EF2 tornado in St. Louis County, Missouri
Tornado March 14, 2025 · St. Louis County, Missouri
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through St. Louis County → St. Louis County → St. Charles County → Madison County, Illinois; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 880 yards (0.50 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
A long track tornado began at approximately 9:16 PM just north of Marquette High School in Chesterfield, MO, and continued northeast through the communities of Maryland Heights, Bridgeton, Hazelwood, and Florissant before dissipating just east of New Halls Ferry Rd at approximately 9:39 PM. The tornado reached peak surveyed intensity just south of St. Louis Lambert International Airport, where a house sustained EF-2 damage (122 mph). The tornado had a path length of 20.67 miles with a maximum path width of 880 yards.
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 Clarkson Vly (38.6329, -90.5875).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
6 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1240513. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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