Areas just outside Pilot Knob, a small town in Missouri, were affected by two separate F2 tornadoes that caused considerable damage. The northern fringe of Metropolis in Illinois was also hit by a damaging F3 tornado in which homes were completely destroyed.
The areas around Pilot Knob, a small town in Missouri, and the northern part of Metropolis, Illinois, experienced severe weather events with two separate F2 tornadoes causing significant damage. The impact on homes in Metropolis was particularly severe due to an F3 tornado.