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EF0 tornado in Washington County, Missouri

Tornado May 19, 2025 · Washington County, Missouri

EF0

Rating

2.2 mi

Path length

140 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 140 yards (0.08 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 tornado touched down near Eight Wheeler Road outside of Richwoods and caused tree damage as it moved north-northeast before dissipating just north of Highway H. The peak wind speed was 80 mph and the path was 2.21 miles long and 140 yards wide.

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 Cruise (38.1418, -90.7735).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1264677. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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