Tornado, Phelps
- When
- June 1, 6:10 PM CST to 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Phelps County, Edgar Spgs to 4 mi NE of Edgar Spgs
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 250 yd
- Property damage
- $175,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 37.730, -91.820
Tornadoes in Missouri, June 1, 1999
A tornado touched down northeast of Edgar Springs and moved into rural areas in northwest Dent County. 12 homes were damaged and 2 were destroyed in the Edgar Springs area.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $235,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
A tornado touched down northeast of Edgar Springs and moved into rural areas in northwest Dent County. 12 homes were damaged and 2 were destroyed in the Edgar Springs area. One mobile home was severely damaged in northwest Dent County. Numerous trees and power lines were downed.
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 147 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:09 UTC.
Event by event
2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Dent
- When
- June 1, 6:15 PM CST to 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Dent County, Lecoma to 5 mi SW of Lecoma
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 250 yd
- Property damage
- $60,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 37.730, -91.800
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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The same day elsewhere
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- 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
- Lightning Strikes in Florida, June 1 to 4, 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: 5706791, 5706792.