Missouri, 1998

Tornado in Missouri, May 21, 1998

May 21, 1998 · NWS SGF · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$30,000
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.

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:39 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Camden

When
May 21, 3:40 PM CST
Where
Camden County, Hurricane Deck to 2 mi W of Hurricane Deck
Rating
F0
Path length
0.7 mi
Path width
75 yd
Property damage
$30,000
Coordinates
38.130, -92.830

A weak tornado briefly touched down near Lake Road 5-61 near RY-SEN-SUN Estates and Standing Rock Campground. Several trees were uprooted, with one tree falling on a mobile home. A radio tower in the area was also blown down.

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

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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: 5645610.