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EF0 tornado in Buchanan County, Missouri

Tornado May 19, 2025 · Buchanan County, Missouri

EF0

Rating

4.3 mi

Path length

20 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 20 yards (0.01 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 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

Storm survey found evidence of a 4 mile long EF-0 tornado in northern Buchanan County, with only minor tree damage found along the path. This was associated with a QLCS mesovortex.

The wider storm

During the afternoon and evening hours of May 19th, a strong storm system brought widespread severe weather to Missouri.

Began near South St Joseph (39.6800, -94.8300).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Henry County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1246324. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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