EF-1 tornado touched down Wednesday evening in southeast Missouri

Low pressure moved across Missouri on Wednesday, dragging a cold front into the region by evening. Strong thunderstorms developed in the very warm, moist, and unstable atmosphere ahead of the front. One of the storms in southeast Missouri developed rotation, which resulted in the formation of an EF-1 tornado that tracked across eastern portions of Scott County, Missouri into Alexander County, Illinois. Following are details on the damage survey conducted Thursday.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
356 PM CDT THU JUL 9 2015

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 07/08/15 TORNADO EVENT

RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 MPH 
PATH LENGTH 6.5 MILES 
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 125 YARDS 
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0

START DATE: JUL 8 2015
START TIME: 8:35 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 1.5 MILES ESE KELSO MISSOURI

END DATE: JUL 8 2015
END TIME: 8:46 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 MILES ENE THEBES ILLINOIS

NUMEROUS TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED OFF. SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS
DESTROYED INCLUDING A LARGE FARM SHED WITH THREE SIDES COLLAPSED.
THREE CAMPER TRAILERS ROLLED ONTO THEIR SIDE OR TOP...ONE WITH
MAJOR DAMAGE. SHINGLE AND/OR SIDING DAMAGE TO A FEW HOMES.


EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES.

EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH
EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH
EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH
EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH

NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.

Provided below are a few photographs of the damage from the EF-1 tornado:

Damage to a corn crop near tornado touchdown a couple miles east of Kelso.

An RV flipped over in Scott County east of Kelso.

Tree snapped in rural country east of Kelso.

Farm shed collapsed east of Kelso.

Tree limbs down in Alexander County, Illinois near the Mississippi River.