Tornado History Map

Butler County, Missouri tornado history

54 tornadoes recorded in or across Butler County from 1965 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 Butler County

The Storm Prediction Center records 54 tornadoes whose paths touched Butler County, Missouri between 1965 and 2025. They killed 4 people and injured 89. The busiest month is April, with 14 tornadoes. The strongest was an F4 on 22 April 1981. The most recent was on 2 April 2025.

  • 54tornadoes
  • 4deaths
  • 89injuries
  • 777per 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 Butler County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01833%
F1 / EF11630%
F2 / EF21222%
F3 / EF347%
F4 / EF436%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating12%

Butler County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 19 in 2010s.1960s21970s81980s21990s92000s52010s192020s9

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

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PeriodCount
1960s2
1970s8
1980s2
1990s9
2000s5
2010s19
2020s9
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 14 in Apr.Jan3Feb3Mar11Apr14May10Jun4Jul0Aug2Sep3Oct2Nov0Dec2
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan3
Feb3
Mar11
Apr14
May10
Jun4
Jul0
Aug2
Sep3
Oct2
Nov0
Dec2

Records for Butler County

Notable tornadoes in Butler County

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

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