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EF0 tornado in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri

Tornado May 19, 2025 · Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri

EF0
Rating
1.3 mi
Path length
25 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

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 brief tornado touched down near Dry Fork, uprooting trees. From there the tornado tracked northeast, causing more tree damage before dissipating near Cindy Lane.

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 Kinsey (38.0211, -90.3677).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Iron CountyEF1 Crawford CountyEF1 St. Francois CountyEF0 Washington CountyEF0 Reynolds CountyEFU Jefferson County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1264689. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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