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EF2 tornado in Callaway County, Missouri

Tornado April 20, 2025 · Callaway County, Missouri

EF2

Rating

2.6 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

Injury

$125K

Damage as recorded

EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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

The tornado touched down south of County Road 362 at 1:31 PM and quickly strengthened, blowing in the garage and removing a significant section of roof from a home along County Road 362. This was the worst observed damage and was rated as 120 mph (EF-2). The tornado then moved north-northeast, crossing State Road Y and removing siding from a church along Blessing Lane. The tornado dissipated along County Road 347 at 1:36 PM. Additional damage along the path mainly consisted of tree damage. The tornado was rated EF-2 with a path length of 2.61 miles and a maximum path width of 100 yards.

The wider storm

During the early afternoon on Sunday, April 20, 2025 (Easter Sunday) a severe thunderstorm developed in Miller County, Missouri and moved northward through Cole County and into Callaway County. The thunderstorm produced one EF-2 tornado near New Bloomfield, MO. This occurred ahead of a line of severe thunderstorms that formed in southwest Missouri and extended northward as it moved east. The line moved into mid-Missouri during the late afternoon hours and marched into eastern Missouri. It produced 4 tornadoes in Missouri and damaging wind reports across the region.

Began near Guthrie (38.7374, -92.1157).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Boone County EF1 Audrain County EF1 Boone County EF0 Pike County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1242834. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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