Four days after a deadly tornado outbreak destroyed a number of communities across the Midwest and South, a new severe weather system spawned nearly a dozen more tornado reports and dumped softball-sized hailstones to storm-weary locations. At least five people were killed and many more injured in the pre-dawn storms, and AccuWeather forecasters warn that the dangerous storms will persist through the end of the week.
An early-morning “damaging tornado” in southeastern Missouri was confirmed by the National Weather Service (NWS) just before 4 a.m. CDT. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) had reiterated the powerful language from the NWS, warning that a “strong tornado” with a rating of EF2 or EF3 was on the ground and urged residents to seek shelter.
