Tornadoes · United States · Missouri

Tornadoes in Taney County, Missouri

23 tornadoes have crossed Taney County since 1950, 70th of the 115 counties in Missouri with a tornado on record, an average of one every 3.3 years. They have killed 0 people and injured 48. 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
23
Deaths
0
Injuries
48
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, Taney and Douglas counties, MissouriMay 21, 1957F2, 14.5 mi (23 km)

Every year with a tornado

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

YearTornadoesDeathsInjuriesStrongest
20242EF0
20213EF1
20192EF1
201741EF1
2012147EF2
20111EF2
20101EF0
20091EF1
20081EF0
20061F0
19951F0
19941F0
19651F1
19611F2
19601F0
19571F2

Every tornado that crossed Taney County

23 tornadoes, newest first.

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 26, 20243:32 AM CDTEF0Taney4.0150$50,000
May 13, 20243:39 PM CDTEF0Taney1.250
December 10, 20217:49 PM CSTEF1Taney1.6100$120,000
April 28, 20219:37 AM CDTEF0Taney0.650$125,000
April 28, 20219:30 AM CDTEF0Taney0.150$25,000
April 30, 20195:15 PM CDTEF0Taney1.075$20,000
April 30, 20193:50 PM CDTEF1Taney5.4100$25,000
May 19, 20171:30 AM CDTEF1Taney8.7200
May 19, 20171:28 AM CDTEF0Taney0.3751$10,000
March 9, 20177:06 PM CSTEF0Taney1.9100$100,000
March 9, 20176:50 PM CSTEF0Taney0.175$20,000
February 29, 20121:13 AM CSTEF2Stone24.340047$21 million
May 22, 20117:10 PM CDTEF2Stone15.7200$1.1 million
April 24, 20101:40 PM CDTEF0Taney0.570$20,000
May 8, 20098:25 AM CDTEF1Taney12.3880$2.6 million
January 8, 20083:01 AM CSTEF0Taney2.920$75,000
March 11, 20064:35 PM CSTF0Taney8.020
June 8, 19955:28 PM CDTF0Taney0.1100
April 27, 19944:27 PM CDTF0Taney0.530$50 to $500
April 5, 196510:05 PM GMT-6F1Taney1.550$5,000 to $50,000
March 12, 19616:00 PM GMT-6F2Stone16.350$50,000 to $500,000
May 18, 19603:45 PM GMT-5F0Taney0.210$50 to $500
May 21, 19574:15 PM GMT-5F2Taney14.5500$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.