Tornadoes · United States · Missouri · 2024
EF0 tornado, Hinch, Missouri, May 7, 2024
This EF0 tornado ran 0.7 miles across Crawford County on May 7, 2024, touching down at 3:44 AM CDT and reaching 75 yards wide. It killed nobody.
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 7, 2024
- Touchdown
- 3:44 AM CDT (08:44 UTC)
- Lifted
- 3:45 AM CDT (08:45 UTC)
- On the ground
- 1 minutes
- Path length
- 0.7 miles (1.2 km)
- Path width
- 75 yards (69 m)
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- County
- Crawford County
- Touchdown point
- 38.105, -91.195
- Lift-off point
- 38.109, -91.183
- Record number
- 2405070244-01
The damage survey
21 damage points were recorded along this path by NWS LSX, in the Damage Assessment Toolkit the survey teams carry. The strongest indicator was rated EF1. The highest wind the damage implies is 100 mph.
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
During the night on May 6th, 2024, a line of severe thunderstorms moved across western Missouri and impacted the NWS St. Louis forecast area during the early morning of May 7th. While damaging straight-line wind was observed across parts of the region, three QLCS tornadoes were detected.
A tornado touched down just south of Miller Lane, about half a mile west southwest of intersection with Highway N (4 miles southeast of Bourbon). As it tracked to the northeast it snapped off or blew down numerous trees and tree limbs. It lifted and dissipated around two tenths of a mile northeast of the intersection of Miller Lane and Highway N. Overall, the tornado was rated EF0 with a path length of 0.72 miles and a max path width of 75 yards. No deaths or injuries were reported.
From NOAA NCEI's Storm Events Database, the narrative the local forecast office wrote for Storm Data.
The warnings
No tornado warning for this county appears in the archive as in force at the moment the tornado touched down. One was issued for the county at another hour that day.
The county was under a tornado watch, issued at 06:02 UTC and running to 10:00 UTC.
| Issued (UTC) | Expired | Product | Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06:02 UTC | 10:00 UTC | Tornado Watch | LSX |
| 07:59 UTC | 08:45 UTC | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX |
| 08:09 UTC | 08:45 UTC | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX |
| 08:49 UTC | 08:58 UTC | Tornado Warning | LSX |
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 Marginal Risk. The outlook in force was issued at 05:10 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
8.7 hours before the tornado, 267 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
3.3 hours after it, 267 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 St Louis radar (KLSX), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the touchdown began at 08:46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08:24 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nne Cuba | Crawford, MO | Delayed report. Multiple trees snapped along the upper portion of the trunk. Time estimated from radar. |
| 08:27 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Cuba | Crawford, MO | Corrects previous tstm wnd dmg report from 1 S Cuba. Delayed report. Tree down over roadway at the 1200 block of Hwy 19. Time estimated from radar. |
| 08:27 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wnw Steelville | Crawford, MO | Corrects previous tstm wnd dmg report from 1 WNW Steelville. Corrects previous tstm wnd dmg report from 1 WNW Steelville. Delayed report. Tree down over roadway near Roadside Park. Time estimated from radar. |
| 08:27 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 2 W Cuba | Crawford, MO | Multiple large trees down on old Springfield Road west of Cuba. |
| 08:27 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | Cuba | Crawford, MO | Large pine tree uprooted. Via Facebook with picture. |
