Tornado History Map

Callaway County, Missouri tornado history

43 tornadoes recorded in or across Callaway County from 1959 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 Callaway County

The Storm Prediction Center records 43 tornadoes whose paths touched Callaway County, Missouri between 1959 and 2025. They killed 1 person and injured 39. The busiest month is May, with 8 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF3 on 22 May 2019. The most recent was on 20 April 2025.

  • 43tornadoes
  • 1death
  • 39injuries
  • 515per 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 Callaway County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01944%
F1 / EF11944%
F2 / EF249%
F3 / EF312%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Callaway County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 12 in 2000s.1950s11960s71970s31980s51990s82000s122010s62020s1

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

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s7
1970s3
1980s5
1990s8
2000s12
2010s6
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 8 in May.Jan0Feb3Mar7Apr6May8Jun4Jul6Aug0Sep5Oct3Nov1Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb3
Mar7
Apr6
May8
Jun4
Jul6
Aug0
Sep5
Oct3
Nov1
Dec0

Records for Callaway County

  • Deadliest: Missouri tornado10 April 2001, F1, 1 death, 2 injuries, 3 miles long
  • Strongest: Missouri tornado22 May 2019, EF3, 33 injuries, 32.7 miles long
  • Longest path: Missouri tornado12 May 1980, F2, 42.7 miles long
  • Most recent: Missouri tornado20 April 2025, EF2, 1 injury, 2.6 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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