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EF1 tornado in St. Louis County, Missouri

Tornado March 14, 2025 · St. Louis County, Missouri

EF1
Rating
25.3 mi
Whole path
550 yd
Path width
$905K
Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Jefferson County → St. Louis County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 550 yards (0.31 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

The tornado continued into south St. Louis County at approximately 9:37 PM where it produced tree damage and minor damage to multiple homes and one hospital. The tornado dissipated at around 9:39 PM. In St. Louis County the tornado had a path length of 4.43 miles and a maximum path width of 550 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 Mattese (38.4575, -90.3472).

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 1241382. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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