Hail, Wind & Tornado Reports in and near Mine La Motte, MO

Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Hail Report Description: Storm spotters reported nickel size hail.

Hail Report Description: County sheriff reported 3/4 inch hail near Roselle.

Wind Report Description: Via Facebook: Very large... healthy branches split from tree. Some branches fell on a double wide residence and caused damage to gutters and roof. Extent of damage unknown.

Wind Report Description: Trees and lines down near Dear Run Lake. Time estimated from radar.

Wind Report Description: BARN DESTROYED ALONG MADISON COUNTY ROAD 529. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

Wind Report Description: Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous large tree limbs, a few large trees and caused moderate damage to an outbuilding. Part of the roof was blown off and two walls had siding blown off.

Wind Report Description: A swath of straight line winds, commonly known as downbursts, with estimated winds of 60 to 75 mph extended from the northwest corner of Madison county through Fredricktown along Highway 72 to the Bollinger county line. Much of the damage that occurred was due to fallen trees, that were either uprooted or snapped at the base of the trunk. Structural damage was observed in the town of Fredricktown where roofs and windows were damaged, and a few trees fell onto houses. Eye witnesses reported that the severe wind gusts lasted up to 45 minutes in duration. Within the larger swath of severe winds were pockets of more intense damage caused by microbursts with wind gusts greater than 80 mph. The most intense wind damage occurred in the area from 3 miles north of the intersection of Highways F and V. Many large trees were blown down in this area which were caused by estimated gusts as high as 90 mph.

Wind Report Description: A couple of trees were reported down along Highway 72.

Wind Report Description: Thunderstorm wind gusts destroyed a carport and playhouse, overturned a swingset, scattered roofing shingles and tin sheets over a wide area, and destroyed numerous trees at a home near Roselle. It was reported that the trees were simply pushed over.

Wind Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Tornado Report Description: A tornado briefly touched down and traveled to the east. Several trees were blown over by the tornado before it lifted and dissipated.

Tornado Report Description: The tornado touched down just west of Route K approximately one mile north of Highway 72. As it traveled east, numerous trees and tree limbs were blown down. The tornado moved across U.S. Highway 67 about 4 miles northwest of Fredericktown, knocking down additional trees and tree limbs. The damage path was about 50 yards wide with a damage intensity of F0. As it approached the Fredericktown Municipal Airport, along Copper Mines Road, it began to produce multiple vortices. Two tornadic damage tracks were uncovered across a lake west of Highway OO along County Roads 271 and 272. Over 20 homes, mobile homes and machine sheds sustained varying degrees of damage. Several witnesses observed twin tornadoes merging into one large tornado over this area. The width of the damage path of the northern track was approximately 150 yards wide while the southern damage path was about 100 yards wide. The damage intensity ranged from F1 to F2 in this location. As the large tornado crossed Highway OO, five homes, four mobile homes and several machine sheds sustained varying degrees of damage. The damage path was 300 yards wide and high end F1 intensity. The tornado continued east along County Road 217. Four homes sustained F1 to F2 damage with debris from two of the homes thrown between 50 to 100 yards to the east. Also, numerous trees were either snapped or uprooted in this area. The width of the damage path in this area was about 250 yards. Further east, two tornadic damage tracks were uncovered about half a mile to a mile north of the intersection of County Roads 215 and 217. Four homes sustained varying degrees of damage while one mobile home was completely destroyed. One person was critically injured near the destroyed mobile home. Debris from the mobile home was tossed over 150 yards to the east. The width of the northern damage path was about 150 yards, while the width of the southern track was about 50 yards. The damage was rated high end F1 in this location. Witnesses observed the twin tornadoes merge again into one large funnel as it crossed a second small lake north of County Road 217. Four homes and several machine sheds sustained damage. Also, over a thousand trees around the lake were snapped or uprooted. The damage path was a quarter of a mile wide in this location and was rated F1 to low end F2. The tornado continued eastward into northeast Madison County crossing County Road 219 just south of the Madison/St. Francois County line. Three homes were damaged and three machine sheds were destroyed, as well as thousands of trees snapped or uprooted. The width of the damage path in this area was half a mile and was rated F2. The tornado then crossed into extreme southeastern St. Francois County near Martin Road.

Tornado Report Description: The third tornado from the southeast Missouri supercell formed just southwest of Mine La Motte. The tornado traveled through the the west and north sections of the town producing F1 damage. A mobile home was destroyed, a barn was damaged, a metal outbuilding was destroyed, a barn damaged and a number of trees were either split or uprooted. The tornado continued northeast causing tree damage before crossing into extreme southeast St. Francois County near Little Peg Knob Mountain.

Tornado Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.