Tornado, Crawford
- When
- June 1, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Crawford County, 3 mi NNW of Steelville
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 75 yd
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 38.000, -91.370
Tornado in Missouri, June 1, 1999
A short-lived tornado struck along Birds Nest Road just north of Steelville. About a dozen trees were downed and one home suffered minor damage to the roof and garage.
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
- $1,000
- 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 LSX wrote it up.
A short-lived tornado struck along Birds Nest Road just north of Steelville. About a dozen trees were downed and one home suffered minor damage to the roof and garage.
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 98 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:04 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
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- Tornadoes in Missouri, June 1, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Illinois, June 1 to 2, 1999
- Tornadoes in Illinois, June 1, 1999
- Tornado in Illinois, June 1, 1999
- Flooding and Hail in Kansas, June 1 to 28, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, June 1 to 25, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 1, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Illinois, June 1, 1999
More
Every storm in Missouri in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Missouri, 1999Warnings in Missouri, June 1999
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: 5705240.