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Tornadoes in Marion County, Missouri

16 tornadoes have crossed Marion County since 1950, 95th of the 115 counties in Missouri with a tornado on record, an average of one every 4.8 years. They have killed 0 people and injured 4. None was rated F4 or above.

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.

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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: 16
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 4
F4 and above: 0
Worst on record: F3, May 10, 2003

The strongest

Every year with a tornado

The 8 years of the 76 in the record with a tornado in Marion County. Each year links to every tornado in Missouri that year.

Year	Tornadoes	Injuries	Strongest
2021	2		EF0
2013	1		EF1
2007	4	1	EF1
2004	1		F0
2003	2		F3
1993	3		F2
1977	2	3	F2
1975	1		F1

Every tornado that crossed Marion County

16 tornadoes, newest first.

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
June 24, 2021	12:08 AM CDT	EF0	Marion	0.1	25
June 24, 2021	12:01 AM CDT	EF0	Marion	0.2	50
May 20, 2013	7:24 PM CDT	EF1	Marion	1.2	50
October 2, 2007	5:35 PM CDT	EF0	Marion	0.5	40
October 2, 2007	5:30 PM CDT	EF0	Marion	0.7	60		$50,000
October 2, 2007	5:29 PM CDT	EF1	Marion	3.8	100	1	$100,000
October 2, 2007	5:14 PM CDT	EF0	Marion	1.2	50
May 24, 2004	10:55 PM CDT	F0	Marion	2.0	50
May 10, 2003	6:37 PM CDT	F3	Marion	12.0	200
May 10, 2003	6:30 PM CDT	F0	Marion	2.5	50
June 30, 1993	10:45 PM CDT	F0	Marion	0.8	33
June 30, 1993	10:27 PM CDT	F0	Marion	0.7	30		$500 to $5,000
June 30, 1993	10:20 PM CDT	F2	Marion	3.0	150		$50,000 to $500,000
September 23, 1977	6:30 PM CDT	F2	Marion to IL	19.5	150	3	$50,000 to $500,000
April 4, 1977	9:30 AM CST	F0	Marion	0.2	10		$500 to $5,000
August 16, 1975	8:00 PM CDT	F1	Knox	16.0	100		$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.