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EF2 tornado in Reynolds County, Missouri

Tornado March 14, 2025 · Reynolds County, Missouri

EF2

Rating

29.9 mi

Whole path

1,525 yd

Path width

Deaths

Injuries

$5.1M

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Reynolds County → Wayne County → Iron County → Audrain County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 1,525 yards (0.87 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF2 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF2 is considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, consistent with estimated gusts of 111–135 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 10:20 PM a tornado began near Missouri Highway HH in the Clearwater Conservation Area to the northeast of Garwood, MO in Reynolds County where it caused tree damage and collapsed the roof of a shed. From there the tornado continued northeast and passed over Clearwater Lake where it destroyed multiple outbuildings on and near the water. Further northeast on County Road 468, the tornado damaged more trees before exiting into Wayne County. In Reynolds County the tornado was rated EF-2 with a path length of 9.99 miles and a maximum path width of 1525 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 Hadley (37.1113, -90.8510).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Carter County EF2 Franklin County EF2 St. Louis County EF2 Jefferson County EF1 Franklin County EF1 Franklin County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1241384. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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