Tornadoes · United States · Missouri

Tornadoes in Stone County, Missouri

33 tornadoes have crossed Stone County since 1950, 35th of the 115 counties in Missouri with a tornado on record, an average of one every 2.3 years. They have killed 0 people and injured 59. 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
33
Deaths
0
Injuries
59
F4 and above
0
Worst on record
EF2, February 29, 2012

The strongest

  1. EF2, Stone and Taney counties, MissouriFebruary 29, 2012EF2, 24.3 mi (39 km)
  2. F2, Stone and Taney counties, MissouriMarch 12, 1961F2, 16.3 mi (26 km)
  3. EF2, Stone and Taney counties, MissouriMay 22, 2011EF2, 15.7 mi (25 km)
  4. F2, Stone County, MissouriMarch 13, 1973F2, 2.5 mi (4 km)
  5. F2, Stone County, MissouriSeptember 16, 1968F2, 1.0 mi (2 km)

Every year with a tornado

The 22 years of the 76 in the record with a tornado in Stone County. Each year links to every tornado in Missouri that year.

YearTornadoesDeathsInjuriesStrongest
20243EF0
20212EF1
20191EF1
20171EF1
20161EF1
20141EF1
20133EF1
2012147EF2
20111EF2
20105EF1
20081EF1
20071EF0
20061F1
20011F1
19871F0
19821F1
19791F0
197314F2
197023F1
196811F2
19671F1
196124F2

Every tornado that crossed Stone County

33 tornadoes, newest first. 3 of them touched down in a neighboring state and ran in, so the record files them under that state rather than Missouri.

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
November 4, 20246:15 PM CSTEF0Stone1.450$35,000
July 3, 20247:59 PM CDTEF0Stone1.1150
April 28, 20248:20 PM CDTEF0Stone0.4100$10,000
December 10, 20217:37 PM CSTEF1Stone0.675$500,000
March 17, 20215:30 PM CDTEF1Barry23.775$60,000
April 30, 20198:35 PM CDTEF1Stone23.3100$125,000
April 26, 20171:22 AM CDTEF1Carroll to MO15.71,500$185,000
March 23, 201611:08 PM CDTEF1Stone3.8200
October 13, 20146:25 AM CDTEF1Stone0.175$5,000
May 20, 20138:05 PM CDTEF0Stone0.6100
May 20, 20138:05 PM CDTEF1Stone1.4100
May 20, 20137:50 PM CDTEF1Stone1.4200$50,000
February 29, 20121:13 AM CSTEF2Stone24.340047$21 million
May 22, 20117:10 PM CDTEF2Stone15.7200$1.1 million
December 31, 20107:48 AM CSTEF0Carroll to MO4.350$15,000
December 31, 201012:17 AM CSTEF0Stone1.875$750,000
December 30, 201011:26 PM CSTEF1Stone3.1300$2.0 million
December 30, 201011:19 PM CSTEF0Stone0.330$50,000
May 13, 20107:42 AM CDTEF0Stone0.350$10,000
January 8, 20082:31 AM CSTEF1Barry12.1200$2.0 million
October 2, 20079:05 PM CDTEF0Stone0.125$10,000
March 12, 200610:50 PM CSTF1Carroll to MO8.0200$40,000
April 15, 20012:15 AM CDTF1Stone0.1100$1.0 million
June 21, 19874:15 PM CDTF0Stone0.250
December 24, 19822:15 AM CSTF1Stone1.050$50,000 to $500,000
April 11, 197911:30 AM CSTF0Stone0.150
March 13, 19738:20 PM CSTF2Stone2.53004$5,000 to $50,000
August 19, 19702:55 PM CDTF1Stone0.51003$5,000 to $50,000
June 19, 197010:50 AM CDTF1Stone0.250$500 to $5,000
September 16, 19688:35 PM GMT-5F2Stone1.0331$5,000 to $50,000
April 13, 196710:30 AM GMT-6F1Stone1.050$500 to $5,000
March 12, 19616:00 PM GMT-6F1Stone7.8504$5,000 to $50,000
March 12, 19616:00 PM GMT-6F2Stone16.350$50,000 to $500,000

Nearby

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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.