EF0 tornado, Henry County, Missouri, April 15, 2026

1. EF065 to 85 mphthis tornado

   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.

Rating, as surveyed

EF0, preliminary

Date

April 15, 2026

Touchdown

6:09 PM CDT (23:09 UTC)

Lifted

6:14 PM CDT (23:14 UTC)

On the ground

5 minutes

Path length

1.9 miles (3.0 km)

Path width

30 yards (27 m)

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

County

Henry County

Touchdown point

38.374, -93.770

Lift-off point

38.395, -93.751

Highest wind the damage implies

70 mph

Surveyed by

NWS EAX

The office's name for it

Clinton 02

Survey last edited

April 17, 2026

Record number

None yet. SPC numbers 2026 in the spring of 2027.

This is the second tornado that resulted from a supercell thunderstorm that developed in Henry county and impacted Clinton, MO. The NWS Survey team found a gap in damage and security video from Henry County Emergency Management confirmed a second tornado developed from the same parent mesocyclone. This second tornado began near E. Lincoln St around 6:09 PM and continued northeast to N. 6th St, following along the Katy Trail and into the northeast side of the city, crossing Hwy 7 just west of the intersection of hwy 52.

Written by NWS EAX in the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit. A survey is revised as better evidence arrives.

20 damage points were recorded along this path by NWS EAX, in the Damage Assessment Toolkit the survey teams carry. The strongest indicator was rated EF1. The highest wind the damage implies is 98 mph.

Survey points are preliminary and are the raw material the published rating was built from. Source: NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit.

Clinton (GLY), 7 km from the path, in the two hours either side.

From the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of airport observations.

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the touchdown began at 23:09 UTC.

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6 more have been surveyed in the United States that day, so far.

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. A survey can be revised, so the rating, the path and the casualties can all still change.

NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit, the record the survey teams file from the damage, and NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports. Neither is the official database for 2026, which SPC publishes in the spring of 2027.