Tornadoes · United States · Missouri · 2024
EF0 tornado, Hulstan, Missouri, May 6, 2024
This EF0 tornado ran 0.4 miles across Dade County on May 6, 2024, touching down at 12:12 AM CDT and reaching 200 yards wide. It killed nobody, and did $10,000 of property damage.
The rating scale
Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Enhanced Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.
EF065 to 85 mphthis tornado
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
EF186 to 110 mph
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
EF2111 to 135 mph
Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.
EF3136 to 165 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
EF4166 to 200 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
EF5over 200 mph
Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.
Unrated
The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.
The record
- Rating
- EF0
- Date
- May 6, 2024
- Touchdown
- 12:12 AM CDT (05:12 UTC)
- Lifted
- 12:14 AM CDT (05:14 UTC)
- On the ground
- 2 minutes
- Path length
- 0.4 miles (0.7 km)
- Path width
- 200 yards (183 m)
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- County
- Dade County
- Touchdown point
- 37.437, -93.761
- Lift-off point
- 37.440, -93.754
- Record number
- 2405062312-01
The damage survey
2 damage points were recorded along this path by NWS SGF, in the Damage Assessment Toolkit the survey teams carry. The strongest indicator was rated EF0. The highest wind the damage implies is 80 mph.
- 10-20 large trees uprooted. All pointing northwest.
Survey points are preliminary and are the raw material the published rating was built from. Source: NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit.
What the Weather Service recorded
A shortwave trough and an associated cold front pushed through the Missouri Ozarks during the late evening of May 6, 2024 and into the early morning hours of May 7, 2024. Thunderstorms developed along the front west of the Ozarks, quickly growing upscale to a linear storm mode by the time they reached southwest Missouri. This line of thunderstorms pushed through the area, causing widespread wind damage, flash flooding, and several tornadoes.
NWS storm survey team determined that a brief EF-0 tornado touched down near E Dade 96. Maximum wind speeds of 80 mph caused several trees to be uprooted.
From NOAA NCEI's Storm Events Database, the narrative the local forecast office wrote for Storm Data.
The warnings
27 minutes of warning. NWS SGF issued a tornado warning for this county at 04:45 UTC, 27 minutes before the tornado touched down, in force until 05:15 UTC.
The county was under a tornado watch, issued at 01:41 UTC and running to 07:03 UTC.
| Issued (UTC) | Expired | Product | Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01:41 UTC | 07:03 UTC | Tornado Watch | SGF |
| 04:36 UTC | 05:30 UTC | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF |
| 04:45 UTC | 05:15 UTC | Tornado Warning | SGF |
| 05:04 UTC | 05:30 UTC | Tornado Warning | SGF |
| 05:23 UTC | 05:38 UTC | Tornado Warning | SGF |
Every warning and watch covering the touchdown point that day, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service products. Lead time is measured from the issue of the warning in force to the touchdown time in the database, both of which were recorded to the minute by different people.
The forecast that day
The Storm Prediction Center had this point in a Enhanced Risk, with a 0.10 chance of a tornado within 25 miles. The outlook in force was issued at 00:50 UTC.
SPC's Day 1 convective outlook as it stood when the tornado began, read at the touchdown point. The same archive is on the radar archive.
The air that afternoon
The radiosonde launches on either side of the tornado, from the nearest station that was launching then, drawn and analyzed the way Storm Lab does: the same diagram, the same parcel and shear definitions SPC's mesoanalysis uses.
Springfield, MO (KSGF), 00:00Z
5.2 hours before the tornado, 60 km from the path. May 7, 2024.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1078 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Surface CAPE
- 2504 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 884 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 302 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 13.8
- 0-3 km lapse rate
- 6.1 K/km
Springfield, MO (KSGF), 12:00Z
6.8 hours after it, 60 km from the path. May 7, 2024.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 160 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -110 J/kg
- Surface CAPE
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 728 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 308 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
- 0-3 km lapse rate
- 4.5 K/km
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 39 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the touchdown began at 05:13 UTC.
Open the radar archive at this moment, over the track
Reflectivity and velocity, decoded from the Level II archive in the browser. Volumes take a few seconds to open the first time.
