Tornadoes · United States · Missouri

Tornadoes in Jasper County, Missouri

54 tornadoes have crossed Jasper County since 1950, 2 of them surveyed so far this year and still preliminary, 5th of the 115 counties in Missouri with a tornado on record, an average of one every 1.4 years. They have killed 169 people and injured 1,337. 2 were rated F4 or EF4 and above, 1 at the top of the scale.

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The United States rated tornadoes on Ted Fujita’s F scale until 31 January 2007 and on the Enhanced Fujita scale after it. Both run from 0 to 5, and both rate the damage rather than measure the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

  1. F0 / EF040 to 72 mph on the F scale, 65 to 85 mph on the EF scale

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

  2. F1 / EF173 to 112 mph on the F scale, 86 to 110 mph on the EF scale

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

  3. F2 / EF2113 to 157 mph on the F scale, 111 to 135 mph on the EF scale

    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. F3 / EF3158 to 206 mph on the F scale, 136 to 165 mph on the EF scale

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

  5. F4 / EF4207 to 260 mph on the F scale, 166 to 200 mph on the EF scale

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

  6. F5 / EF5261 to 318 mph on the F scale, over 200 mph on the EF scale

    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.

Now

Tornadoes
54
Deaths
169
Injuries
1,337
F4 and above
2
Worst on record
EF5, May 22, 2011

The deadliest in Jasper County

  1. EF5 Joplin tornado, MissouriMay 22, 2011158 killed, 1,150 injured
  2. F3, Cherokee and Jasper counties, Kansas and MissouriMay 4, 20035 killed, 34 injured
  3. EF3, Jasper and Barton counties, MissouriMay 22, 20193 killed, 1 injured
  4. F3, Jasper County, MissouriMay 5, 19711 killed, 60 injured
  5. EF1, Jasper County, MissouriMay 10, 20081 killed, 10 injured
  6. F3, Newton, Jasper and Lawrence counties, MissouriMarch 26, 19761 killed, 3 injured

The strongest

  1. EF5 Joplin tornado, MissouriMay 22, 2011EF5, 21.6 mi (35 km)
  2. F4, Ottawa, Cherokee, Jasper and Kiowa counties, Oklahoma and Kansas and MissouriApril 3, 1956F4, 41.8 mi (67 km)
  3. F3, Newton, Jasper and Lawrence counties, MissouriMarch 26, 1976F3, 29.1 mi (47 km)
  4. F3, Cherokee and Jasper counties, Kansas and MissouriMay 4, 2003F3, 25.0 mi (40 km)
  5. F3, Jasper County, MissouriMay 5, 1971F3, 13.1 mi (21 km)
  6. EF3, Jasper and Barton counties, MissouriMay 22, 2019EF3, 11.3 mi (18 km)
  7. EF3, Cherokee and Jasper counties, Kansas and MissouriMay 22, 2019EF3, 9.2 mi (15 km)
  8. F3, Crawford and Jasper counties, Kansas and MissouriMarch 15, 1982F3, 9.0 mi (14 km)
  9. F2, Jasper County, MissouriApril 25, 1961F2, 9.0 mi (14 km)
  10. F2, Jasper County, MissouriOctober 8, 1993F2, 7.0 mi (11 km)

Every year with a tornado

The 39 years of the 76 in the record with a tornado in Jasper County. Each year links to every tornado in Missouri that year.

YearTornadoesDeathsInjuriesStrongest
20262EF1
20251EF1
20243EF1
20211EF0
2019431EF3
20151EF0
20131EF1
201111581150EF5
20081110EF1
20061F1
20051F0
20041F0
20032534F3
20021F1
19991F1
1996212F1
19941F0
19932F2
19912F0
19901F1
19881F1
19862F1
19821F3
1976113F3
19741F0
197322F2
19713161F3
196813F1
19671F2
19651F1
19641F1
19621F0
19611F2
195921F1
19581F1
1956159F4
19551F1
19541F1
195111F2

Every tornado that crossed Jasper County

54 tornadoes, newest first. 6 of them touched down in a neighboring state and ran in, so the record files them under that state rather than Missouri. The 2 at the top are this year's, from the surveying office rather than SPC's published database, and their ratings are marked as preliminary.

