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Slight Risk for Excessive Rainfall and Severe Thunderstorms Thursday

Additional rounds of thunderstorms are expected Thursday and Thursday night across Oklahoma and north Texas, with risks for both large hail and flash flooding. Strong winds may accompany any storms from east Texas northeast through the lower Great Lakes. Read More >

Overview

On the evening of Sunday, October 24, 2021, severe thunderstorms produced several long-track tornadoes across southeast Missouri into southwest Illinois. A strong EF-3 tornado did significant damage in Fredericktown, MO, before moving into far western Perry County, MO. Another EF-1 struck southern Perry County around this time. A long track EF-1 tornado also impacted eastern Wayne County into southern Bollinger County in southeast Missouri. For more information on the other strong tornadoes that occurred near Perry County, see this summary created by NWS St. Louis: https://www.weather.gov/lsx/10_24_2021
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