The National Weather Service of Springfield (NWS) has confirmed that an EF-0 tornado touched down in Stone County as part of the severe storms from Monday 4. NWS says the EF-0 tornado was spotted one mile west-northwest of Elsey,

The storms caused "extensive damage to residential and commercial properties," and knocked down power lines, traffic lights, and trees throughout the area, the fire department said. By Sunday night, more than 17,000 people were without power — down from the nearly 82,000 people left in the dark Sunday morning, according to poweroutage.us.