Missouri, 2004

Tornado in Missouri, October 18, 2004

October 18, 2004 · NWS LSX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
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.

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:08 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Washington

When
October 18, 3:10 PM CST to 3:11 PM CST
Where
Washington County, 1 mi NE of Potosi
Rating
F0
Path length
0.8 mi
Path width
50 yd
Reported by
NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates
37.967, -90.783

The second tornado struck 1 mile northeast of Potosi along State Route E. One mobile home and a storage building were damaged. Several trees were either snapped off at the trunk or uprooted.

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5424683.