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EF0 tornado in Barton County, Missouri

Tornado March 6, 2026 · Barton County, Missouri

EF0

Rating

1.8 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$100K

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 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

An EF-0 tornado occurred about one mile northeast of Iantha, Missouri. The tornado overturned portions of irrigation pivots and destroyed an outbuilding. Roofing components from the outbuilding were spread over one mile a way. Several power poles were broken as well. Tree limbs were also downed by the tornado.

The wider storm

Severe thunderstorms, including one tornado occurred during the evening of March 6th as both supercells and a squall line moved through the area. Widespread 1-3 inches of rainfall fell across portions of southern Missouri, causing localized flooding of low water crossings and some river flooding.

Began near Iantha (37.5300, -94.3800).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1311909. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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