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EF1 tornado in Jasper County, Missouri

Tornado April 23, 2026 · Jasper County, Missouri

EF1

Rating

1.1 mi

Path length

200 yd

Path width

$250K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 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 National Weather Service survey concluded an EF1 tornado with peak winds of 95mph damaged an outdoor maintenance storage building at the golf course at the W 2nd Street and S Schifferdecker Ave in Joplin. The tornado then tracked to the northeast downing numerous trees in a cyclonic manner. Minor roof damage occurred to a few homes, and several other homes were damaged by trees falling on them.

The wider storm

A line of severe thunderstorms brought intense storms to the region during the late evening of the 23rd into the early morning of the 24th. The storms delivered a severe combination of damaging wind gusts, large hail, and an isolated tornado. Moving through the state in the overnight hours, a line of storms impacted Jasper and Newton counties with heavy rain, wind, and lightning. Early morning video documented significant tree damage and downed power lines near 1st and Schifferdecker in Joplin. Widespread wind damage tore the roof off the Joplin Parks and Recreation building and leveled several metal outbuildings.

Began near Chitwood (37.0900, -94.5500).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1329336. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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