... EF-0 TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR EBENEZER...
A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY REVEALED THAT AN EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 13 AND HIGHWAY WW
NEAR EBENEZER...AND CONTINUED TO THE EAST NORTHEAST OVER AN INTERMITTENT PATH BEFORE LIFTING NEAR H HIGHWAY AND FARM ROAD 56.
THE DAMAGE PATH WIDTH WAS APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS AND THE LENGTH WAS 2.3 MILES. THE TORNADO DAMAGED SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS ALONG ITS PATH.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ESTIMATED THE WIND SPEEDS AT 80 MPH.

...EF-1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN SOUTHEAST CHRISTIAN AND SOUTHWEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES...
A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT AN EF-1 TORNADO WITH ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS UP TO 100 MPH OCCURRED IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST CHRISTIAN COUNTY INTO FAR SOUTHWEST DOUGLAS COUNTY. THE TORNADO WITH A WIDTH OF ONE HALF MILE TRACKED NORTHEAST SEVEN MILES FROM THREE MILES SOUTHEAST OF GARRISON TO FIVE MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF GOODHOPE. THE TORNADO DAMAGED TWO HOMES...DESTROYED SOME OUTBUILDINGS...AND DOWNED NUMEROUS TREES.

...EF-1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN FORDLAND MISSOURI...
AT APPROXIMATELY 0845 AM CST...A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT AN EF-1 TORNADO WITH A WIDTH OF 400 YARDS AND ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS UP TO 110 MPH OCCURRED ALONG A FOUR MILE PATH FROM HIGHWAY 60 ONE MILE EAST OF FORDLAND NORTHEAST TO DIGGINS ROAD ONE MILE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 60. DAMAGE ALONG THE PATH CONSISTED OF A DELIVERY TRUCK BEING LOFTED OVER A FENCE AND BLOWN 40 FEET...A ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF THE MEMORY LANE DAIRY FARM...NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED...AN OUTBUILDING WAS DESTROYED ON DIGGINS ROAD...AND THE SIDE OF AN AMISH HOG BARN WAS BLOWN IN ON ZION ROAD.

...EF-2 TORNADO IMPACTED RURAL SECTIONS OF CENTRAL LACLEDE COUNTY...
A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY REVEALED THAT AN EF-2 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN A FIELD 1/4 OF A MILE SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF EVANSTON ROAD AND SPRUCE DRIVE. THE TORNADO TRACKED 2.2 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST...CROSSING FALCON ROAD AND LIFTING JUST PRIOR TO CROSSING HIGHWAY 32.
FOUR HOUSES AND SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED. ONE MOBILE HOME WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED AS THE HOME WAS SEPARATED FROM ITS STEEL FRAME. AN RV VAN WAS PICKED UP AND THROWN APPROXIMATELY 20 YARDS AND FLIPPED OVER ON ITS TOP.
THE DAMAGE PATH WAS 200 YARDS WIDE...AND THE LENGTH WAS 2.2 MILES. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ESTIMATED THE MAXIMUM WINDS AT 115 MPH...AT THE LOCATION WHERE THE MOBILE HOME WAS DESTROYED.

... EF-0 TORNADO CONFIRMED WEST OF CABOOL ...
A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY REVEALED THAT AN EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 4 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF MOUNTAIN GROVE. THE TORNADO TRACKED TO THE NORTHEAST...CROSSING US HIGHWAY 60...AND
LIFTING 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF CABOOL. THE TORNADO TRACKED INTERMITTENTLY FOR 7 MILES WITH A MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH OF 200 YARDS AND WINDS ESTIMATED AT 80 MPH.
SEVERAL BUILDINGS SUSTAINED DAMAGE FROM THIS TORNADO INCLUDING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO A LARGE METAL OUTBUILDING. SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE ALSO OCCURRED WITH NUMEROUS MATURE TREES UPROOTED ALONG THE TORNADO PATH. STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE ALSO OCCURRED WITHIN THE TOWN OF CABOOL.

...EF-1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN SOUTHERN POLK COUNTY...
A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT AN EF1 TORNADO WITH WINDS OF 95 MPH OCCURRED IN SOUTHERN POLK COUNTY. THE TORNADO WAS 250 YARDS WIDE AND TRACKED APPROXIMATELY 8.5 MILES
ALONG AN INTERMITTENT PATH FROM TWO MILES NORTHWEST OF BRIGHTON TO TWO MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF BOLIVAR. THE TORNADO DAMAGED OR DESTROYED SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS AND BARNS....AND CAUSED MODERATE TO SEVERE DAMAGE TO FRAME HOMES. IN ADDITION NUMEROUS TREES WERE UPROOTED.

...EF-1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN NORTHERN WRIGHT COUNTY...
NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT AN EF1 TORNADO WITH 90 TO 100 MPH WINDS OCCURRED FOUR MILES NORTHWEST OF HARTVILLE. THE TORNADO DESTROYED SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS...AND UPROOTED AND SNAPPED NUMEROUS TREES. THE TORNADO PATH WAS ONE QUARTER MILE WIDE AND THREE AND A HALF MILES IN LENGTH.

...EF-2 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN HOWELL... TEXAS...AND SHANNON COUNTIES...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT AT APPROXIMATELY 0935 AM CST ON FRIDAY MAY 8TH...AN EF-2 TORNADO OCCURRED WITH A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF ONE-HALF TO ONE MILE AND ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS UP TO 130 MPH. THE TORNADO TRAVELED ALONG A TWENTY-ONE MILE PATH BEGINNING JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 60...EIGHT MILES WEST OF MOUNTAIN VIEW...AND MOVED NORTHEAST TO MISSOURI
HIGHWAY 106...APPROXIMATELY NINE MILES SOUTHEAST OF
SUMMERSVILLE...WHERE THE TORNADO LIFTED AT ABOUT 955 AM. DAMAGE ALONG THE PATH CONSISTED OF AN 82 YEAR OLD FARM HOUSE THAT WAS LIFTED OFF ITS FOUNDATION AND MOVED APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET...
RESULTING IN TWO INJURIES TO ITS RESIDENTS. OTHER DAMAGE INCLUDED TWO AUTO SHOPS THAT WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED...SEVERAL HOMES AND
OUT BUILDINGS DAMAGED OR DESTROYED...AND NUMEROUS TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT AT APPROXIMATELY 945 AM ON FRIDAY MAY 8TH...AN EF-2 TORNADO OCCURRED WITH A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF ONE-HALF TO ONE MILE AND ESTIMATED WIND
SPEEDS UP TO 130 MPH. THE TORNADO TRAVELED ALONG A TWELVE MILE PATH BEGINNING NEAR THE JACKS FORK RIVER...FIVE MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALLEY SPRING...AND MOVED NORTHEAST TO MISSOURI HIGHWAY 19... APPROXIMATELY FIVE MILES NORTH OF EMINENCE...WHERE THE TORNADO LIFTED AT ABOUT 1000 AM. DAMAGE ALONG THE PATH CONSISTED OF A SAW MILL IN THE VENICE AREA WHERE SEVERAL BUILDINGS AND A CABIN WERE DESTROYED...AS WELL AS NUMEROUS TREES BEING SNAPPED AND UPROOTED.