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EF1 tornado in St. Clair County, Missouri

Tornado May 19, 2025 · St. Clair County, Missouri

EF1
Rating
4.6 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
$150K
Damage as recorded
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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 NWS storm survey determined that a tornado touched down south-southwest of Lowry City, continued through the city, and then caused the worst damage along NE 1000 Rd northeast of Lowry City, ending north of the intersection of NE 1000 Rd and NE 401 Rd. In addition to a roof torn off a mobile home, this tornado destroyed several barns and outbuildings, uprooted trees and downed power lines. Maximum wind speeds of 110 mph were determined.

The wider storm

A strong storm system pushed into the area during the afternoon of May 19, 2025 and persisted into the evening and overnight hours. This system produced 8 tornadoes across the area, along with widespread wind damage and between 1 and 5 inches of rainfall. The intense rainfall led to some localized flash flooding, areal flooding and river flooding.

Began near Lowry City (38.1200, -93.7400).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1261084. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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