What was reported nearby
Local storm reports within 60 km of the path, in the three hours either side.
| Time (UTC) | Report | Where | County | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04:30 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nne Brooklyn Heights | Jasper, MO | Pictures via social media of trees down and trunks snapped at the base. Partial roof damage on barn and small house nearby. |
| 04:39 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Carthage | Jasper, MO | Widespread tree and powerline damage from Brooklyn Heights through the N side of Carthage. |
| 04:39 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Se Carthage | Jasper, MO | Delayed report. Time based on radar. Huge tree down in backyard on Glenwood Place in Carthage. |
| 04:40 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | Carthage | Jasper, MO | NWS Storm Survey found widespread 70-80 mph winds across Carthage with numerous tree limbs down and trees uprooted. |
| 04:50 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 4 W Avilla | Jasper, MO | HWY 96 and CR 80 house roof off and walls down. Time based on radar. |
| 04:51 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Nw Maple Grove | Jasper, MO | Report from mPING, 3-inch tree limbs broken, Power poles broken. Time based on radar. |
| 05:15 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Wsw Dadeville | Dade, MO | Images sent via social media depicting multiple trees down, knocking down power lines. Half of a barns roof was blown off with the roll-up door ripped out of the track and bent. |
| 05:18 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | Collins | St. Clair, MO | large limb down on old hwy 13. time based on radar. |
| 05:20 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | Everton | Dade, MO | Report from mPING, 1-inch tree limbs broken, Shingles blown off. Time based on radar. |
| 05:22 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wsw Dadeville | Dade, MO | Delayed report via social media. Straight line wind damage resulted int damage to the side of a home and destroyed a barn. Time estimated from radar. |
| 05:30 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Se Glidewell | Greene, MO | Report from mPING, 1-inch tree limbs broken, Shingles blown off. Time based on radar. |
| 05:33 UTC | TORNADO | 2 S Cave Springs | Greene, MO | *** 1 INJ *** NWS Survey found an EF-0 tornado touched down just northwest of Willard and tracked to the northeast before lifting northwest of Fair Grove. Maximum winds were estimated at 80 mph. The tornado both uprooted |
| 05:35 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nne Ebenezer | Greene, MO | Trees down near intersection of highway H and Farm Road 26. |
| 05:37 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Wnw Ebenezer | Greene, MO | Image received via social media of a large tree trunk snapped at the base. |
| 05:40 UTC | TSTM WND GST 64 | 1 S Willard | Greene, MO | Corrects previous tstm wnd gst report from 1 S Willard. |
| 05:40 UTC | TSTM WND GST 64 | 1 S Willard | Greene, MO | Corrects previous tstm wnd gst report from 1 S Willard. Corrects previous tstm wnd gst report from 1 S Willard. |
| 05:41 UTC | TSTM WND GST 60 | 5 Sse Willard | Greene, MO | Springfield airport measured 60 mph gust. |
| 05:45 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 4 E Pleasant Hope | Polk, MO | Delayed report. Time based on radar. Roof and side of house damaged. Tree branches broken off of tree. |
| 05:45 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ne Ebenezer | Greene, MO | Social media pictures/account. Roof that was already blown off from 4/1/24 tornadoes moved 15 to 20 feet and took out the fence line. |
| 05:50 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Wnw Fair Grove | Greene, MO | Image via social media of a tree uprooted and fallen on a truck. |
| 05:54 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ne Springfield | Greene, MO | Report from mPING 1-inch tree limbs broken, Shingles blown off. Time based on radar. |
| 05:55 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ene Olive | Dallas, MO | Two large oak trees reported down along with a portable building blown over. |
| 05:58 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 2 W Olive | Dallas, MO | 16 to 18 inch trees snapped along with many branches down. Time based on radar. |
| 06:40 UTC | TSTM WND GST 64 | 1 S Willard | Greene, MO |
From the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service local storm reports.
This ground now
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The other tornadoes of May 6, 2024
40 more were confirmed in the United States that day.
