Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- May 17, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Coordinates
- 37.130, -90.470
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 17, 1990
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Butler
- When
- May 17, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Butler County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 36.600, -90.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Stoddard
- When
- May 17, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Stoddard County
- Coordinates
- 36.680, -89.970
Thunderstorm Wind, New Madrid
- When
- May 17, 9:35 PM CST
- Where
- New Madrid County
- Coordinates
- 36.670, -89.570
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in New York, May 17, 1990
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, May 17, 1990
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 17, 1990
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 17, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 17, 1990
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 17, 1990
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 17, 1990
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 17, 1990
- Damaging Wind in Vermont, May 17, 1990
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, May 17, 1990
- Tornado in Alabama, May 17, 1990
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10070958, 10070959, 10070960, 10070961.