| 08:35 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 2 E Cherryville | Crawford, MO | Corrects previous tstm wnd dmg report from 2 E Cherryville. Corrects previous tstm wnd dmg report from 2 E Cherryville. Delayed report. Tree down over roadway along HWY 49 near Dan Halbert Road. Time estimated from radar |
| 08:39 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Wnw Bourbon | Crawford, MO | Corrects previous tstm wnd dmg report from 2 WNW Bourbon. Corrects previous tstm wnd dmg report from 2 WNW Bourbon. Corrects previous tstm wnd dmg report from 2 WNW Bourbon. Delayed report. Tree down over roadway at Hwy |
| 08:40 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Wnw Bourbon | Crawford, MO | Corrects previous tstm wnd dmg report from 2 WNW Bourbon. Delayed report. Tree down over roadway at the 1000 and 1500 blocks of Old Springfield Road. Time estimated from radar. |
| 08:44 UTC | TORNADO | 4 Se Bourbon | Crawford, MO | A brief EF-0 tornado with maximum wind gusts of 80mph touched down southeast of Bourbon, MO causing tree damage before lifting one minute later. |
| 08:45 UTC | TORNADO | 2 E Sullivan | Franklin, MO | A brief EF-1 tornado with maximum wind gusts of 100mph touched down at 3:45am at Sullivan High School and tracked northeast. Among the worst damage, the tornado caused structural damage to a restaurant before crossing Rt |
| 08:46 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 9 Ne Davisville | Washington, MO | Tree down on Highway 8 near Berryman. Time estimated from radar. |
| 08:46 UTC | TORNADO | 2 E Sullivan | Franklin, MO | Pictures sent in of considerable damage to business near Sullivan that occurred with a TDS. |
| 08:50 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wsw Sullivan | Franklin, MO | Large tree uprooted. Roof damage to a home, including damage to eaves and lifted shingles in one corner of the roof. |
| 09:19 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Wnw Bonne Terre | St. Francois, MO | Tree down on Highway 47 between Bonne Terre and Terre Du Lac. Time estimated based on radar. |
| 09:19 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | Dittmer | Jefferson, MO | Large tree blown over on top of an unoccupied SUV. Via Facebook with picture. |
| 09:23 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | Cedar Hill | Jefferson, MO | Several large tree limbs blown down. Via Facebook with picture. |
| 10:27 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Cuba | Crawford, MO | Delayed report. Tree down over roadway at the 1200 block of Hwy 19. Time estimated from radar. |
| 10:27 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wnw Steelville | Crawford, MO | Corrects previous tstm wnd dmg report from 1 WNW Steelville. Delayed report. Tree down over roadway near Roadside Park. Time estimated from radar. |
| 10:27 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wnw Steelville | Crawford, MO | Delayed report. Tree down over roadway. Time estimated from radar. |
| 10:35 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 2 E Cherryville | Crawford, MO | Corrects previous tstm wnd dmg report from 2 E Cherryville. Delayed report. Tree down over roadway along HWY 49 near Dan Halbert Road. Time estimated from radar. |
| 10:35 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 2 E Cherryville | Crawford, MO | Delayed report. Tree down over roadway. Time estimated from radar. |
| 10:39 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Wnw Bourbon | Crawford, MO | Corrects previous tstm wnd dmg report from 2 WNW Bourbon. Corrects previous tstm wnd dmg report from 2 WNW Bourbon. Delayed report. Tree down over roadway at Hwy C near Gerth Road. Time estimated from radar. |
| 10:39 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Wnw Bourbon | Crawford, MO | Corrects previous tstm wnd dmg report from 2 WNW Bourbon. Delayed report. Tree down over roadway. Time estimated from radar. |