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 23, 202612:14 AM CDTEF1Jasper1.0200
June 13, 202611:24 PM CDTEF1Jasper1.2150
April 20, 20251:57 PM CDTEF1Cherokee to MO24.1250$1.0 million
May 6, 202411:38 PM CDTEF1Jasper2.0100$50,000
May 6, 202411:29 PM CDTEF1Jasper4.5100$160,000
May 2, 20241:40 PM CDTEF1Jasper0.8100$30,000
October 11, 20214:44 AM CDTEF0Jasper2.450$80,000
May 22, 20198:51 PM CDTEF3Jasper11.388031$1.0 million
May 22, 20198:23 PM CDTEF0Jasper7.9200
May 22, 20198:05 PM CDTEF3Cherokee to MO9.2440$5.3 million
May 20, 20196:45 PM CDTUnratedJasper0.250
April 2, 20159:09 PM CDTEF0Jasper0.175$10,000
May 19, 201312:06 AM CDTEF1Jasper0.5100$200,000
May 22, 20115:34 PM CDTEF5Joplin tornado21.61,6001581150$2.8 billion
May 10, 20086:08 PM CDTEF1Jasper3.0440110$1.0 million
April 6, 20067:46 PM CDTF1Cherokee to MO5.0250$100,000
November 27, 20055:19 PM CSTF0Jasper0.075
June 12, 20044:50 PM CDTF0Jasper0.125
May 4, 20036:30 PM CDTF0Jasper0.220
May 4, 20035:45 PM CDTF3Cherokee to MO25.0880534$24 million
December 18, 20021:48 AM CSTF1Jasper1.5100$50,000
June 28, 199910:20 AM CDTF1Jasper0.240$220,000
April 28, 19962:48 AM CDTF1Jasper0.150$1.0 million
April 28, 19962:45 AM CDTF1Jasper2.520012$12 million
April 9, 199411:10 PM CDTF0Jasper0.250$50 to $500
October 8, 19936:03 PM CDTF2Jasper7.0200$50,000 to $500,000
October 8, 19935:51 PM CDTF2Jasper6.0220$500,000 to $5 million
June 22, 19917:50 PM CDTF0Jasper0.530
April 26, 199112:05 AM CDTF0Jasper0.110
March 14, 19907:49 AM CSTF1Jasper0.550$5,000 to $50,000
November 15, 19883:50 PM CSTF1Jasper1.050$5,000 to $50,000
April 7, 19866:45 PM CSTF1Jasper0.750$50 to $500
April 7, 19866:40 PM CSTF1Jasper0.550
March 15, 19828:45 PM CSTF3Crawford to MO9.0400$50,000 to $500,000
March 26, 19764:00 PM CSTF3Newton29.14013$50,000 to $500,000
June 8, 197410:40 PM CDTF0Jasper0.110$5,000 to $50,000
September 27, 19733:30 PM CDTF1Jasper0.110
April 21, 19739:35 PM CSTF2Jasper5.01002$5,000 to $50,000
June 2, 197112:05 PM CDTF0Jasper0.5171$50 to $500
May 5, 19716:55 PM CDTF3Jasper13.170160$500,000 to $5 million
February 4, 19718:45 AM CSTF1Jasper0.217$5,000 to $50,000
May 15, 19686:00 PM GMT-5F1Jasper2.5503$5,000 to $50,000
January 27, 196712:20 AM GMT-6F2Newton4.9200$50,000 to $500,000
April 5, 19654:00 PM GMT-6F1Jasper1.550$5,000 to $50,000
July 26, 19645:45 AM GMT-5F1Jasper0.217$5,000 to $50,000
July 5, 19628:00 PM GMT-5F0Jasper0.210$50 to $500
April 25, 196112:30 AM GMT-6F2Jasper9.0250$5,000 to $50,000
June 11, 19598:00 PM GMT-5F1Jasper1.030$5,000 to $50,000
February 9, 19592:10 PM GMT-6F1Jasper4.38001$5,000 to $50,000
September 16, 19582:30 PM GMT-5F1Jasper0.5100$500 to $5,000
April 3, 195612:10 AM GMT-6F4Ottawa to KS, MO41.840059$500,000 to $5 million
May 26, 19558:00 AM GMT-5F1Jasper2.750under $50
March 24, 195410:00 PM GMT-6F1Jasper0.517$500 to $5,000
July 4, 19512:00 AM GMT-5F2Jasper0.11001$50,000 to $500,000

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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.