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1993 tornadoes in Missouri

43 tornadoes touched down in Missouri in 1993, 23 percent above the average of the record for the state. None of them killed anybody.

1992 1994 The whole country in 1993

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

F040 to 72 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
F173 to 112 mph
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
F2113 to 157 mph
Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.
F3158 to 206 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
F4207 to 260 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
F5261 to 318 mph
Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.
Unrated
The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.

Every tornado in Missouri in 1993

March 30 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 30	6:30 PM CST	F0	Ozark	0.5	40			$5,000 to $50,000

April 19 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 19	9:00 PM CDT	F2	Butler	2.0	150		4	$500,000 to $5 million

April 24 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 24	11:15 PM CDT	F0	Laclede	0.5	43		2	$50,000 to $500,000
April 24	12:55 AM CDT	F1	Washington	2.0	50			$50,000 to $500,000

May 3 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 3	1:58 PM CDT	F1	Pemiscot	1.5	50			$5,000 to $50,000

May 6 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 6	8:58 PM CDT	F0	Clay	10.0	50	$500 to $5,000
May 6	9:00 PM CDT	F0	Nodaway	0.3	20	$5,000 to $50,000
May 6	10:10 PM CDT	F1	Clinton	1.2	50	$5,000 to $50,000

June 4 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 4	9:20 AM CDT	F0	Wayne	0.8	13			$5,000 to $50,000
June 4	9:35 AM CDT	F1	Stoddard	7.0	30			$50,000 to $500,000

June 8 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 8	6:35 AM CDT	F0	Miller	0.4	50			$500 to $5,000

June 17 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 17	8:00 PM CDT	F0	Worth	0.4	33			$5,000 to $50,000

June 29 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 29	5:00 AM CDT	F0	Newton	0.5	23		1	$5,000 to $50,000

June 30 8 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 30	7:20 PM CDT	F0	Nodaway	0.3	50
June 30	7:35 PM CDT	F0	Nodaway	0.3	50
June 30	8:03 PM CDT	F0	Sullivan	0.3	50
June 30	8:50 PM CDT	F0	Harrison	0.3	50
June 30	9:00 PM CDT	F0	Adair	0.4	30	$50 to $500
June 30	10:20 PM CDT	F2	Marion	3.0	150	$50,000 to $500,000
June 30	10:27 PM CDT	F0	Marion	0.7	30	$500 to $5,000
June 30	10:45 PM CDT	F0	Marion	0.8	33

July 7 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
July 7	12:00 PM CDT	F1	Camden	0.3	50	$5,000 to $50,000
July 7	12:08 PM CDT	F0	Moniteau	5.0	40	$5,000 to $50,000
July 7	12:30 PM CDT	F0	Miller	0.1	23	$500 to $5,000

July 20 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 20	11:30 AM CDT	F0	DeKalb	2.0	50			$500 to $5,000

July 22 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 22	1:30 PM CDT	F0	Dunklin	0.2	20			$50 to $500

July 31 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 31	5:20 PM CDT	F0	Saint Charles	0.4	30			$500 to $5,000
July 31	5:28 PM CDT	F0	Saint Charles	0.3	30

September 13 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
September 13	5:08 PM CDT	F1	Crawford	8.0	73	$50,000 to $500,000
September 13	5:27 PM CDT	F0	Crawford	0.3	30	$500 to $5,000
September 13	5:31 PM CDT	F1	Franklin	12.0	60	$50,000 to $500,000
September 13	6:07 PM CDT	F0	Franklin	0.3	30	$500 to $5,000
September 13	6:45 PM CDT	F0	Franklin	2.0	43	$5,000 to $50,000
September 13	7:06 PM CDT	F0	Crawford	0.4	40	$500 to $5,000
September 13	7:25 PM CDT	F0	Crawford	0.6	50	$500 to $5,000

September 22 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 22	5:50 PM CDT	F2	Audrain	12.0	120			$500,000 to $5 million

October 8 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
October 8	5:51 PM CDT	F2	Jasper	6.0	220	$500,000 to $5 million
October 8	6:03 PM CDT	F2	Jasper	7.0	200	$50,000 to $500,000
October 8	6:20 PM CDT	F1	Newton	0.1	120	$50 to $500
October 8	6:30 PM CDT	F1	McDonald	4.0	180	$500 to $5,000
October 8	7:00 PM CDT	F2	McDonald	7.0	220	$50,000 to $500,000

November 14 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 14	10:15 AM CST	F0	Bollinger	0.4	23			$5,000 to $50,000
November 14	10:30 AM CST	F0	Cape Girardeau	1.5	40			$50,000 to $500,000

Nearby

Every tornado in Missouri since 1950 Warnings in force in Missouri The live radar over Missouri

What this means

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.

Sources

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.