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EF0 tornado in Howell County, Missouri

Tornado March 15, 2026 · Howell County, Missouri

EF0

Rating

1.9 mi

Path length

75 yd

Path width

$30K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 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 NWS survey team found intermittent EF-0 tornado damage with maximum winds of 85 mph northwest of Willow Springs in Howell County. Several trees along the path were uprooted and/or snapped, and a donkey barn was lifted off the ground.

The wider storm

A line of thunderstorms moved across southern Missouri during the afternoon and evening of March 15th. Several tornadoes occurred within this line of storms.

Began near Willow Spgs Mem Arpt (37.0245, -92.0045).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Texas County EF1 Texas County EF0 Texas County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1316963. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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