Tornadoes · United States · Missouri

Tornadoes in Morgan County, Missouri

30 tornadoes have crossed Morgan County since 1950, 3 of them surveyed so far this year and still preliminary, 40th of the 115 counties in Missouri with a tornado on record, an average of one every 2.5 years. They have killed 0 people and injured 8. 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.

  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
30
Deaths
0
Injuries
8
F4 and above
0
Worst on record
F2, March 12, 2006

The strongest

  1. F2, Atchison, Nodaway and Morgan counties, MissouriMay 31, 1954F2, 21.0 mi (34 km)
  2. F2, Morgan and Miller counties, MissouriMarch 5, 1961F2, 9.6 mi (15 km)
  3. F2, Camden and Morgan counties, MissouriMay 28, 1954F2, 6.8 mi (11 km)
  4. F2, Morgan County, MissouriMarch 12, 2006F2, 6.0 mi (10 km)
  5. F2, Morgan County, MissouriMarch 15, 1982F2, 5.0 mi (8 km)
  6. F2, Morgan County, MissouriApril 30, 1954F2, 3.6 mi (6 km)
  7. F2, Morgan and Miller counties, MissouriOctober 14, 1966F2, 2.3 mi (4 km)

Every year with a tornado

The 16 years of the 76 in the record with a tornado in Morgan County. Each year links to every tornado in Missouri that year.

YearTornadoesDeathsInjuriesStrongest
20263EF1
20251EF0
20241EF0
20173EF1
20131EF0
200635F2
20032F0
200111F1
19951F1
19826F2
19781F1
19661F2
19611F2
19551F1
195432F2
19501F1

Every tornado that crossed Morgan County

30 tornadoes, newest first. The 3 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 17, 20267:44 PM CDTEF0Morgan1.20
April 17, 20267:46 PM CDTEF1Morgan7.2300
April 17, 20267:59 PM CDTEF0Morgan1.3150
April 20, 20254:30 PM CDTEF0Morgan0.775$20,000
April 27, 202410:29 PM CDTEF0Morgan3.550
May 27, 20172:38 PM CDTEF1Morgan0.1300$25,000
May 27, 20172:38 PM CDTEF1Morgan0.150$50,000
March 6, 201710:36 PM CSTEF0Morgan0.350$100,000
May 20, 20138:46 PM CDTEF0Morgan0.7100$50,000
March 12, 200611:31 PM CSTF0Morgan6.0100
March 12, 200610:20 PM CSTF2Morgan6.01005$850,000
March 12, 20064:25 PM CSTF1Morgan1.0250$10,000
May 6, 20034:28 PM CDTF0Morgan15.0100
May 6, 20034:27 PM CDTF0Morgan13.0100
October 23, 20014:25 PM CDTF1Morgan15.53001$100,000
April 16, 19952:00 PM CDTF1Morgan0.5100$50,000 to $500,000
May 14, 19828:00 PM CDTF1Morgan1.0100$500 to $5,000
May 14, 19827:57 PM CDTF0Morgan0.350under $50
May 14, 19827:50 PM CDTF1Morgan0.3100$500 to $5,000
May 14, 19827:30 PM CDTF1Morgan1.050$50 to $500
May 14, 19827:28 PM CDTF0Morgan0.350under $50
March 15, 198210:30 PM CSTF2Morgan5.0600$50,000 to $500,000
April 6, 19783:00 AM CSTF1Morgan2.0100$5,000 to $50,000
October 14, 19665:45 PM GMT-5F2Morgan2.350$5,000 to $50,000
March 5, 196110:30 PM GMT-6F2Morgan9.650$50,000 to $500,000
September 21, 19555:30 PM GMT-5F1Morgan4.7500$500 to $5,000
May 31, 19543:45 PM GMT-5F2Atchison21.0440$5,000 to $50,000
May 28, 19544:00 PM GMT-5F2Camden6.81002$5,000 to $50,000
April 30, 19543:00 PM GMT-5F2Morgan3.6400under $50
July 19, 19505:00 PM GMT-5F1Morgan1.5440$50 to $500

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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.