Tornadoes · United States · Missouri

2007 tornadoes in Missouri

42 tornadoes touched down in Missouri in 2007, 20 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 3 people and injured 5.

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The rating scale

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

  1. EF065 to 85 mph

    Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.

  2. EF186 to 110 mph

    Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.

  3. EF2111 to 135 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.

  4. EF3136 to 165 mph

    Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.

  5. EF4166 to 200 mph

    Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.

  6. EF5over 200 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.

  7. 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 2007

February 24 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
February 245:18 PM CSTEF1Johnson2.050$200,000

February 28 2 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
February 288:27 PM CSTEF1Bates12.9100$50,000
February 2810:05 PM CSTEF1Cass6.250$50,000

March 1 4 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
March 11:30 AM CSTEF0Monroe2.150
March 11:40 AM CSTEF1Monroe3.460
March 11:43 AM CSTEF1Monroe8.6100
March 16:24 AM CSTEF3Ozark15.02001$760,000

March 31 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
March 315:50 PM CDTEF0City of Saint Louis1.7602

April 24 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 246:20 PM CDTEF0Barton2.825$5,000

April 27 2 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 276:20 PM CDTEF0Bates1.125
April 276:30 PM CDTEF0Vernon12.925$10,000

May 3 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 34:28 PM CDTEF0Stoddard3.530

June 10 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 105:08 PM CDTEF0Barton0.5200

June 18 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 187:00 PM CDTEF0Christian1.0751

June 30 3 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 301:40 PM CDTEF0Polk0.850$5,000
June 303:25 PM CDTEF0Christian0.150
June 305:40 PM CDTEF0Webster0.150

August 8 2 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
August 85:02 PM CDTEF0Lewis0.110
August 86:45 PM CDTEF0Atchison0.125

August 16 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
August 163:05 PM CDTEF0Carroll0.125

August 20 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
August 202:45 PM CDTEF0Texas0.150

August 24 2 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
August 242:50 PM CDTEF0Phelps1.075$10,000
August 244:15 PM CDTEF0Dent0.125

September 6 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
September 65:20 AM CDTEF0Christian0.550$2,000

October 2 9 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
October 24:25 PM CDTEF1Scotland0.8210$11,000
October 24:45 PM CDTEF2Monroe15.11001$60,000
October 25:14 PM CDTEF0Marion1.250
October 25:29 PM CDTEF1Marion3.81001$100,000
October 25:30 PM CDTEF0Marion0.760$50,000
October 25:35 PM CDTEF0Marion0.540
October 26:17 PM CDTEF0Montgomery2.140$50,000
October 27:18 PM CDTEF0Lincoln0.130
October 29:05 PM CDTEF0Stone0.125$10,000

October 17 8 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
October 174:05 PM CDTEF0Johnson0.125
October 175:46 PM CDTEF0Lawrence10.1150$500,000
October 177:35 PM CDTEF1Greene2.8100$150,000
October 1711:35 PM CDTEF0Laclede0.135$10,000
October 1711:55 PM CDTEF0Monroe4.040
October 1711:55 PM CDTEF0Callaway0.530$50,000
October 1712:05 AM CDTEF2Monroe4.1902$50,000
October 1712:07 AM CDTEF0Monroe1.750

December 2 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
December 212:38 PM CSTEF0Ozark0.450

Nearby

Every tornado in Missouri since 1950Warnings in force in MissouriThe 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.