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EF1 tornado in Franklin County, Missouri

Tornado March 14, 2025 · Franklin County, Missouri

EF1
Rating
5.6 mi
Path length
220 yd
Path width
$35K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 220 yards (0.12 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

At approximately 8:33 PM a tornado began south of Kohl City, MO in Franklin County and continued northeastward for 5.5 miles before dissipating just southwest of Etlah, MO in Franklin County around 8:39 PM. Most damage was confined to tree limbs, but a few structures were damaged closer to Etlah. This tornado was assigned a rating of EF-1 with a maximum wind speed of 105 mph.

The wider storm

During the late afternoon of March 14, 2025, numerous severe thunderstorms developed across central Missouri and tracked east. After sunset, these thunderstorms began producing tornadoes, some strong, causing several injuries in the St. Louis county warning area (CWA). In total, 13 tornadoes touched down in the CWA, making it one of the most active outbreaks on record for the St. Louis CWA. Seven of these tornadoes occurred at least partially in St. Louis's Missouri counties.

Began near Boeufcreek (38.5799, -91.3592).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

6 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF3 Wayne County 3 deadEF3 Carter CountyEF2 Franklin CountyEF2 St. Louis CountyEF2 Jefferson CountyEF1 Franklin County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1232750. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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