EF1 tornado in Iron County, Missouri

Tornado May 19, 2025 · Iron County, Missouri

EF1

Rating

2.8 mi

Whole path

50 yd

Path width

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Iron County → Washington County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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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 brief tornado touched down in far northern Iron County where it downed and damaged numerous trees along Highway DD. The tornado then continued into Washington County.

The wider storm

A mesoscale convective complex rolled through Missouri during the overnight hours of May 19th. Though central, east-central, and northeast Missouri also experienced severe weather, the bulk of the event occurred in southeast Missouri. There, 7 confirmed tornadoes touched down. Luckily no injuries or fatalities were reported. Further north, the St. Louis metropolitan area was hammered with up to 2 inch hail.

Began near East End (37.7253, -90.9534).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Crawford County EF1 St. Francois County EF0 Washington County EF0 Reynolds County EF0 Ste. Genevieve County EFU Jefferson County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1264474. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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