Mar 2, 2020
A series of discrete thunderstorms, a few of which displayed supercell characteristics, moved east across southeast Missouri during the evening. A couple of the storms produced hail up to the size of ping pong balls, and an EF-0 tornado was observed in southern New Madrid County. This outbreak of storms occurred in a strong west-southwest flow ahead of a 500 mb shortwave over the Plains states. A southwest wind flow up to 30 knot at 850 mb provided some moisture for the storms. At the surface, a
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 876299). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Stoddard County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.