| 10:39 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Wnw Bourbon | Crawford, MO | Delayed report. Tree down over roadway. Time estimated from radar. |
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 7, 2024
52 more were confirmed in the United States that day.
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7 | 1:05 AM CDT | EF1 | Okfuskee, OK | 2.8 | 200 | $15,000 | ||
| May 7 | 1:12 AM CDT | EF0 | Warren, IA | 3.1 | 80 | $50,000 | ||
| May 7 | 1:35 AM CDT | EF0 | Jasper, IA | 0.1 | 30 | $25,000 | ||
| May 7 | 1:37 AM CDT | EF0 | Marion, IA | 5.0 | 80 | $8,000 | ||
| May 7 | 1:43 AM CDT | EF1 | Randolph, MO | 8.3 | 250 | |||
| May 7 | 1:44 AM CDT | EF0 | Randolph, MO | 2.3 | 400 | |||
| May 7 | 2:23 AM CDT | EF2 | Adair, OK to AR | 11.7 | 800 | $75,000 | ||
| May 7 | 2:28 AM CDT | EF0 | Pulaski, MO | 9.8 | 150 | $16,000 | ||
| May 7 | 2:43 AM CDT | EF1 | Crawford, AR | 5.7 | 900 | $30,000 | ||
| May 7 | 2:43 AM CDT | EF1 | Crawford, AR | 9.2 | 1,100 | $500,000 | ||
| May 7 | 2:48 AM CDT | EF1 | Crawford, AR | 0.6 | 100 | $50,000 | ||
| May 7 | 2:55 AM CDT | EF1 | Washington, AR | 1.8 | 150 | $35,000 | ||
| May 7 | 2:55 AM CDT | EF1 | Franklin, AR | 3.9 | 1,200 | $30,000 | ||
| May 7 | 3:08 AM CDT | EF1 | Washington, AR | 2.8 | 550 | $30,000 | ||
| May 7 | 3:45 AM CDT | EF1 | Franklin, MO | 0.3 | 150 | |||
| May 7 | 4:21 AM CDT | EF0 | Saint Charles, MO | 2.2 | 50 | |||
| May 7 | 2:05 PM CDT | EF0 | Boone, IL to WI | 14.3 | 50 | $60,000 | ||
| May 7 | 2:18 PM CDT | EF1 | Walworth, WI | 1.0 | 50 | $100,000 | ||
| May 7 | 5:11 PM EDT | EF1 | Cass, MI | 11.7 | 950 | |||
| May 7 | 5:41 PM EDT | EF2 | Saint Joseph, MI | 19.5 | 950 | 1 | ||
| May 7 | 5:55 PM EDT | EF2 | Kalamazoo, MI | 10.9 | 300 | 12 | $50 million | |
| May 7 | 6:07 PM EDT | EF1 | Branch, MI | 1.1 | 100 | |||
| May 7 | 6:11 PM EDT | Unrated | Steuben, IN | 0.1 | 1 | |||
| May 7 | 7:47 PM EDT | Unrated | Rush, IN | 0.8 | 30 | |||
| May 7 | 7:50 PM EDT | EF2 | Mercer, OH | 8.1 | 400 | $50,000 | ||
| May 7 | 8:02 PM EDT | EF0 | Shelby, IN | 0.8 | 50 | $30,000 | ||
| May 7 | 8:03 PM EDT | EF1 | Rush, IN | 4.6 | 75 | $47,000 | ||
| May 7 | 8:05 PM EDT | EF1 | Rush, IN | 0.2 | 30 | $30,000 | ||
| May 7 | 8:08 PM EDT | EF1 | Fayette, IN | 2.9 | 150 | $50,000 | ||
| May 7 | 8:09 PM EDT | EF1 | Paulding, OH | 6.2 | 300 | $200,000 | ||
| May 7 | 8:16 PM EDT | EF0 | Paulding, OH | 0.5 | 25 | $10,000 | ||
| May 7 | 8:20 PM EDT | EF2 | Mercer, OH | 6.4 | 300 | $350,000 | ||
| May 7 | 8:24 PM EDT | EF1 | Darke, OH | 11.7 | 800 | $500,000 | ||
| May 7 | 8:25 PM EDT | EF0 | Decatur, IN | 4.5 | 100 | $50,000 | ||
| May 7 | 8:42 PM EDT | EF0 | Crawford, IN | 0.2 | 80 | |||
| May 7 | 8:54 PM EDT | Unrated | Putnam, OH | 0.1 | 5 | |||
| May 7 | 7:56 PM CDT | EF1 | Franklin, IN to OH | 8.0 | 300 | $10,000 | ||
| May 7 | 9:20 PM EDT | EF1 | Butler, OH | 2.4 | 200 | $200,000 | ||
| May 7 | 9:23 PM EDT | EF0 | Clark, IN | 1.2 | 60 | |||
| May 7 | 9:57 PM EDT | EF0 | Butler, OH | 0.3 | 80 | $20,000 | ||
| May 7 | 10:05 PM EDT | EF0 | Warren, OH | 0.3 | 100 | $15,000 | ||
| May 7 | 10:08 PM EDT | EF1 | Warren, OH | 2.6 | 150 | $200,000 | ||
| May 7 | 10:14 PM EDT | EF0 | Warren, OH | 0.4 | 50 | $20,000 | ||
| May 7 | 10:15 PM EDT | EF1 | Warren, OH | 2.7 | 350 | $500,000 | ||
| May 7 | 10:27 PM EDT | EF0 | Warren, OH | 0.5 | 150 | $50,000 | ||
| May 7 | 10:27 PM EDT | EF0 | Clinton, OH | 1.3 | 80 | $10,000 | ||
| May 7 | 11:49 PM EDT | EF0 | Licking, OH | 3.0 | 100 | $50,000 | ||
| May 7 | 12:02 AM EDT | EF1 | Muskingum, OH | 0.4 | 128 | $100,000 | ||
| May 7 | 12:17 AM EDT | EF1 | Coshocton, OH | 0.1 | 197 | $100,000 | ||
| May 7 | 11:54 PM CDT | EF2 | Hancock, OH to WV, PA | 15.3 | 200 | 1 | $10,000 | |
| May 7 | 12:30 AM CDT | EF2 | Garland, AR | 12.2 | 600 | |||
| May 7 | 1:49 AM EDT | EF1 | Allegheny, PA | 0.2 | 150 | $75,000 |
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.