EF1 Tornado — Boone, Missouri

2025-04-20 · near Stephens, Boone, Missouri

Event narrative

A brief tornado developed just east of Hinkson Creek at 5:33 PM where it caused significant damage to the Columbia Recycling Facility. The building was completely destroyed and the machinery inside significantly damaged. The tornado continued moving northeast, causing more tree damage before dissipating just north of E Highway HH along N Deer Valley Lane at 5:35 PM.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1245952. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.