Tornado, Massac
- When
- April 5, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Massac County, 4 mi NW of Metropolis
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 37.180, -88.780
A weak tornado briefly touched down in the vicinity of U.S. 45 between Joppa and Metropolis. The tornado occurred just outside of a coal terminal. A 9-by-9 foot guard shack on the coal terminal property was destroyed when the roof was blown off followed by the walls collapsing. A guard inside the shack was treated at a hospital for cuts caused by flying glass. A house across the street had very minor structural damage on its east side, with debris blown from the north to the west side of the house. The tornado was likely at tree-top level. A coal terminal worker reported seeing a "funnel." This tornado was associated with a severe thunderstorm complex that originated over the Mississippi River counties of western Kentucky and moved northeast.