity was rated EF1. Debris from this machine shed was tossed across a corn field and across I-55. The tornado then crossed I-55, blowing over three tractor trailers. No injuries were reported. The tornado then damaged a third farmstead on County Road 2500N approximately a quarter of a mile east of I-55. Windows were blown inward on a two story farm home and two machine sheds were severely damaged. The damage intensity was rated EF1 and damage was 40 yards wide. The tornado continued to move northeast and downed large tree branches 6 to 10 inches in diameter on East Waggoner Road, about 2 miles east southeast of Waggoner, Illinois. The tornado then lifted and dissipated. The tornado path length was 4.3 miles with a max path width of 50 yards. The damage was rated EF1 with max wind speeds estimated between 90 and 100 MPH. |
| 03:03Z | EF1 | KILX | IL | Macon | Decatur | A tornado touched down at 10:03 PM CDT on the northwest side of Decatur near the intersection of Division Street and Summit Avenue. The tornado tracked northeastward through Graceland Cemetery, across Oakland Avenue, and just south of the Decatur Memorial Hospital before dissipating near East Maywood Court at 10:07 PM CDT. Numerous trees and tree branches were blown down along the path of the tornado, with the most significant tree damage occurring in Graceland Cemetery. The Plaza TV shop on Oakland Avenue lost its roof and suffered broken windows and siding damage. Other minor roofing damage occurred along the path of the tornado, with numerous trees and tree branches knocked down for several blocks south of the tornado as well. No injuries were reported. |
| 04:23Z | EF1 | KINX | OK | Delaware | Zena | This tornado developed near the shore of Grand Lake and traveled east-northeast, snapping large tree limbs and uprooting many trees in its path. No significant damage was noted to the homes in the path near the lake shore. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 90 to 100 mph. |
| 04:24Z | EF1 | KIND | IL | Vermilion | Meeks | A tornado touched down in an open field 2.6 miles southeast of Westville at 11:24 PM CDT. The tornado tracked to the northeast, crossing North 1850 East Road, then severely damaged an attached garage and part of a house. The garage was pulled from its foundation and pushed about 10 feet on top of the car inside. A large barn was damaged and several trees were splintered as well. The tornado dissipated about one tenth of a mile northeast of the property at 11:25 PM CDT. No injuries were reported. |
| 06:54Z | EF1 | KSRX | AR | Madison | St Paul | This tornado developed on the edge of a ridge line where it blew down numerous trees. It then removed the roof from a mobile home, damaged two barns, and produced minor damage to a home as it moved into the valley along Highway 16. A large tree was blown down onto a truck. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 100 to 110 mph. |
Storm reports are derived from "The Storm Events Database" (National Centers for Environmental Information) and/or "Past Storm Reports" (Storm Prediction Center).