Severe weather yesterday morning packs a punch in southwest Missouri and northeast Oklahoma.

 

A National Weather Service storm survey shows an EF-1 tornado touched down yesterday 3 miles southwest of Collinsville. The tornado uprooted several trees, destroyed a couple of outbuildings, damaged the roofs of homes and snapped numerous tree limbs.

 

As the storm moved into southwest Missouri, at least two more tornadoes formed on the leading edge of the storm. An EF-1 began at 9 a.m. near highway 60 between verona and aurora and ended in southern Aurora just west of highway 39 with a length of just over 2 miles and a width of 100 yards. Max wind speeds were 90 miles per hour. A church roof was damaged along with some minor structure damage and many trees were uprooted.

 

A brief EF-0 began around 9:30 just north of Nixa, MO and damaged an auto repair shop by partially removing the roof and causing a wall to collapse. High winds also caused damage in the Springfield area, with 90 mph wind gusts measured at the airport.

 

Several other reports of high winds and quarter-size hail were reported around the four-state area.

 

Photo: Gas Station near Willard, MO, Breanna Keith