Tornadoes · United States · Missouri

2018 tornadoes in Missouri

46 tornadoes touched down in Missouri in 2018, 32 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 1 people and injured 2.

2017 2019 The whole country in 2018

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 2018

January 21 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
January 21	8:04 PM CST	EF1	Lawrence	1.3	75			$100,000

January 22 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
January 22	1:12 AM CST	EF0	Franklin	0.2	25

February 24 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 24	6:30 PM CST	EF2	New Madrid	0.9	150		2	$750,000

April 3 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 3	5:58 PM CDT	EF0	Stoddard	4.5	100	$35,000
April 3	6:06 PM CDT	EF1	Dunklin	6.7	200	$1.5 million
April 3	6:14 PM CDT	EF1	New Madrid	2.5	125	$90,000

April 13 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 13	7:13 PM CDT	EF2	Wright	9.0	100	$300,000
April 13	7:35 PM CDT	EF1	Wright	5.0	75	$25,000
April 13	8:00 PM CDT	EF1	Texas	1.4	50	$20,000
April 13	8:20 PM CDT	EF1	Texas	5.5	50	$25,000

May 2 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
May 2	7:18 PM CDT	EF0	Holt	4.0	25
May 2	9:22 PM CDT	EF0	Cass	0.0	10
May 2	9:24 PM CDT	EF0	Jackson	1.6	25
May 2	9:26 PM CDT	EF0	Jackson	1.3	25

May 3 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 3	2:10 AM CDT	EF1	Christian	1.5	100	$100,000
May 3	2:17 AM CDT	EF0	Greene	0.3	50	$30,000
May 3	2:45 AM CDT	EF1	Douglas	0.8	75	$10,000

May 16 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 16	7:00 PM CDT	EF0	Butler	5.9	50			$3,000

May 19 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 19	6:25 PM CDT	EF1	Polk	2.3	100			$20,000
May 19	6:28 PM CDT	EF1	Polk	2.0	100			$20,000

May 31 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 31	7:44 PM CDT	EF1	Cape Girardeau	2.2	150			$25,000

June 21 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 21	6:18 PM CDT	EF0	Stoddard	4.5	200

June 26 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 26	1:09 PM CDT	EF0	Jackson	3.4	100	$150,000
June 26	3:26 PM CDT	EF0	Scotland	0.2	10
June 26	3:30 PM CDT	EF1	St. Clair	2.5	200

July 20 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 20	4:32 AM CDT	EF0	Camden	0.1	75

August 19 8 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
August 19	6:05 AM CDT	EF0	Vernon	0.1	50	$5,000
August 19	3:32 PM CDT	EF0	Webster	4.0	50
August 19	5:40 PM CDT	EF0	Barton	0.0	50	$10,000
August 19	5:51 PM CDT	EF0	Newton	1.1	40	$20,000
August 19	5:54 PM CDT	EF0	Barton	0.1	25
August 19	5:57 PM CDT	EF1	Vernon	1.0	100	$25,000
August 19	5:59 PM CDT	EF0	Barton	0.3	25
August 19	6:42 PM CDT	EF1	Barry	9.4	100	$95,000

October 8 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 8	5:54 PM CDT	EF0	Nodaway	2.2	50
October 8	6:02 PM CDT	EF0	Sullivan	0.8	25

October 9 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 9	2:58 PM CDT	EF0	Ray	4.0	50
October 9	4:17 PM CDT	EF0	Grundy	0.0	25

November 1 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 1	5:25 PM CDT	EF0	Miller	0.0	20

December 1 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Damage
December 1	12:15 AM CST	EF0	Barry	0.1	50		$90,000
December 1	12:30 AM CST	EF1	Lawrence	0.5	50	1	$250,000
December 1	12:40 AM CST	EF0	Christian	2.1	40		$190,000
December 1	12:41 AM CST	EF1	Christian	1.2	75		$150,000
December 1	12:47 AM CST	EF1	Greene	2.5	60		$175,000
December 1	1:22 AM CST	EF1	Webster	4.2	75		$90,000
December 1	1:37 AM CST	EF0	Wright	0.3	50

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
February 24	5:21 PM CST	EF2	Clay, AR to MO	41.9	150	1	5	$2.5 million

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.