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6 | 12:49 PM MDT | Unrated | Butte, SD | 3.5 | 10 | |||
| May 6 | 1:53 PM CDT | EF0 | Lincoln, NE | 0.9 | 10 | |||
| May 6 | 1:07 PM MDT | Unrated | Butte, SD | 10.5 | 10 | |||
| May 6 | 2:55 PM CDT | EF0 | Wilson, TN | 0.5 | 50 | $25,000 | ||
| May 6 | 4:19 PM CDT | EF0 | Webster, NE | 7.0 | 40 | $20,000 | ||
| May 6 | 4:23 PM CDT | EF1 | DeKalb, TN | 3.2 | 150 | $300,000 | ||
| May 6 | 6:04 PM CDT | Unrated | Major, OK | 3.8 | 30 | |||
| May 6 | 6:40 PM CDT | Unrated | Custer, NE | 0.1 | 1 | |||
| May 6 | 6:41 PM CDT | EF1 | Blaine, OK | 11.1 | 300 | $40,000 | ||
| May 6 | 7:07 PM CDT | EF0 | Gage, NE | 1.0 | 30 | |||
| May 6 | 7:16 PM CDT | EF0 | Gage, NE | 0.2 | 20 | |||
| May 6 | 7:27 PM CDT | EF0 | Garfield, OK | 0.2 | 50 | |||
| May 6 | 7:34 PM CDT | EF0 | Garfield, OK | 0.2 | 30 | $5,000 | ||
| May 6 | 7:39 PM CDT | EF0 | Riley, KS | 1.2 | 75 | |||
| May 6 | 7:44 PM CDT | EF1 | Garfield, OK | 6.3 | 300 | |||
| May 6 | 8:44 PM CDT | EF0 | Kay, OK | 0.7 | 30 | $50,000 | ||
| May 6 | 8:48 PM CDT | EF1 | Mills, IA | 5.7 | 250 | |||
| May 6 | 8:54 PM CDT | EF1 | Kay, OK | 8.0 | 75 | $100,000 | ||
| May 6 | 8:55 PM CDT | Unrated | Chautauqua, KS | 0.0 | 10 | |||
| May 6 | 9:07 PM CDT | EF1 | Pottawattamie, IA | 1.5 | 200 | |||
| May 6 | 9:12 PM CDT | EF4 | Barnsdall–Bartlesville tornado, OK | 40.8 | 1,700 | 2 | 33 | $25 million |
| May 6 | 9:13 PM CDT | EF1 | Pottawattamie, IA | 4.0 | 450 | |||
| May 6 | 9:22 PM CDT | EF0 | Coffey, KS | 0.9 | 50 | |||
| May 6 | 9:30 PM CDT | EF0 | Coffey, KS | 0.9 | 50 | |||
| May 6 | 10:56 PM CDT | EF0 | Lincoln, OK | 2.2 | 50 | $5,000 | ||
| May 6 | 10:59 PM CDT | EF0 | Platte, MO | 6.0 | 50 | |||
| May 6 | 11:00 PM CDT | EF0 | Ottawa, OK to KS | 24.1 | 1,100 | $350,000 | ||
| May 6 | 11:13 PM CDT | EF0 | Cherokee, KS | 2.7 | 50 | $64,000 | ||
| May 6 | 11:26 PM CDT | EF1 | Jackson, MO | 5.8 | 50 | |||
| May 6 | 11:29 PM CDT | EF1 | Jasper, MO | 4.5 | 100 | $160,000 | ||
| May 6 | 11:38 PM CDT | EF1 | Jasper, MO | 2.0 | 100 | $50,000 | ||
| May 6 | 11:39 PM CDT | EF1 | Oklahoma, OK | 2.2 | 75 | $300,000 | ||
| May 6 | 11:39 PM CDT | EF0 | Jackson, MO | 4.4 | 50 | |||
| May 6 | 11:46 PM CDT | EF1 | Oklahoma, OK | 1.1 | 30 | $50,000 | ||
| May 6 | 12:06 AM CDT | EF1 | Okmulgee, OK | 4.0 | 350 | |||
| May 6 | 12:21 AM CDT | EF0 | St. Clair, MO | 1.0 | 100 | $5,000 | ||
| May 6 | 12:33 AM CDT | EF0 | Greene, MO | 18.7 | 150 | 1 | $73,000 | |
| May 6 | 12:38 AM CDT | EF1 | Clarke, IA | 6.2 | 80 | $250,000 | ||
| May 6 | 12:51 AM CDT | EF1 | Pettis, MO | 9.7 | 75 | |||
| May 6 | 12:53 AM CDT | EF0 | Clarke, IA | 2.0 | 80 | $100,000 |
What this means
Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.
Sources
NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.