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2010 tornadoes in Missouri

63 tornadoes touched down in Missouri in 2010, 80 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 5 people and injured 19.

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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.

EF065 to 85 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
EF186 to 110 mph
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
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.
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.
EF4166 to 200 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
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.
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 2010

March 10 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
March 10	10:25 PM CST	EF1	Osage	6.6	60
March 10	10:34 PM CST	EF0	Callaway	0.8	40
March 10	10:36 PM CST	EF0	Callaway	3.7	40
March 10	11:30 PM CST	EF1	Ripley	1.5	180	1	$200,000

April 4 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 4	7:00 PM CDT	EF0	Randolph	2.4	25

April 23 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
April 23	6:40 PM CDT	EF0	Warren	0.1	10
April 23	7:11 PM CDT	EF0	Warren	0.1	10
April 23	7:29 PM CDT	EF0	Lincoln	0.2	20
April 23	7:48 PM CDT	EF0	Lincoln	0.1	10
April 23	8:14 PM CDT	EF0	Lincoln	0.1	10

April 24 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 24	12:37 PM CDT	EF0	Nodaway	0.1	25
April 24	12:40 PM CDT	EF0	Nodaway	0.1	25
April 24	1:40 PM CDT	EF0	Taney	0.5	70	$20,000
April 24	4:25 PM CDT	EF0	Saint Louis	0.6	300
April 24	4:30 PM CDT	EF0	Saint Louis	4.4	325

April 30 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 30	6:12 PM CDT	EF1	Ozark	3.7	440	$80,000
April 30	6:14 PM CDT	EF0	Ozark	0.8	100
April 30	6:24 PM CDT	EF1	Ozark	11.1	1,320	$875,000
April 30	6:50 PM CDT	EF1	Crawford	1.9	100
April 30	7:05 PM CDT	EF1	Howell	2.7	1,320	$750,000
April 30	8:08 PM CDT	EF1	Jefferson	18.3	581
April 30	9:05 PM CDT	EF0	Iron	0.3	50

May 1 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 1	10:00 PM CDT	EF0	Butler	0.5	175			$1,000

May 12 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 12	11:52 PM CDT	EF0	Clinton	0.3	25			$10,000

May 13 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 13	7:00 AM CDT	EF1	Barry	2.2	200	$500,000
May 13	7:42 AM CDT	EF0	Stone	0.3	50	$10,000
May 13	8:00 AM CDT	EF0	Christian	4.3	200	$50,000

May 16 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 16	6:13 PM CDT	EF0	Dunklin	0.8	25

May 20 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 20	5:45 PM CDT	EF0	Johnson	0.2	25
May 20	6:46 PM CDT	EF0	Pettis	0.5	25			$8,000

June 4 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 4	6:20 PM CDT	EF0	Adair	0.1	20
June 4	6:27 PM CDT	EF0	Macon	0.1	20

June 8 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 8	5:39 PM CDT	EF0	Cass	2.1	20			$10,000

July 12 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 12	3:47 PM CDT	EF0	Barton	0.3	25

July 19 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
July 19	9:26 PM CDT	EF0	Mercer	0.1	25	$500
July 19	9:42 PM CDT	EF0	Sullivan	0.0	25	$10,000
July 19	10:22 PM CDT	EF0	Sullivan	0.1	25	$400

July 20 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 20	7:15 AM CDT	EF0	Audrain	0.6	40

September 15 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 15	10:50 PM CDT	EF0	Christian	0.4	100

November 24 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
November 24	4:50 PM CST	EF0	Hickory	1.0	75	$25,000
November 24	5:09 PM CST	EF1	Hickory	2.8	150	$75,000
November 24	7:11 PM CST	EF1	Polk	0.8	200	$75,000

November 29 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 29	4:10 PM CST	EF0	Livingston	0.3	25

December 30 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
December 30	11:19 PM CST	EF0	Stone	0.3	30			$50,000
December 30	11:26 PM CST	EF1	Stone	3.1	300			$2.0 million

December 31 18 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
December 31	12:17 AM CST	EF0	Stone	1.8	75			$750,000
December 31	12:18 AM CST	EF1	Christian	5.3	250		2	$200,000
December 31	12:31 AM CST	EF0	Webster	3.1	150			$100,000
December 31	8:37 AM CST	EF0	Polk	1.0	50			$5,000
December 31	9:43 AM CST	EF3	Pulaski	7.5	500		4	$90 million
December 31	10:06 AM CST	EF3	Phelps	11.0	500	2	6	$1.0 million
December 31	10:12 AM CST	EF1	Phelps	6.8	440	2		$500,000
December 31	10:40 AM CST	EF1	Crawford	6.4	100
December 31	11:16 AM CST	EF1	Franklin	0.8	100			$40,000
December 31	11:17 AM CST	EF0	Franklin	0.4	50
December 31	11:19 AM CST	EF2	Franklin	12.2	370
December 31	11:25 AM CST	EF0	Saint Charles	2.0	50
December 31	11:27 AM CST	EF1	Jefferson	8.6	50
December 31	11:48 AM CST	EF3	Saint Louis	6.7	440	1	6	$1.0 million
December 31	11:48 AM CST	EF1	Saint Louis	1.7	175
December 31	12:08 PM CST	EF1	City of Saint Louis	2.7	100
December 31	1:24 PM CST	EF2	Carter	2.6	200			$200,000
December 31	2:25 PM CST	EF2	Butler	0.2	100			$250,000

Crossed into Missouri

Tornadoes that touched down in a neighboring state and ran into Missouri. They are counted under the state they began in.

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 30	5:49 PM CDT	EF1	Ozark, AR to MO	16.0	440			$40,000
December 31	7:48 AM CST	EF0	Carroll, AR to MO	4.3	50			$15,000

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.