Tornado, Dunklin
- When
- April 23, 3:23 PM CST
- Where
- Dunklin County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.8 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 36.220, -90.050
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Missouri, April 23, 1985
2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $253,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Dent
- When
- April 23, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Dent County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 37.630, -91.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Callaway
- When
- April 23, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Callaway County
- Coordinates
- 38.900, -92.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Cape Girardeau
- When
- April 23, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Cape Girardeau County
- Coordinates
- 37.380, -89.730
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, April 23, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, April 23, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 23, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 23, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 23, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, April 23, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, April 23, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 23, 1985
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10060174, 10060175, 10060176, 10060177.