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EF0 tornado in Christian County, Missouri

Tornado April 29, 2025 · Christian County, Missouri

EF0
Rating
4.9 mi
Path length
25 yd
Path width
$250K
Damage as recorded
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 25 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

A National Weather Service storm survey determined that a brief, weak EF-0 tornado began at 9:30 AM near Eaglecrest St. The tornado damaged an auto repair shop with partial roof removal and wall collapse. The tornado path was intermittent to the northeast crossing Highway 160 before lifting near a storage shed business where awning damage occurred and a travel trailer was overturned.

The wider storm

A cluster of severe thunderstorms moved through southwest Missouri on the morning of April 29th, 2025. Widespread wind damage and several tornadoes occurred. Significant wind damage with over 50,000 power outages occurred in Springfield alone. Numerous trees, powerlines and structures sustained damage from this system. A 90 mph wind gust was measured at the Springfield Branson National Airport.

Began near Nixa (37.0600, -93.3100).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1255595. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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