Missouri, 2000

Tornado in Missouri, July 18, 2000

July 18, 2000 · NWS LSX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$75,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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.

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1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Montgomery

When
July 18, 4:55 PM CST to 5:03 PM CST
Where
Montgomery County, 2 mi W of Bellflower
Rating
F1
Path length
4 mi
Path width
50 yd
Property damage
$75,000
Reported by
NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates
39.000, -91.400

A tornado struck eastern Montgomery County causing damage at a farm and downing trees and power lines. The tornado first caused damage at a farm on Leonard Road which was also where the most extensive damage occurred. A large garage lost both doors and half of its roof. A grain trailer was overturned and 2 grain bins blown away, one to the northwest and the other about 1/2 mile to the east. The remainder of the damage path consisted of downed trees and crop damage.

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.

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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: 5163955.