EF0 tornado in Morgan County, Missouri
Tornado April 17, 2026 · Morgan County, Missouri
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
A National Weather Survey determined that an EF0 tornado caused debris from a barn and outbuildings to be thrown mainly east with some north near the beginning of the tornadoes track. Numerous trees were also uprooted and damaged along with many large limbs downed along McCasland Road. The tornado tracked for about 1.25 miles with a path width of 100 yards and maximum winds of 80mph.
The wider storm
A vigorous low-pressure system and cold front pushed through the Plains and the Ozarks, interacting with a warm, moist air mass as a strong upper-level trough and a veered wind profile created high wind shear and instability. This set the stage for supercellular development that evolved into bowing line segments. This setup brought destructive straight-line wind gusts of 60-70 mph, with isolated gusts reaching up to 75 mph. Hail up to 2 inches occurred and 5 tornadoes touched down in Benton and Morgan Counties.
Began near Zwanzig (38.3400, -92.9600).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
4 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1329357. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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