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EF1 tornado in Christian County, Missouri

Tornado June 7, 2026 · Christian County, Missouri

EF1

Rating

2.3 mi

Path length

333 yd

Path width

$10K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 333 yards (0.19 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

An NWS survey team concluded that a tornado developed just east of Sparta and moved to the northeast. A wide tract of uprooted trees and large tree limbs fell in a cyclonic pattern spanning the path which was coincident with a tornado debris signature.

The wider storm

Severe thunderstorms swept through the Missouri Ozarks during the evening and overnight hours of June 7th and 8th. Several tornadoes occurred along with significant flash flooding. Between 2 and 6 inches of rainfall fell over a short period of time across portions of southwest Missouri.

Began near Sparta (36.9937, -93.0639).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Douglas County EF0 Greene County EF0 Christian County EF0 Webster County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1334494. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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