EF0 tornado in Cole County, Missouri

Tornado April 17, 2026 · Cole County, Missouri

EF0

Rating

3.5 mi

Whole path

50 yd

Path width

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Cole County → Boone County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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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

A brief tornado touched down along High Point Road and travelled northeast. The tornado caused tree damage before crossing the Missouri River into Boone County.

The wider storm

The environment during the afternoon of April 17th was primed for the development of severe thunderstorms. Semi-discrete convection blossomed ahead of a cold front during the early afternoon, causing wind damage and large hail in portions of central and east-central Missouri. Later in the afternoon, thunderstorms more closely tied to the cold front produced 4 tornadoes in Missouri.

Began near Marion (38.6580, -92.3550).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Franklin County EF1 Lincoln County EF0 Callaway County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1331509. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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