Missouri, 1999

Tornado in Missouri, April 3, 1999

April 3, 1999 · NWS SGF · 1 event in 1 county or zone

An F0 tornado crossed the Missouri-Arkansas state line southeast of Thayer and left a broken 50 yard wide damage path to an area south of Couch. A barn southeast of Thayer was destroyed and trees were uprooted along the tornado's path.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$50,000
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.

An F0 tornado crossed the Missouri-Arkansas state line southeast of Thayer and left a broken 50 yard wide damage path to an area south of Couch. A barn southeast of Thayer was destroyed and trees were uprooted along the tornado's path.

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 187 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:53 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Oregon

When
April 3, 4:56 PM CST to 5:05 PM CST
Where
Oregon County, Thayer to 2 mi S of Couch
Rating
F0
Path length
6 mi
Path width
50 yd
Property damage
$50,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
36.480, -91.520

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.

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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: 5695079.