EF3 Tornado — Ozark, Missouri

2025-03-14 · near Dawt, Ozark, Missouri

Event narrative

This is the continued path of the tornado that came out of Baxter County Arkansas. An EF-3 tornado with peak winds of 145 mph moved through Bakersfield, Missouri resulting in three fatalities and four injuries. In Ozark County, the tornado destroyed several homes and damaged dozens of other homes. Multiple cars were rolled 50 to 100 yards. Numerous trees were also uprooted including entire groves of trees destroyed. This tornado then moved northeast into Howell County.

Wider weather episode

Severe thunderstorms occurred during the late afternoon and evening hours of March 14th. Seven tornadoes occurred east of Springfield including an EF-3 tornado in Bakersfield, Missouri. Large hail to the golfballs and damaging winds also occurred with these storms.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1237781. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.