Boone County, Missouri tornado history

36 tornadoes recorded in or across Boone County from 1954 to 2025, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Boone County

The Storm Prediction Center records 36 tornadoes whose paths touched Boone County, Missouri between 1954 and 2025. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is April, with 8 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 27 November 1990. The most recent was on 20 April 2025.

  • 36tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 26injuries
  • 525per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Boone County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01233%
F1 / EF11439%
F2 / EF2719%
F3 / EF338%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Boone County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 9 in 1980s.1950s61960s21970s41980s91990s82000s42010s12020s2

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s6
1960s2
1970s4
1980s9
1990s8
2000s4
2010s1
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 8 in Apr.Jan1Feb2Mar2Apr8May5Jun2Jul4Aug0Sep3Oct3Nov3Dec3
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PeriodCount
Jan1
Feb2
Mar2
Apr8
May5
Jun2
Jul4
Aug0
Sep3
Oct3
Nov3
Dec3

Records for Boone County

  • Strongest: Missouri tornado27 November 1990, F3, 3 injuries, 12 miles long
  • Longest path: Missouri tornado30 April 1954, F2, 89.6 miles long
  • Most recent: Missouri tornado20 April 2025, EF1, 2.3 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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