Tornado, Laclede
- When
- May 5, 9:53 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Laclede County, Conway to 1 mi E of Conway
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Coordinates
- 37.500, -92.850
Tornado in Missouri, May 5, 1996
F1 tornado that touchdown in southeast Dallas county travelled another 4 miles through the town of Conway. Numerous buildings were damaged in Conway, mainly due to falling trees.
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
- 1
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS SGF wrote it up.
F1 tornado that touchdown in southeast Dallas county travelled another 4 miles through the town of Conway. Numerous buildings were damaged in Conway, mainly due to falling trees. A car wash business was completely destroyed. 1 minor injury was reported.
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 57 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:54 UTC.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- 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
- Flash Flood in Missouri, May 5, 1996
- Tornado in Kentucky, May 5, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, May 5, 1996
- Heavy Rain in West Virginia, May 5, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, May 5, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 5, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 5, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 5, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 5, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 5, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 5, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 5, 1996
More
Every storm in Missouri in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Missouri, 1996Warnings in Missouri, May 1996
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: 5559471.